I can only echo every other replies so far. I began to wonder if I was Bi-Polar as I was going from complete elation to total despair and frustration in an instant. My car is a late 2012 build (no. 385) but due to various circumstances I did not collect it from the dealer until the end of March 2013. From then until now the following has happened:- a) I drove it home (120 miles) in heavy snow and when I got home the boot was full of water. b) At 1700 miles, I had to have a replacement engine because one of the screws inside the air filter came unscrewed and was drawn down the air intake damaging the inlet valve and piston of that particular cylinder. c) I had 3 of the original Morgan style compensators replaced eventually with the new Centa one which now seems to be OK. d) I had the rectifier replaced and the replacement failed later on the same day as the original one. e) I had the comfort kit fitted due to the car having a horrendous bump steer problem. (I love the way the factory call it a comfort kit as though the original front suspension geometry was intended to be as bad as it was). f) I had to have a new crankshaft oil seal fitted to the output bearing on the engine. g) I have had 3 punctures in the same (O/S) front wheel, which to me seems a bit of a coincidence and is probably due to a fault in the wheel. Each time this has occurred it has cost me over £100 for a new tyre and tube. When this last happened I noted that there was no rim tape over the spoke nipples and the guy who fitted the new tyre wound a couple of layers of gaffer tape around the rim before fitting the tyre and since then I have had no more trouble.
All the above problems have resulted in the car being off the road for more than 3 months since I have had it and I have had to use the rescue services (RAC and Morgan Rescue) more times in the 15 months that I have owned the M3W than it my entire motoring life which started in 1965.
I must say that the dealer and the factory were very quick in resolving the many issues I have had but words like "Fit for Purpose" and "Sale of Goods Act" my have focused their minds on the matter. Anything they did were only sticking plasters over problems that should not have been there in the first place.
I have to really think before I use the M3W for any long journeys because my confidence level is very low and add to this the real possibility of the chassis cracking or the bevel box locking up it makes you think twice before even taking it out.
As for the resale value of these early models once the word gets around and the need to lie about it if you come to sell to an unsuspecting new owner, when it is not in your nature to do so, it is very worrying particularly when I used the lump sum from a pension to purchase it in the first place thinking it would depreciate very little. One wonders exactly how much of this sad saga is actually in the public domain or has it been intentionally kept under wraps away from the general public.
Hence the feeling of disappointment mixed with the great deal of pleasure it gives when it is running well.
