The rectifier it was. Excellent team at Allon White said yes, they'd had quite a few go wrong so after my M3W was delivered back from Kirkaldy on Monday, I charged the battery for the day and on Tuesday afternoon drove to Allon White, where they fitted a new rectifier while I waited. Truly good service with none of the Audi dealership style questionnaire where you have to answer excellent or all their jobs are on the line. Blasted off into the sunset some 2 hours later and with just over 1000 miles clocked, I gave her a few bursts of 4000 rpm and grinned all the way home. Marvellous!