There are few scratches all are mild except one, which would be this one
I actually have no idea of its origin it was from when the orignal owner had the car, JayS you happen to remember how this happened to Geoff?
Other than aforementioned mention problem no other fender benders. Clutch feels great no slipage or anything, in the winter it is a bit annoying until it warms up but common with vw’s if it bothers you switch to something like GM Synchromesh it fixes that from what I read on vortex.
Oil changes have been rigid 5k-7k using Mobil1 0W 40 and 5w 30
Timing Chain… good question, no that is a around 70k mi item that I was planning on doing but alas got a new car 