Originally Posted by andy888

had 2 of these now. top one cost me £14.5k a few years ago, bottom one was just over 6k a couple years back. brilliant cars out the box. dont listen to any rumours about how to stop them blowing up etc in my experience its pot luck. my fisrt one (top one) i bought with 48k on it and it had blown up at 38k. my second one i bought with 94k on it and it blew up at 107k. it was remapped from new with an uprated pump etc in it. i ran a top spec oil in them both and changed it every 5k.

my pal owns one and it gets hammered day in day out and hadsnt seen fresh oil in 25k miles and is still going the best. i really think its pot luck but one thing i would advise is DONT buy one then drive about in it worrying if its gonna blow! buy it and rag it!

i wouldnt say it matters about the rebuild etc my last one got done reasonably cheap with a new STI9 nitrile coated crank etc. it also burned out an exhaust valve.

i fell in love with the styling of the P1 and would have another tomorrow. can be had for 5k now but obviouslt you get what you pay for! 18s and the alcons are a good option on them too. standard brakes are sh*te!

andy