The shocks are back! Insert bad pun here. Towards the end of september I was able to speak to Nitron and they said they would ship on or about the 21st. On that very day they emailed me a tracking number as requested and they arrived at Meridian Motorsport on the 24th or 25th.
In the intereset of fairness I have to say they were packed and labeled beautifully, as we were worried we'd be getting someone else's shocks back, and they had been clearly well looked after. It seems that getting them repaired had required substantially more tooling remanufacture than previously anticipated, hence the delay. In terms of the future, apparently they are arranging someone to carry out these repairs in Australia so things should be smoother. Our final comment is that we live in the real world were nothing runs smoothly all the time. However, if companies keep you updated it's a lot easier to deal with.
As expected we spent wednesday 26th of sept. bolting the shocks back on and went for a quick spin in the evening. It would have been earlier but I forgot to charge the battery. I am a spanner. As anyone who has driven a clubman can tell you it was worth the wait. Each crackle of the exhaust on overrun had us giggling like infants and we had a ball. There is nothing like these cars to make you feel connected to the road and elements (and insects) although I have to ignore my bike riding mates who say otherwise. Bring on the summer.......
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