Ran into my Mini last night. It now has gunmetal gre holies and black mirror caps, looks different but nice blends in much better than with the orange. New owner is happy with it he has put over 10K miles on it in the 6 months he has owned it. It makes me happy that another person is enjoying the car.
I always hate seeing my old cars (mostly because they never seem to get the care I gave them) but it nice to know that yours is getting taken care of.