Moncho, welcome to Talk Morgan. I saw this topic this morning before work but I was about on my way out the door and work was busy all day long, leaving me no time to post a well thought out response during breaks. In this time others have made most of the points that I was going to make, but to back up their statements:
Having now put 1500 miles on my 3 wheeler I have experienced no major issues, the only warranty issues that needed sorting were some paint drips off of a couple grommets. The biggest complaint that I see posted about seems to be the bump-steer issue, which my 3 wheeler seems to not suffer from severely as others do. There is a small amount of bump-steer when hitting a large pothole or bump in the road, but I have not experienced it so badly that the wheel left my grip or I felt as if I were not in control. If a bump took you by surprise, I would imagine it could be very startling; this is a vehicle that does require your full attention 100% of the time, especially so at highway speeds.
Next would be the handful of rectifiers that have crapped out or experienced a poor ground connection, which is a ~$60.00 part that is easy to access and replace if yours happens to fail out of warranty. Noisy bevel-boxes would be next I think; mine has been completely quiet the entire time, so again I have no experience with this and the noisiest ones seem to only be on the early cars. I will lump failed bevel-boxes in this category also, but I have only heard of two that actually failed.
By this point, I would estimate that the MMC are above one thousand 3 wheelers produced, and the amount of issues reported here seem to indicate that the problems are really few and far between when you consider that the components of the vehicle as well as major sections of the 3 wheeler are built and assembled by hand.
Then you need to weigh the experience of driving a 3 wheeler, it is like nothing else that you have experienced, ever. The low down view the driver has with the wind in your hair, watching the wheels hammer up and down over the pavement. The attention that it draws is immense and everywhere that you go complete strangers want to stop and talk to you about it. We joke that when we take it out to dinner, we need to plan an extra 15 min travel time, so we can get from the Morgan to the door of the restaurant and not miss our reservations.
Don't forget to also look at everything that the MMC got right. The S&S x-wedge is a solid engine and one that can be easily serviced by any HD/S&S dealer. The MX-5 transmission is time-tested, bulletproof and really perfect for this size of a vehicle. The styling is outstanding and it appeals to pretty much everyone, men - women - young - old, people seem to just love it. Then there is the decent gas mileage, the ability to enjoy it at low speeds, the feeling of having a classic but without the upkeep that an old car requires.
If you think that you will like it, chances are that you will love it.
Last edited by Mi3Wheeler; 24/07/13 06:44 PM.
