Quote Originally Posted by Lucas_R View Post
The 1.4 TSI's tend to suffer quite a lot with heavy oil consumption issues, which ends up becoming an expensive fix no matter how you look at it. Im on a few Aussie VW Golf Facebook pages and the amount of people with Mk7 TSI's with crazy oil consumption issues is worrying.

1) just keep topping up the oil every few weeks. Oil isnt cheap - especially the correct VW spec oil which is approx $20 per litre. Even cheap oil is $10-12 per litre.
2) rebuild or replace the engine.

And the DQ200 is a ticking time bomb. Many owners sell the cars when a major issue pops up so its always a possibility you are buying someone else's problem. Cars driven in busy cities will be worse as the DQ200 suffers from overheating in stop-start traffic where the cars creep forward very slowly and the clutches are constantly engaging-disengaging over and over.

Honestly I would recommend putting your hard earned money towards a Japanese or Korean car which will be much more reliable and cheaper to maintain in both the short and long term. A traditional torque converter automatic gearbox is much more reliable and stop-start traffic does not bother them.
id be interested to know how many of these people suffering oil burning issues are using castrol.

VW spec castrol is easily the worst oil ive used out of 5 now... always gives a oil warning light after 2000 - 3000 kms with me and gave me a oil warning light after 1500kms new.... had to call the dealer and ask if the car left with oil.. changed to something decent like penrite or shell and little to no burning.. maybe 5000ish topup but closer to full than empty.. the ea888 engine is an oil burner and a bit of a powerhouse if turn your boost on the turbo up so can be a good sleeper. im sure in the 1.4L if you use some decent oil not the overpriced garbage castrol then im sure it would be fine