This is a very real issue. My wife’s A6 ecoboost suffers from vibration. She only has 15K miles. My GT is smooth, but it only has 6K miles. Who knows what’ll happen. So disappointing.
I use dimple black holes and pan plugs. Have for years. Always a good amount of ferric dust on both the plug and inside of the filter can during service.
It can't hurt.
I went with auto mustangs this time because I have HAD ENOUGH OF THE GARBAGE MT-82 in my 2012 to last 100 lifetimes. When I want to row gears, I pull my heavily modified Miata out and thrash it for a while.