My 2 pence worth
@MrJollygood is if you: like the car, it puts a smile on your face, you can't think on what you'd swop it for and it's safe to drive. Then I'd be inclined to keep it and maintain it for a while yet.
Yes of course you could replace it with another car, but I sometimes think better the devil you know. A new or newer car is no guarantee of troublefree motoring, all the things you've fixed and repaired may appear on the new one
. Of course there comes a point where it becomes uneconomic to repair a car, and that may be strengthened if you've had no end of issues and are bored with it. But that doesn't appear to be the case from what I can tell, plus I think you've got a fair few miles left in her yet.
I agree with
willni and
SRGTD that the UK does seem to have rather a snobbish view on high mileage vehicles. If they've been maintained and looked after with a good service record. Then in my opinion that gives more confidence than low mileage car with a limited or non-existent maintenance history.
I too have a rather high mileage GTI, a 2009 Mk6 that I bought in 2013 with 25k on the clock at the time.
Willni's correct with the car wibbles around the 100k mile mark. Had a couple then (timing chain pop anyone!
) Though mine was more at 160k mile (turbo seals and rear main seal). After than she's been fine, sitting at 213k miles now. Still on original DCC shocks which I too was quoted about £250 a corner if they 'went'.
Decision is of course yours, but I'm sure the car's still good for a while longer yet.