Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

I’m not a mechanic but last month my ‘fan belt’ broke. One of the pulleys or the tensioner was faulty and I messed about too long getting it repaired and the belt broke.
I was told not to drive the car or start it by my mechanic. So I parked it and got it recovered.
The belt snapped and wrapped itself round the power steering pump amongst other things.
When the mechanic got to the car he replaced the pulleys, tensioner and timing belt. I was incredibly lucky that no damage had been done to anything. The mechanic advised that an unlucky outcome would have been a new engine.
The timing belt was changed because all the front of the car had to be removed to repair the fan belt and the timing belt would have needed changed next year so it actually saved me some money in future labour charges.
Total cost of repairs was £810 including recovery vehicle.
From now on, I’ll get repairs done promptly and not leave it until the part breaks.
The car is an Audi A6 and oddly it is driving better than ever now - apparently the timing had not been set up correctly by a previous mechanic.