Originally Posted By WR142LL
Originally Posted By H Bear
Does anyone use a Morgan as a daily driver? I have had conflicting advice about this from different dealers.One said that a shabby 1970s 4/4 would be fine as a daily car (brakes worried me mostly to be honest). Another dealer said a new 4/4 would not be able to cope with daily use (eg 25 miles a day every day plus half a dozen big trips a year; total annual mileage about 8,000) and would wear out very quickly as they're pretty fragile really, especially in relation to chassis, wood, body etc.

who's right and what do I buy? Thanks

Monty


Hi Monty

Sorry, I've been slow to pick up this post...

YES, daily use is possible. Drove my 2009 4/4 Sport approx. 330 days in first year. Will be about 300 this year (had a little "off" recently, no mog for 6 weeks = hell).

15-18,000 miles a year. Me+Mrs+6 bags of Waitrose shopping or 2 overnight bags perfectly possible. Drive in ALL weathers bar snow.

I would NOT go for a 70's Mog - but I am a mechanical idiot, so don't let that put you off. I think it's worth an extra £10k ish to go for a 4/4 Sport 2008-10 vintage. Little 1.6 Sigma is good (and mappable innocent) but you should consider Suplex suspension aftermarket upgrade as it transforms the handling.

Chassis = galvanised (not with 70's versions usually), wood is cuprinol'd and a Ford engine should be good for 150-200k miles if serviced every 10k or so.

Others will (probably have already) sing the praises of 1.8 Duratecs and Roadster 3.0 or 3.7s - but you'll be paying much more.

Anyway, as others have said, "go for it". We're only here once and I love my mog - my only car.



Jeremy



thumbs Well put Jeremy.

I had a 4/4 Sport and had a little altercation with John B R a celebrity chef who lives v close to me when he is not running his chip shop in London Village. Short story long 5' grass verges in a Devon Bank single track lane has only one result. He was in a 5 ring alrad and the Vorsprung certainly beat the crap out of the Ali Sport and it twisted the chassis and destroyed the front suspension. I felt absolutely nothing of the impact then or subsequently so the thing I learn is that the Ali is a deformable structure as such impact absorbing. The reason I say this is to encourage you to get one - mine like Jeremy's was a 2009 and supplied from the same dealer, we had our altercations within the day or two, very close mine is called Henry and you know his by now.
Mine was declared a Cat D write off and the agreed value paid by Headley/Hiscox within 10 days most impressive. So I'm on the hunt I previously had a +8 and found the Sport far more lithe and as quick over a given route - try one it hasn't got all the extraneous INMHO shiny stuff hanging off it, great if you enjoy polishing I don't each car was polished twice in the 5 years of tenure, it was launched in the Centenary year 2009 as they realised they needed a model that would take them back to where their roots were - light efficient and nippy thumbs Mileage 25,000miles in each of the cars with year round driving over a 10 year period, just enjoy it, good luck with your choosing.

Cheers.

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