Aluminum Oil Pans on later VWs?

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

Kirsten Jensen wrote:
> You can have a look at the pics of it on ECS Tuning's website:

I couldn't get to it from that link.
Direct to pics of half steel, half Al pans:

For 2.0 & TDI $63
http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/images/product/iadmin/3324_x600.jpg
http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/images/product/iadmin/3325_x600.jpg
For 1.8T $100
http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/images/product/iadmin/3326_x600.jpg
http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/images/product/iadmin/3327_x600.jpg

Interesting.  The aluminum pans creep me out.  What if someone 
accidentally goes off-roading or gets it stripped by a bozo?

But a stiff blow might just warp the mating surface...