So stick with it - it's well worth it!,,
I think this sums it up. I've been a member on TM for 6 years or so now and to my recollection this hasn't happened before.
Yes I am a moderator on the site but to be frank as of yesterday that hasn't involved me doing much. I saw the OP and was concerned with the tone and what I felt was an unappropriated post for this forum. I felt it pushed the boundaries and contacted Simon, who in my view has the final say as it is he not me that will have to live with the consequences.
I'm not an engineer but the solution as far as I can tell is only running on two vehicles. If it's safe or not only time will tell but the view of MMC in the emails was that it wasn't. At the end of the day they are the ones that have tested this vehicle at MIRA been forced to undertake crash tests and in the end although they have not offered a solution this is the view which should be respected. I have small fleet of vehicles at work which regularly have issues and I'm sure if I wrote to the manufactures and set out my solutions I'd be promptly told where to go. We (meaning the collective we) have a level of access at Morgan that I don't believe is replicated at any other car manufactures. Which for me at least is a big part of the ownership experience.
As a 3 wheeler owner with going for 7000 miles under my belt I don't believe the 3 wheeler is dangerous. Interesting maybe, but dangerous no. I've allowed my 18 year old to drive the car prior to passing his test at Leman's during LMC and I may have exceeded the speed limit by a reasonable amount a few times.
Yes those of us that are Mods here do have an interest in MMC but this isn't commercial and this is true of many of the TM members. On more than one occasion Simon has stepped in on behalf of members to bring to the factories attention issues that members have had with dealers and vehicles. He won't tell you about this but his intervention has always resulted in a satisfactory outcome for the TM member.
Its been said on this thread that if the OP had produced the technical detail all would have been fine, but the remainder of the post I believe was harmful to the forum and also the relationship we collectively have with the factory.
The factory is well aware of the concerns raised here and myself and Brian are constantly asking about the 3 wheeler. As I stated in my response (which Simon also deleted) the factory are working on this matter and the bevel box. My son whose about to go off to Uni to study engineering spent part of his summer putting miles on cars being used as mules for some of the changes, what we'll end up seeing I don't know but we will end up seeing something.
At the end of all this all I can say is that I love my 3 wheeler, it has issues and I won't deny that but what would I change it for?
I know Boshley has touched in this but I'll elaborate a little more. Yesterday I sent Simon a text when I'd spotted the post. A little later Simon told me that he'd looked at the post and had tried to contact the other mods to discuss what to do. Being sensible we'd all gone out and left it to him
I felt guilty about bringing this to his attention when he was sitting in a restaurant having a meal with an old friend who was visiting from overseas.
Simon certainly doesn't deserve the criticism he has received on this thread, he has put a lot of his own time effort and resources into make TM what it is, the snug in the pub where you can pull up a chair and chat not the night club where you constantly watching your back.
