D2 S8 reliabilty

[S8yot]

After almost five years ownership my FL D2 S8 has gone. (Rare that I ever post anything here as usually only surfing on my iphone and it's too fiddly).*
Always been slightly nervous about talking reliability but now it's gone, I feel it's safe to do so. When p/x it had just over 183k on the clock. Barely used any oil between services, original smooth fault free gearbox. It was on roughly 130k when I bought it. Non-service replacements have been radiator and viscous fan, central locking pump and rear brake callipers, the later probably my fault as I when I originally got the car I hardly ever used the handbrake and it seized.*
The car was generally only been used for 80+ mile trips which I'm sure helped. I also drove extensively in tiptronic mode.*
So whilst the gearboxes are clearly a weakness, there are exceptions!
Oh yes, while I loved my D2, I'm enthralled with my Daytona Grey D3 S8 which has replaced it!