>> did you replace ALL the hoses and all the clamps at the same time?
if not, you're just being bit by Murphy. :( <<

No, they were all replaced within 2 years of each other.

Here's a question. I stopped by an auto parts store to get 4 more feet of
hose to carry with me since I've used up all my backup. The guy asks me if
it was fuel injection hose and I said yes. He told me that I needed special
fuel injection hose which was like $6 a foot as compared to the braided
stuff I was using from my other store at a dollar something a foot.  Is this
what the problem is? Do I need this thicker hose all around or is this snake
oil?

BTW, I explained to him that VW has always liked the braided hose because it
better soaks up and holds the gas to create a much better fire. :) :)

Bryan