I have heard the rumours as well Spider but it does look a genuine low mileage car to me, my gunmetal mk1 was in similar condition before i refurbished it and that has 32,000 miles on it, i know mine is genuine as i got it off the original owner, Btw mine had original dunlops on it but the second set ;) surely the bloke you bought it off knows a relative of the owner if thats who he got it off, the paperwork might still be out there somewhere, anyone who knows me would know i`d be knockin on doors before the trail goes cold, get down to the original owners address on the log book for a start ;)