Over 3 months later..car still not ready for Burghley =(

[Dischordant]

So had my spin on 4th of January - damaged the front panels and the radiator. I'm finding it a bit surprising it is still not repaired yet.
Am I unrealistic to expect a quicker turn around on these things? Last year the full respray took over 3 months to do. Now this repair has taken over 3 months to do and still hasn't been completed yet. Many moons ago I was involved in a crash in a Porsche Boxster and the car was repaired and back with me within a month.

Is it just to be expected that when it comes to TVRs that there will be very long turn around times?

I would be interested to hear other peoples experiences on time it's taken for work to be done on theirs!

Many thanks and looking forward to seeing your beauties at Burghley =)

Edited by Dischordant on Thursday 10th April 06:41

[s6boy]

That really does sound like a long time if it is just the rad a front panels, I presume that's front wings splitter and bonnet/s. All available pretty much off the shelf from what I gather. Who's doing the work? I think I'd be on the phone to them every other day.

[Dischordant]

Spoken to garage - all on it's way

Edited by Dischordant on Thursday 10th April 19:45

[SteveSPG]

its your money and your car

go and beat them with a big stick

seriously, if the parts are available it is just their scheduling to make the work easier for them. no need to take more than a couple of weeks for this sort of repair

[s6boy]

Agree with always being courteous, but there has to come a stage where you politely ask them to pull a finger out
Guessing the car is at the same place you had the re spray? If so there shouldn't be a problem with the colour matching, so struggle to see how they can justify the time. Might be worth asking your insurance to chase up on your behalf to put some pressure on.

[TOV!E]

That does suprise me, as the people you are using are talked about as the best Tvr people in the world,

[TOV!E]

That does suprise me, as the people you are using are talked about as the best Tvr people in the world,

[EW486]

Can understand your pain completely. I'm waiting for my engine rebuild+ECU+TC since end of January. What's most annoying for me is that I can't get any feedback or information about the status. I'm looking forward that it's worth waiting.

[Dischordant]

Delays caused by insurance and parts aquiring were unfortunately unavoidable and completion looks on the horizon =)

Edited by Dischordant on Thursday 10th April 19:44

[s6boy]

I see you're in Surrey, are you using a company near Aldershot? If so from experience they do work to their own time scale and feedback is hard to come by, however the work they do is to a good standard.
After this length of time I'd be on the phone tomorrow to ask for photographs of progress and if not happy ask the insurance to get it moved. Implied or explicit loss of finance usually focuses attention.
Don't forget you pay the premiums so the insurance are working for you.

[Dischordant]

Thanks guys - I'm happy it's being sorted now after they rang to reassure