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This is the kind of post that people need to make when they have issues with their vehicles; factual, with photos and videos to illustrate the problems. I just don’t think that you can accurately compare Morgan with BMW. The quantity of vehicles produced, the scale of their operation, the method in which they are built, and the resources invested in R&D are nowhere close to equal. The only thing that they share is a price point. The analogy is very apples to oranges.

Another thing to keep in mind is that Blake had his vehicle flown in and, looking at the photos, appears to have been picked up right at the airport; totally skipping the dealership (correct me if I'm wrong). So, there was never any chance for the dealership to detail it or give it a good quality-control inspection. I was informed by my dealership that when the car arrives it is filthy and they request an entire day for detailing and inspection. When I went to see my car for the first time, it was spotless.

As for the bevel box - that was one of the earliest and most well documented issues that this car had. From my own experiences with the dealer demo vehicle and my vehicle this was vastly improved upon to the point that it was hardly noticeable when compared to the old version. But, either way, some noise from the bevel box must have been somewhat expected, unless there wasn’t much research done pre-purchase.

Now the improper weather strip installation and the wobbly shifter nob are both issues that I would take up with my dealership, and I would expect them to fix these issues as the car is still under warranty and these are all manufacture defects. While the not-quite-right size floor mats may be a bother, some double sided tape or Velcro would remedy this as it seems only a very minor inconvenience.

I am glad that overall, as he stated, Blake is still happy with his purchase despite these issues, and while it is unfortunate that anyone has to deal with these little issues no car no matter who makes it is going to work all the time at 100%. If you wanted to still compare Morgan to BMW, my BMW has had a faulty head gasket, leaky headlight washers, had to replace the weather stripping on the rear windshield, who knows how many recalls and service bullitins; and it was built by robots.