Car is over 2 years old now and I polished it for the first time. Used autoglym super resin polish, then some turtle wax hybrid ceramic spray.
Quite pleased with how it looks after over 14k miles. Few v minor stone chips up front, a couple of very faint very small scratches, but not a swirl mark on it.
I’ve used pre wash from the start, but stopped that 2 bucket nonsense a while back.
Quite a lot of comments on this forum about vw quality. Have to say I’m very pleased with the quality of mine- solid, rattle free interior, paint looks good too. Hasn’t used a drop of oil since I bought it either.