Parts are expensive. Labor (From a good source, not somebody just charging because of the name) is typically not that bad. There's very few issues with things being absolutely inaccessible and typically not that many problems with needing hyper-specific tools for things like on VW/AudiAG/Porsche cars. If it's been taken care of they are fantastic rides, and are relatively easy to keep going. If you ignore things, they have a problem to accumulate into very nasty issues that require quite a bit of money to manage. Sounds basically like every European car out there. And the electrical nightmare bit isn't as bad as it sounds. Old Z-cars are worse.