One thing I often wonder about in situations like this is the odds of getting this now notorious fault. Will 50% of cars made up to the time they addressed the issue at the manufacturing stage get it?
The reason I ask is I have been here before with a Mk5 VW Golf 1.9 TDI. I read on forums that the ABS system was notorious for failing. Facebook groups had been set up, there was talk of class actions, demands that VW did a recall. I got this fault a few months after reading about it. There was another issue with coil springs - I got that as well (it snapped).
So I am a bit neurotic about this. Are we saying, can we say that your Mk4 is more likely than not to develop this fault?
I could live with, say, a one in ten chance but 50%?
I could live without a car but, as, I think Kremmen said, you have that nagging doubt when you go out to the car that it might happen.