UK insurance rates

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <01bd6594$259aa960$LocalHost@default> "Ian J Haseltine" writes:

> According to my broker, I can reduce the increase to 38% if I get a full
> engineer's report on the vehicle. When I bought the car I was told by the
> vendor that he had been told by the guy that had owned it before him that it
> was chipped, so I insured it as such. Are there any markings or id on the
> standard chip in the ecu so that I can prove this one way or the other? I
> mean, its going to sound a bit suspicious if I now tell my broker that its
> not chipped after all unless I have some sort of proof.

I have a spare "standard ECU" ...

Anyway - pull the thing out, bend up the tabs, unscrew the screws
holding the upper circuit board.  The stock chip is soldered directly
to the board - an aftermarket chip usually sits in a socket.  There
is also an identifying sticker on the chip.

I've not yet seen a "chipped" MB.  Would be interesting.  What would be
even _MORE_ interesting, if your car has been chipped, would be to
swap in my spare ECU and send the chip from yours over to this nice
man in Colorado.  Fancy a trip to Durham next Sunday night?

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 Phil Payne
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