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According to this site, which provides definitions of probable cause and reasonable suspicion, "Refusing a search does not create reasonable suspicion, although acting nervous and answering questions inconsistently can."

http://www.flexyourrights.org/facts/probable-cause-definition.html

Once a cop has probable cause, they don't have to ask your consent to search your vehicle.

If they have nothing at all, not even a reasonable suspicion, they may still (of course) ask, but refusal is not cause for reasonable suspicion.

I guess the long and the short of this is that in Virginia, a cop has to have a more solid reason to search a vehicle (without consent) than they do to make an arrest of a felonious illegal under 19.2-81.6.