Hi all. Just signed up as looking to get an A3 to replace our diesel Golf and looking for some advice. I'm looking to get a petrol engine model, a 1.2 or 1.4. Have a budget of around £15k and the wife is quite specific - must have 5 doors, a manual gearbox, grey, with chrome strips under the windows! I think it will be the 8V model (2012-2016?). I have seen reports that the 1.4 engines suffer with timing chain stretch and wondered if this is still so. I like the idea of the 1.4 COD engines but is this one to avoid? I will be doing my own maintenance on it - are they overly complicated with regular known faults? Any advice on petrol engines to avoid would be welcome.