I forgot your thread was here in General Topics...and BTW, ouch! I just ordered an endo-scope because I hate the $10 China scope I first bought. It also has attachments for it and I now will never use one when looking at the valves. "Thanks", I suppose, for the heads-up? I'll back-read and see if you posted what you were doing to prompt the scoping of the cylinders.
There's really nothing wrong with my '07, but I just ordered a bunch of stuff that mine needs to remain road worthy for another, fingers x'd, 100k miles. It'll give me stuff to do while in "Social Distance" mode. Going to first tackle the headlight, belly pan, and front lower wheel arch, and both rear liners. I am waiting to do the lpfp upgrade, bought the Quantum 265L/hr, in case I screw something up and who then knows when I will be able to get what I may be in need of. For the same reason of the unknown future, I am waiting to do the new filter housing and the seals that sandwich it, the injectors, the new Golf R turbo, timing chain and tensioner, and a catted DP. Then a front lower driver's seat re-cover. All of this, and continuing scheduled services, should make it last for the rest of my life.