I am not sure why Night Blue is so rare. It looks the dogs danglies. The car was bought new... not pristine though as some numpty had whacked something into one of it's doors which was only noticed (by me) when I went to pick it up. Those dent guys are brilliant though, you could not tell there had ever been two dents there.
I might have to do a bank job if I get stung for another service bill like that! You are correct though, next time I will probably change the pads myself. It has only done about 7000 miles (they did say the pads had a couple of thousand miles to go) so I must have a heavy breaking foot and I do not fancy paying main dealer prices too often.
Do you find your clutch a little bit juddery at the bite point? If you do this will go with the new slave cylinder. It gives a slightly firmer clutch peddle and is a real improvement.