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by G Walker - 24/08/26 06:52 PM
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http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/1512...into_campervan/ Morgan sports car 'written off' after crashing through wall and into campervan in Madresfield Road, Malvern.
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Understand nobody hurt fortunately! The morgan test driver will have an intersting evalution conversation, I am affraid.
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Some quite interesting comments from the locals re Morgan test drives !
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Hope it wasn't a customer's car being tested before delivery ...
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I doubt the Morgan is a write off - the factory have the facilities to repair that / rebuild on a different chassis with the same mechanicals. The campervan doesnt look to have much damage and likely is being written off because its old and not worth much. In short the story looks to me like a bit of journalese drama making.
I did a test with one of the Morgan test drivers in an Aero a while ago, and he certainly didnt hold back. I'm no shrinking violet but the speeds he hit in restricted areas werent on.
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Having a prop shaft drop and kick out can make for a quick change from driver to passenger.
Last edited by Draggin; 01/03/17 08:53 PM.
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I guess that anyone who owns an Aero S5 would like to know what broke.
& to have their dealer check it.
'cos with around 100 examples, that's a 1% failure rate, which is (far) too high for a catastrophic failure.
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Bad news all round for the factory I suspect.
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I guess that anyone who owns an Aero S5 would like to know what broke.
& to have their dealer check it.
Will Ive read the article a couple of times and I can't see any reference to something breaking. He might have crashed at the shock of seeing a £16k Bongo 
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“I thought it was a postman and jumped out of bed and by the time I got outside the driver was out.
“He wasn’t hurt. He looked quite in shock. The airbags had blown.
“He said he felt the prop shaft had dropped and then it veered to the right and crashed.
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