How many regular cars need full engine rebuilds after 8 years?
Any Volkswagen AG car with a 1.8 or 2.0 TSi built before IIRC 2012, actually. VWs, Audis, Skodas, Seats. These engines had great performance characteristics for consumer, everyday cars, but they'd start chugging oil like an old Trabant - people reported up to 1l of oil per 1000 km (!!!) - after you ran them for about 100k km. It was a huge problem that needed a complete engine rebuild to fix, because it was caused by failing piston seals, which is why in my country there's a million used 2nd gen Skoda Octavias with these engines and about 100k on the odometer for sale for really cheap.
Yeah, sure, your post just reminded me of this story so I kinda blurted it out. Seriously, stay away from pre-2013 TSis. The 1.4 had its share of problems too when it was new - the timing chain would loosen over time. And then there are the 1.2 and 1.0 versions, which as far as I know are fine, but I'd never buy a car with one of those because I'm heterosexual.
Any Volkswagen AG car with a 1.8 or 2.0 TSi built before IIRC 2012, actually. VWs, Audis, Skodas, Seats. These engines had great performance characteristics for consumer, everyday cars, but they'd start chugging oil like an old Trabant - people reported up to 1l of oil per 1000 km (!!!) - after you ran them for about 100k km. It was a huge problem that needed a complete engine rebuild to fix, because it was caused by failing piston seals, which is why in my country there's a million used 2nd gen Skoda Octavias with these engines and about 100k on the odometer for sale for really cheap.
I'm not surprised it's VW.
That's a defect though, not something that is part of the existence of engines.
Yeah, sure, your post just reminded me of this story so I kinda blurted it out. Seriously, stay away from pre-2013 TSis. The 1.4 had its share of problems too when it was new - the timing chain would loosen over time. And then there are the 1.2 and 1.0 versions, which as far as I know are fine, but I'd never buy a car with one of those because I'm heterosexual.