Well its been written off as expected
He's agreed quite a good price with them for it really, he did ask about buy back but they wanted £1400 for it which he decided wasn't going to be worthwhile at the end of the day. I believe it will be going to a salvage yard in Bristol, if anyone is interested in it I can try and get the full address for you.
So he's on the lookout for a mk2 180 now....or an ST170, Mini Cooper etc etc