"Pretty naive way of buying cars imho Paul, especially as you had been so vehement about your original 3W before buying the second one."
Not at all, when I ordered my first one, there were no demonstrators at the dealers to try, and as I explained, with my present one, having owned one for a year, I couldn't see the point in driving an older demo, which was just like mine, and I rather hoped that some development work would have been undertaken in the meantime.
I have never said that the car isn't fun to drive and always a source of amusement and interest to others, which I like. If I sold this one, and I have no intention of doing so, I would buy another, but only after they had been fixed and the fix verified.
I love the car, which is why I am so eager that the steering/suspension geometry is redesigned and made to work. I just cannot believe that a company the size of MMC couldn't get it right before production, when one man bands, working in small sheds, seem to be able to.
I'm pleased that you brought up the question of weight Brian, as I hesitated to raise another issue. The FW400 weighing 400kgs was made using a carbon fibre tub, no space frame chassis and a K series engine, [just about the lightest car engine available] and even then, it was weighed by a magazine, with oil and fuel at around 430kgs. Motorcycle engined Caterhams, with a proper chassis, have been built down to around 380kgs, wet.
I once commented that MMC use the blacksmith school of car building, that is, to use oversized materials and fabrication, in the hope that it will be strong. In my uninformed opinion, our little car is 100kgs too heavy, and could weigh less by more intelligent use of materials and design, after all, if Caterham can do it, with a 4 wheeler, with glass screen & weather gear [incl. heater], why haven't Morgan?
Anyway, I'm sure that this will be another opportunity for the faithfull to defend the car and, indeed, Morgan themselves and so the discussion will roll on.
