I do hope it turns out to be a good one as a poor, neglected one could give you the wrong opinion of, if what is looked after and well maintained, is a cracking little car.Luckily the suspension and brakes have been done and I have money aside for a service, cambelt change/water pump and a little for whatever inevitably dies immediately. Personally I wouldn't own an A2 without the OSS, but I totally get that's a personal choice. I'm quite picky on car colours and there's a host of them that I also wouldn't be happy with if I'm honest.
To put it in perspective, I took a risk on my current car by doing an 18 hour round trip to collect it because the colour and spec has to be right. Luckily that paid off and I've made money on it but with cars you win some and you lose some.
Ultimately, if it dies, I can break it, scrap it and get another for the price I'm paying for it I think. If it survives 3 months, I'm up.
If it doesn't I'm willing to take the hit of always wanting to own an A2 and ticking it off the list.
I 100% need to very careful about forming that emotional bond though, as per dj_efk
There also may be serious begging to local owners to help me fix the bloody thing when it breaks every 5 mins.
My advice for what it's worth would be to try and pick up one that is known to have been taken care of rather than take a risk on one that might not have been and spoil the experience