Hi TDZ. Don't feel too bad - $80 is actually pretty good, I was stung $130 for bottle of genuine stuff (and that was trade price!) It is special, fully synthetic longlife oil. From what I can gather, the Castrol IS genuine (even has "Castrol" on oil filler cap). Local Supercheap had Penrite VW approved oil for about $75. Gotta pay for quality I guess, and service interval is pretty huge. I was ready to change oil & filter at 1500km, but after further research and advice, am quite happy to leave until 10000km. Have by-passed local dealer here (many horror stories), and found Euro car expert who seems to know their stuff, so will be taking Tig there. Is sensible too - recommends bringing interval down to 10000km in our "harsher" conditions! He uses Castrol Edge oil, but on-sells at about $13.50/ltr (obviously buys in bulk) - anyone wanna buy genuine oil at my cost? General concensus, backed by personal experience, seems to be that VW is excellent product let down by poor customer service from majority of dealers (hope any VAG moles read this)!
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