Oof. But then VW stuff are relatively well sorted out nowadays. So many specialist offering services at competitive pricing. Unlike 5-7 years ago
Ori one simpan at home, put taobao sourced one on the wheels.
Mind sharing how did the members solve the battery issue? To me, gearbox is a known issue - just spend money and solve. Take it as a wear and tear part. Suspension, it’s a design flaw also can spend money on BC adjustables to fix it.

Ahh this is painful to watch. Given that i've considered getting F01/02 and W221, reading user reports on various forums overseas and Singapore is just very painful to read.
ECU got 7377, 5663, and 3308, so I guess is 3308 for you.
Woah, then I guess the A6 3.0 TFSi is a no brainer? S4 engine in an A6 body sounds like a total win. But yea, heaps of nightmare from the EA888, although Gen 3 did solve a lot of the issues.

The main purpose of me buying such a high power car is that, I foresee myself doing a lot of high speed highway driving. Like JB-KL that kind. My current Camry is doing the job perfectly fine but I needed something faster. A Bluetec will defo save me heaps of money in the long run but it just lacks the fun and potentially time sitting in a workshop. If I were to carve corners, I would be buying a F10 LCI or early G30 instead.

After spending the most of my Sunday afternoon scrolling thru carlist, i've pretty much shortlisted the following

W212 E400
A6 3.0 TFSI FL
Passat B8 2.0 380 TSi
BMW F10 520d
Yup, they did offer this for free back then right? Extended warranty wise, I believe most of the W212 E300s have their warranties expiring soon (in about a year's time, in 2023) therefore the peace of mind won't last forever

How much is scrap value of car?

Oh I see, then I might consider. The only downside is I have to go back to the service ctr and spend 4 digits every single oil change interval right?

I wonder how much you could sell for scraps haha, I still feel that if its just a simple battery replacement that costs <RM20k, might as well replace the battery and sell it off OR enjoy it for a few more years right?
Appreciate your detailed response.

Though the service interval is set at once a year, I think owners should service it within 8 months or 8k to 10k km mileage. It’s still internal combustion engine and produces carbon. Hence, EO would be quite dirty. After all, what’s an oil change if compared to a blown engine 

Neighbors next door had office car W212 E300 Diesel Hybrid. His company policy always bought Diesel cars. This E300 always ended up at SC due to many issues, since company registered car, Merz SC always prepared replacement car when the car on sc. Then changed to 520d F10. Good for a year then had it engine replaced under warranty due to burst gasket iinm. 1 month for engine to arrived or settled under warranty, consider fast. Now back to Merz GLE 250d for past 2 years and it is quite reliable

Good question, wanna know too

Any idea what causes BMWs to be unreliable compared to Mercedes?

I often hear older folks around me saying this, but does this still apply to models say, built from 2010 onwards?