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#86729 - 30/03/12 07:44 PM Re: American Morgan owners...push me over the edge! [Re: mr_tony]
Utah9110 Offline
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Registered: 16/11/10
Posts: 39
Loc: Florida, U.S.A
Mateo - had I the means, I would be on one of the few Aero's in the States in a heartbeat.

I'm barely 20 and have had a thing for Mog's since I was 13. Bought an MGB at 18 as my first foray into the British iron world. Since 13 I've saved for a Trad range Morgan...only to be dismayed in finding that I can't buy one.

I've yet to talk to Mog about being on the list for a Malvern Roadster, but I always said that when I turn 21 I will own a new Trad range Mog - and I will own it until the day I die. I'll be damned if the EPA squashes a 8yr-$60K dream.

So if there's something that someone 12 years your junior can tell you, BUY IT. Why do you even need to ask? Mog's are obviously illogical when you sit down and think about it, so don't. Follow your heart and you'll be a happy man.

...and call me when you get it.

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#86741 - 30/03/12 09:00 PM Re: American Morgan owners...push me over the edge! [Re: Boshly]
AndyMac Offline
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Registered: 16/03/11
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Originally Posted By: Boshly
Hi Mateo

Morgan's are an idiosyncrasy. Modern old cars or old modern cars smile (some are of course old 'old' cars and that's another part of the beauty in that they have only evolved under the skin, and even then more limited than virtually every other car around). The aero, is even more so and perceived by the Mog community as the 'Johnny come lately'.

Because of all the above, not everyone 'gets' it. It does tend to be that the older you get, the more nostalgia you feel, and thus the fonder of a Morgan you become. Some start earlier than others wink

When you actually sample and 'feel' one, you realise two things; unlike virtually every other car, the tactility, sensation and general aura of driving a Morgan lets you know in no uncertain terms that this car has soul. The other, is that all of the former is only available because of how it's built and it's tenacious grasp of history and an era of great motoring experiences now gone by.

It also tells you pretty immediately that you will forgive its foibles (an English word meaning that 'things will go wrong occasionally') and you will do so because you just know that to have such a car in this day and age it can only be provided by a smaller manufacturer, building for a specific smaller market who will never have the research testing or marketing budget of a large car producing conglomerate; and nor would you want them to as otherwise you'd be driving a Golf Cabrio smile

That's as close as I can get in words thumbs grin2 so if that appeals, or rings a bell, go for it!! drive


Nicely put ,almost a poem

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