My 51 plate VRS was serviced when I bought it cheap at 97k last April and I know that the plugs were replaced on top of the basic oil and filter change. It has FSH up to now, and the car drives like new.

It's now on 105k and is telling me that it wants a service on the dash, but 8k seems a strange interval?

Question is, what service does it want other than oil and filter? I've had a look at the schedule and can't make much sense of it.

It's on the original timing belt, and the service schedule says change every 112.5k. My mechanic's computer tells him that it's part of the 120k service.

I'd rather have the belt and tensioner done now for piece of mind, but has anyone known of any premature belt failures on the 1.8T?

I'd love to go to my local Dealer but quite frankly they are useless.

Cheers

Most people here have the belt done at around 70k and also have the water pump changed and tensioner at that time too.