Been to Lossiemouth and back in the last week with the VR-4, and had a generally fabulous time!
Until my starter motor failed. Turned out that it wasn't my imagination that it had sounded a bit lazy for years!
Anyway, with massive thanks to both @Chris.W and @peter thomson, I had replacements lined up within the hour!
In the end, we robbed Chris's starter motor from his VR-4 and Peter is sending his spare to Chris to replace it.
So, all good in the end (starter spins over much better now!) and yeah, this club is still fantastic!