I have a friend who is just utterly smitten with the Scirocco, so much so that the main purpose of her salaried job is to one day allow her to afford one.

Even after I told her that there is a very high chance that the DSG will kaput one day (she's eyeing the TSI trim), she answers that it doesn't matter, her burning desire to own one outweigh the risk of a gearbox failure and if it does happen and if she dies in an accident due to the DSG failing, she'll accept it.