Smash Yer 340R

[andyjmchaplin]

For fellow readers of EVO Mag you may have seen that harry metcalfe has hit his 340r cost to repair £9375.34 and this was the bill just for body damage.

think i will stick to the elise

[beast]

yeah & he gave the crap excuse of a small grass verge that would be similar to a gravel trap......what utter crap.

I live about a mile from "driving God" Harry and he must have been a tw@t. You don't fracture a tub like that in a gravel trap (see the split right up the headlight) let a lone a 6" grass verge.

I'll stick with my 340R thankyou - I've owned nothing better for the job & don't drive like the village gimp.

[twit]

I thought it sounded suss, grass verge my @rse!! But flipping heck that was expensive!!! I'll stick to the Elise.

Twit

[cuzza]

So, how exactly did he claim to doi have done 10k worth of damage to it?

[andyjmchaplin]

cuzza said: So, how exactly did he claim to doi have done 10k worth of damage to it?

the 340r body comes in 1 complete part and by the time they fit it and replace 1 driving lamp your up to 9 big ones

[clanger]

Breakdown of costs were:

Body - £4082
F Spoiler £901
Labour 77hrs
total cost £9375.34(pedant)

Damage doesn't look 2 bad in photo - Halfords DIY Fibryglass and duplicolour - reckon I'd repair it for 50 quid. Harry sounds a bit of a prat (and a poor driver)

[markqelise]

the way my elise came apart when hitting a pheasant I can believe that hitting a 'sheer' verge wuold bend and break the fibreglass enough to cause the crack.

[dazren]

I feel sorry for anyone who owns a 340R. As far as resale is concerned this "flawed" design characteristic has justed fecked owners sideways. Why do they do it? Barstewards.

DAZ

>> Edited by dazren on Sunday 8th June 11:46

[joust]

Given Autocar helped design it - is this some sort of "wry smile effect".....

J