Firstly - I agree totally with all of the above comments - a) welcome, b)
@A2Steve &
@depronman are excellent sources of recovered & newly made or refurbished parts, c) membership upgrade to access the 2nd-hand market here with many other excellent sources of supplies. What other info do you need? Obviously the usual things that wear need to be done based on age & mileage - belts, fluids & filters, a surprising number of cars *still* have the original VARTA battery with an 8z0 code on it as many folk here have commented - front door check straps, strut bearings, ARB bushes, drop links, shocks etc., for AUA engines it is worthwhile looking at cleaning the throttle body / EGR / oil trap, spark plugs, leads, coil pack and eventually injectors (our AUA ran intermittently like a bag of nails for a year until all of those had been done one by one, now it is a sewing machine with a smooth idle and surprisingly strong top end despite 186,000+ miles). Then you start thinking about upgrades - proper heated mirrors being the obvious place to start if where you stay is cold / wet in winter, then cosmetically better soft-touch parts, then better seats or desirable electronic gadgets installed by Tom C (
@timmus). As commented above - I bought one in Q3 2018 to fulfil a need (economical commuting - fuel cost differences with my previous daily commuter on the elapsed mileage since have just recently paid the purchase price of that A2) and now have three, all of which I have worked on in some way and / or am restoring. My story isn't unusual! Best of luck with yours!