I take steves point that things are becoming ever more complex from my encounters with can systems on military trucks god only knows how they will get on in the desert!! As for UK Autotalk, this was the first resource I thought of even before I set up this venture, previous use of this site showed me many heads are better than one, I suppose that time will tell just how many times I have to use it, still handed my notice in today so watch this space.
As for Petes points once again time will tell how much work is out there for re-mapping as I have made the decision to go for it. Probably meet somewhere on the road as my area is the East Midlands more or less directly below where Pete is patrolling, as for key programming then the answer to your question is no, not even considered it but maybe I should money for old rope sounds good to me, thanks for your thoughts, more fat to chew on, any more thoughts then post them here or e-mail me directly.