I'd say the A8 is at least as reliable as any other car. You tend to find more 'evidence' of things going wrong as forums like these tend to have a large number of owners who like to post even the little niggly things for others to be able to diagnose and repair themselves, as a result, you see more 'issues' than actually exist.
I'm on my 3rd A8 (PF D2, PF D3 and FL D3) and they've caused no more issues I'd say than any cars the wife has had in the same time period. Yes, my PF D3 had some issues to start with, but that was simply due to water ingress and the garage being useless rather than an inherent fault with the car.
VCDS is nice, does save you some money at the garage now and again, but if you'll never show your car a spanner, then it's not really worth it.
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