I asked and never received an answer. Glad you gave it another go.
Hey, BigP,
It is a pretty important question for me as I've never been in this position or situation where I had a new pricey vehicle with less than 2k miles on it that has problems rendering it useless and no clear answers on a resolution. I am in business designing, manufacturing, assembling and servicing products/equipment and have to stand behind my products. If my products don't perform correctly, its back on me on an expedited schedule to get any issues resolved to provide a properly functioning product while keeping our customers abreast of the situation all along the way. At that point, I can't focus too much on future sales until I've satisfied my current sales. Being a unique car built on a limited basis, we current owners are Morgan's sales staff but, at this point, I can't see me recommending one to anyone I like.
Not trying to be negative but something really stinks about all this. At this point, I'd gladly fix it on my own dime if parts were available just to get the intended use out of it but everything seems so secretive and tight lipped as it pertains to solving the M3W issues. It looks great sitting in my shop but now people have started asking me why I am not driving it anymore (though I'm still regularly riding motorcycles) and I am too ashamed to say...and I don't shame easily. I'm trying to prolong how long it will be before I get the "a fool and his money..." comment. And unfortunately and as it stands now, I won't be able to put up much of an argument or have a leg to stand on when that comment eventually comes (I'm anticipating it in the Spring). I have bought plenty of experience in my day on many products but nothing on this scale. If it had 80k miles on it, it would be as jagged a pill to swallow. Anybody can have problems with mechanical things but its how it is handled that separates the good from the bad.
It's not like its a minor thing like the self-cancelling blinkers aren't cancelling or even the bump steer (I can deal with that manually). The compensator has basically left me dead in the water and I know running it until it fails completely will adversely effect the balance of the car. I do love my little car and obviously, I wanted it but, admittedly, the bond would be much stronger if it were something that I could use for its intended purpose. I had a vivid imagination about the car and using it before receiving it but somehow I managed to miss imagining all this....especially so early on.
I just paid about the same money for a brand new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4-door crew cab with a 6.6L Duramax diesel engine (800 ft./lbs. of torque @ 1,600 rpms), Allison 6-speed transmission, 11.5" rear end, 4-wheel drive, LTZ package complete with navigation, DVD player with two monitors, sunroof, back-up camera, heated & cooled seats, blue-tooth compatible, power everything and Bose sound system...which is putting it into a perspective I'm not loving at this point. If tomorrow I determined that my truck was stuck in second gear rendering it useless, I know I wouldn't be left to my own devices and imagination to get the problem resolved even if my dealer was 750 miles away....especially if it were a design flaw on Chevy's part.
Once stuck in this situation and having time to ponder, I have trouble believing that the demos provided to use in all the YouTube-type "review" videos were not hand-picked and weren't equipped with a compensator that functions like the one in mine or any competent test driver would have pointed it out at the very least or refused to drive the car for fear of a melt-down/lock-up at speed.
But judging by what I've read so far, I guess I'm preaching to the choir on this one.
Z
