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Yikes! Standard car for me then!

I've never owned a re-mapped/chipped car, but quite a few of the vRS's I've been considering have them. I have a few questions then: Have you done the honest thing and told your insurer? Have you found getting insurance difficult (insureres refusing to cover power mods)? Have you found it expensive? Which insurers are happy to cover this sort of modification?

Just been to look at this one. A nice clean, straight looking car and it drove very nicely, with not knocks from the suspension. turns out the one owner was the police and it was an un-marked traffic car. I guess this being the case it will have been correctly maintained, but there is no service history (stamped book, invoices, etc) with the car. The dealer suggested a report would be available from the police workshop which maintained it. Although I'm sure it would be a good car, I'm not sure I could buy without knowing what had been done and when regarding service and maintenance. It is the first one I have looked at (and driven), so my search will continue. Do they all have heavy clutches? Nearly pushed my foot through the floor when I got back in my BM!

Brilliant, thanks, just the sort of info I was after.

I was looking for a lower mileage car, but an 03 vRS, silver, one owner, has cropped up very local to me with 76k on the clock. I've read the very useful 'buying guide' and will ask the seller all the appropriate questions (inc timing belt/water pump). Would a car with this mileage on cause any concern, or have any likely impending major work/replacement bits and bobs? I am guilty of getting hung-up on mileage and have rarely taken a car past 100k. I know modern cars are supposedly much better at handling higher mileages than they used to be, and I know this one is not very high at all, but thought I'd ask for opinions. Thanks

Still really like the look and sound of your car James. I was hoping to come and view it, but with the weather as it is and still having much to do before Xmas I'm going to have to leave it for a while. If the car is still available after Xmas I may try to arrange something.