I drove the W8 today, cool car, but funky squeels from the front of the motor. The Tensioners possibly? A little digging in the glove box found an old work order form last year for head gaskets, and timing chains at a VW dealer in Cleveland. I'm gonna have it inspected Next week at a friends VW shop to see just what the deal is.
This is the problem with the 7-9K range that I'm looking at. Nice cars but at the point in life where problems are starting to pop up, or they've been sorta addressed.