Five and a half weeks of patience to be precise. But the end result was well worth the effort and besides, it was during winter and I had little else to do as I had already completed my own VFR. I suppose the worst bit was that about a month later, my mate decided the offer he got to change was too tempting and he traded it in for a FireStorm. But at least he did get over top dollar.
Below is my VFR at the time. Wish I had kept this one instead of trading it in for a Vtec.