Well, I'm amazed.
I had a call from a transport company saying they'd come to collect the car today - no contact from the buyer still lol. And the amazing thing is that the lorry actually turned up!
So thats it, its gone - into the trade as it turns out, so no doubt it'll re-appear somewhere shortly at £5k
Its a shame to see it go as I did an awful lot of work on it - and spent a lot of money on parts - so someone will be getting a bargain. Since buying the 850R it has acted as a standby car and has performed faultlessly when needed. If it wasn't worth so much I'd have kept it as a spares car as the engine, gearbox, brakes etc are all the same as on the 850R. The 4.4 ECU is a standard upgrade, so there were a lot of goods parts in that car. Lets just hope I don't need to do any major work on those items on the 850R now!
As an aside, it'd be nice to see it continue its story on the forum, so lets hope the next owner is an enthusiast.