The GTI is at that age when little annoyances are starting to crop up. Last week I was fixing a leaky rear washer hose. Not a big deal, only cost 5 bucks for a new section of hose at Cdn Tire, but had to pull off a bunch of interior trim in the hatch to do a proper fix. Broke a few plastic mounting tabs in the process, but luckily everything still fits tight and rattle-free.
It’s plus 9 today, so I got after a rear brake dust shield that has been loose and rattling around. The mounting holes have been rusted through for a while, so I added some washers as a temporary fix a couple years ago, but now it’s totally fubar.
Probably should have bought a new one, but you have to pull the rear caliper, rotor and hub to get it on. For that matter, you have to pull all that to get the old one off ... unless you attack it with a grinder, hacksaw and hammer!