Dewars, to date, over 23,000 miles on my '03 with the only 2 problems being a lens coming off for the neutral indicator, and a broken speedo cable. The cam/shim thing is just normal maintenance, yeah it would be "nice" not to do it, but on the flip side, it gives me a chance to take a peek inside my engine every 8000 or so miles, something I most certainly fear doing on my Volkswagen!!!
Fear not, take the plunge!
