thanks MonteZooma for understanding where i was coming from. when i was initially looking at the morgan 3 wheeler i was also looking at several classic porsches and one of the things that leaned me to the side of the morgan was that it was a "new" car but with all the feeling and emotion of a car of yesteryear. This meant that in my very rare and precious free time in between traveling almost 200 days a year and the san francisco weather that i'd be able to fire up the morgan and enjoy it from start to finish and not look at it as a weekend project. I've owned classic cars and while they offer lots of the same joys as the morgan, I'm at a place in my life right now where taking on an additional job "managing" another car is not something i have the time or patience for.
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Originally Posted By MonteZooma
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Reading the posts chaps (and chapesses) , two things do strike me as a little odd.
If BMW (other "premium brands" are, of course, available) vs Morgan is like Apples vs Oranges... then where do boats fit, Passion Fruit maybe? IMHO that really is a bit of a tenuous link, and possibly more suited to a Boats vs Vintage car analogy, where with both you invest in an experience where ongoing fettling is to expected at the outset.
I suggest that with a new, or recent, Morgan (Classic or M3W) you are really buying into the vintage look and feel, with modern, reliable (hopefully) mechanicals to support reasonably affordable running costs without the need for a workshop and backup army to keep you on the road. So comparisons with true vintage cars are a bit of a stretch beyond the period look and feel aspect.
