Just to add my two pence worth !!
I have had Bridgestones on both my Mk7 Golf GTI & R and apart from road noise (probably more so on the R with painted on 19" tyres) not had any tramping under acceleration to speak of and not felt that they were about to let go any second either. Unless you drive everywhere like you stole it or treat it like a hire car I can't see how quite a few on here are convinced they are about to get on first name terms with St Peter !!
Also from my own experience the wipers on both have been absolutely fine and smear and judder free and I have not felt the need to change them unlike the untold misery of the wipers on the Scirocco's I had
All is well in the rose garden