I wouldn't expect a turbo to fail at that mileage - but unfortunatly they sometimes do, its a trait of modern cars. I will only run '90s cars for that reason and that if they do go wrong you can repair them yourself.

I have had Citroen XMs with nearly 300,000 miles on them, never had a turbo failure, it seems to be since they increased the power output of the engines that they have become less reliable.

The overal quality has deteriorated considerably in the last ten years or so with all sorts of things failing that used to last the life of the car.

2 questions.

How frequent and at what mileage has the oil been changed.

Do you allow the turbo to warm up and cool down on tickover before driving hard and after driving hard respectively.

Is it fine to drive the car without the turbo working so I can take it to other garages?

The car has a full service history and I check the oil every few months. Even when the turbo went there were no warning lights.

With regards to letting the turbo warm up and cool down I would say no not all the time. In the morning I would always drive the car slow and at low revs until the temperature was up to normal. When stopping I would avoid starting the car back up until 10 mins because I had read about the turbo temp recommendations.

There are a number of VW family cars where I live and I know for sure they don't follow the rules of letting it run before and after using the car. It is not practical to do this day in day out.