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#41535 - 11/03/10 07:03 AM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: DaveW]
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Originally Posted By: DaveW
More money for fewer comforts?



sorry, I don't see less comfort,
doorpockets are gone but you get a net to make the glovebox use-able (mine isn't) and a cubby-box (had mine ordered in .DE)
hood/spare are in place
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#41540 - 11/03/10 10:12 AM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Ivo]
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Registered: 16/08/09
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Loc: Normandy, France
Originally Posted By: Ivo
Originally Posted By: Vampirex
(...)I reinstalled with the S/S button bolts, plastic washers, nylocs and “Duralac” to avoid catalyse. (...) to remove and reinstall treads, (...) remove the rubber from the rail, screw each bolt and reinstall rubber(...)

Good point, Daniel. I remember having read about corrosion in this area earlier.
How do you remove the rubber from the rail. Is is just "squeezed" in, and does it come out easily? How is it put back in?


Hi Ivo,
Yes, it is. To remove, use a pointy tool in the side of the rubber to help to disengage it from the rail and pull it out. To reinstall, spread the rubber with soap, engage the end of the rubber in the end of the rail and from there, push firmly the rubber into the rail up to the other end. It is sometime hard for the finger but not very difficult to do. Be careful not to extend the rubber when you install, because it help to install but will be too long once at the end (experienced), so you should remove and reinstall again.
BR.
Daniel.





Edited by Vampirex (11/03/10 10:16 AM)

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#41573 - 11/03/10 09:45 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Vampirex]
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Thank you, Daniel smile
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#43265 - 18/04/10 12:37 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Ivo]
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Registered: 01/10/08
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Loc: Italy
I think that the Roadster Sport starts from a different idea than the 4/4 Sport: the latter doesn't have a spare wheel, no possibility to have accessories, in order to have a lightweight car.

The Roadster to me seems more an edition made with a pre-chosen number of combinations in order to get customers to choose only within a range. All in all it seems to me a MY10 of the Roadster, which is somehow right to have because of the new engine. But I presume that the same engine will be used on normal Roadsters, or at least it'll be possible to get the extra 20 hp by a proper exhaust system, as it was until now with the 200 hp engine.

I'm a bit worried about the pricing of this car, is it going to be more expensive than an equivalent-fitted Roadster? Why?

I would have imagined that in change of a reduction in the number of options you could get a better price. One thing I liked about Morgans is the possibility to customize them down to the last bolt. Now with this variant you have only a bunch of colours, 1 interior colour, 1 hood colour, black wheels (which to me seems really unclassy) and black grille.

Also in the interior, this dash with a net to close the glovebox seems really poor (not racing, simply poor). Maybe I'm a bit overreacting here, but the "Sport" variant should be more a lightweight fast animal, rather than a simple combination of colours.

Does anyone know when the new prices for the normal Roadster and the Sport variant?

I noticed at the Milan dealer of Morgan a white Roaster (my09) with green interior and hood...this seems much nicer than the Sport to me, but I'd like to understand where the new models place themselves in term of equipment and prices.
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#43275 - 18/04/10 04:18 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Jack81]
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Apparently the Sports will also have a black leather option - so I was told yesterday.
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#43312 - 19/04/10 07:47 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: DaveW]
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Registered: 24/02/10
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All opinions can be different: I love the black wired wheels and I love the black stone guard too.
I find the net in the glovebox is enough (nobody wants to open it to see there's nothing in) ...
And they are still people that don't like green ;-)

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#43315 - 19/04/10 08:00 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: swan013]
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Originally Posted By: swan013
All opinions can be different: I love the black wired wheels and I love the black stone guard too.
I find the net in the glovebox is enough (nobody wants to open it to see there's nothing in) ...
And they are still people that don't like green ;-)


+1 - though I don't mind most greens, but not keen on duck-egg green! frown

I also like the net in the glovebox and have asked for one on my SuperSports. thumbs

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#43355 - 20/04/10 02:52 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Aeroman]
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Registered: 01/10/08
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Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh in my comments over the Roadster Sport, they were never meant to say that this is a car missing 50% of flavour to be perfect, it's more that it misses 1% to get to 105%.

I developed a strange passion for Morgans (and I'm sure I'm not the only one here), but I can also see that not having one and being quite new here I can only count on a limited experience and I should not judge before having seen things in reality.

For example, I saw the pictures posted here from the Milan dealer with the Roadster Sport and it does the wanted effect: an old time sports car.

Morgans will always be down to the bone in this (at least the classic range), even the most accessorised one will still have a big "WOW" effect if compared to the other tin cans you can find in the streets nowaday.

Once again, I apologize for my comment but I'll wait patiently to see the car live and to understand how this is prices if compared with a standard Roadster.

Jacopo
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#43357 - 20/04/10 04:14 PM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Jack81]
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Registered: 11/05/09
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don't appologise, your views are as valid as anyone else's round here, the great thing about traditional Mogs is the variety of specifications. I always thought only a +8 would do it for me but 12 months on with a 4/4 Sport I realise the smaller engined versions have enormous character and I am now thinking maybe a 4/4 Sport Comp............

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#43384 - 21/04/10 07:11 AM Re: 2010 Morgan V6 Roadster Sport [Re: Easter]
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Registered: 05/08/06
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Loc: England
Welcome to Talk Morgan Jacopo wine

As Easter has said, there is no need to apologise for having an opinion. smile

To address a few of your points, I believe Morgan are going to remove the rear wheel on the production Roadster Sport, although I do not know this for certain and I could be wrong.

While the company do sell a road legal Roadster Lightweight, in my opinion, the Roadster Sport is more about blending the style of a 4/4 Sport model with the additional power of the V6. I don't view it as a lightweight creation but more of a stylish car that you could track should you wish but that probably wouldn't our perform the standard Roadster (unless you added a track pack with upgraded suspension, exhaust, etc).

You said: "The Roadster to me seems more an edition made with a pre-chosen number of combinations in order to get customers to choose only within a range."

And yes, this was the original idea of the 4/4 Sport - to provide a standard car, at a fixed price, which would allow the customer to buy a Morgan with ease and the factory to standardise (and speed up) production of these models.

Having seen the Morgan Roadster Sport in the metal, I can say it looks stunning - and beside the 4/4 Sport, the wider body is evident.

Anyway, those are my thoughts and again, welcome to the site.

Simon




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