The big end bearing for No.2 in my Volkswagen VR6 shreded a few weeks ago leaving me with a very expensive repair.
I eventually made the decision to let the VR6 go and bought a 2007 Yaris 1.5 3 door. Not as exciting to drive but should be reliable.
On the first tank of petrol (assuming it was 100% full from the dealer) I managed 484km from 35 litres which I think works out to be 7.23L/100km.