The quote just came in from the "authorised" BMW Insurance repairer here in the ACT.
A nice neat $1100, not bad for something we had absolutely no involvement in, except being the owner of the car of course.
Lucky we brought a new Astra SRi coupe yesterday (in Melbourne of all places hehehe), it will come in handy when the 1 goes into car hospital for a week.
Thanks for the sympathy messages, we have passed them all on to the little car, she says thanks
(as does the wife, the registered owner of the little beastie).