I dont think its been thrashed, the owner certainly wasnt boy racer type and he reckons the guy that had it before him lovingly serviced it too, so should be fine. The RS badges will be coming off. Speaking of which, whats the best way to remove them?

The guy is polish or something, he put "noisy engine" and meant "quiet engine", its quiet as a mouse.

Looks tidy, but whats the 0-60

The guy was a mid thirties and didnt seem to have boy racer profile at all, I think the badges were probably fitted by a previous owner. 0-60 is probably a few seconds slower than my MX-5.

What the what?

How do I vagcom it? SHould I just take it to an Audi garage to check?

Not too up on what works with which model in that range, but something like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAG-COM-Serial-VW-Audi-Car-Diagnostic-Code-Reader-OBD-2_W0QQitemZ180324098783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item180324098783&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1689|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1308

Its a handy lead to have in any event

I dont have a laptop to hook it up to though sadly

what about the one under your bed for when you cant sleep ?  or the one in the bathroom for when youre on the loo ?  or the one you keep in the car incase you breakdown ?

tell me you have a laptop in the car ?  everyone keeps one in the car.... right ?

err did you see this bit "noisy engine"

Those TDIs get very noisy if thrashed, they also sound horrible in the cold.  Mine fortunately a 55k still sounds reasonabily quiet.

Again, nice little buy there.

VAGCOMs also save you £50 diagnosis fees when you get the odd fault light.

Damn nige, I was going to msg you about my car... I just got my renewal price through and its blooming expensive.
I might just take my beemer off the road for 3 months or so... this will save me a shed load

sell it back to me!  I miss it

(seriously)