Thank you for your opinions.
I did indeed factor in the price of a belt change, at my local main dealer, prior to purchase. I even managed to confirm the service history of the vehicle with the service manager at the main dealer on the south coast. This corresponded exactly to what the lease company told me, and on the strength of several photos, and being busy at work and unable to view it in person, I paid for it without seeing the vehicle.
Just have to finalise the insurance now as the two named additional drivers, being ex pats for a few years, have no NCD. Nor do I on a second car. Methinks this could be a sneaky way of getting the two seater I want...sell the 330, run the slow as a slow thing A3 through summer, then buy the desired ragtop come autumn. A cunning plan. Man maths par excellence.
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