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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Enjoying a lovely trip through Normandy when the lower suspension wishbone members sheared this morning (thankfully at pottering speed). So I called Morgan Breakdown, which told me it would get me recovered to the Morgan agent in Dinan and sort me out with a hire car etc. After a lot of dithering, they then told me that their insurers might have a problem with costs because the recovery people, coming from 8km away, were charging them
€1000
to take the vehicle to their depot......
Somewhat astonished reaction at the other end. They said it was a Saturday and therefore 50% more expensive, and that things cost more in France. They certainly do! Their charge for taking the disabled M3W 230km to Dinan on Monday is also €1000, so the insurers are considering my use of a hire car on a daily basis from then on. They are being fleeced. I bet my Gott & Wynn breakdown cover would have been a better call.
On the upside, the incident happened outside a magnificent manoir, the chatelaine of which invited me in to see her husband's Bugattis: a 1926 Type 35 and a 1939 Type 39, both of which he fettles himself. He wasn't about, and I asked her whether he would mind if we swapped, but no dice (in French).
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Sorry to hear of your plight.
Do you know what caused the failure?
Have you any pictures of the bits that failed and I wonder if this is yet another thing we should be worrying about.
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That's a bugger sorry about the expense, at least you are in one piece.
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
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Before  After  Bugger
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That is a damn serious failure - thank goodness the shocker held on.
Is this a known failure area or another one for the list.
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
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Shame about your M3W but the Bugatti's would have been nice...
A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
2011 4/4 Bespoke, 1981 Delorean, Auburn Boat Tail
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There are much smarter people than me on TM who will advise on that. It happened at <20km/hr - the front member went and slewed the steering into a tree, and the rear separated when we pushed the vehicle clear.
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Very scary thank God you were going slowly.
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
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Wow, so you will need a lower wish bone, exhaust pipe, exhaust sensor. Only?
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Very scary thank God you were going slowly. +1
Steve
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