I like your choice of colours very much, your mog looks fabulous. Also enjoyed your first impressions report, sounds like you are really going to embrace morgan ownership.
thank you for alerting me to Berrybrook's ARP4 slot in Sept 15
Is that your garage , the one with the concrete pillars and the Porsche turbo ?? Very good pictures , in fact the best selection of pics I've seen yet !
it's an underground garage in my apartment block with around 90 spaces.
the 911 is a GT3
glad you enjoyed the pics.
Congratulations. Brave colour choice but successfully executed. Like especially contrasting black screen and carpet/seats. You think it's loud now? Have your driven it in a tunnel yet?
I had a very brief spell in the Blackfriars underpass .. it was sensational and hilarious. Will be riot in longer tunnels when the engine is more run in.
She is a great looking toy. Perfect colour combination!
But please do remove the fat spare wheel which destroys the fine lines of the car!
Love the colour choice...not sure about the big wheel on the back !!
Enjoy to the max !!!!!
I haven't seen my car with the 'wok' attached. Will have a go as soon as I buy some allen keys. For me, the spare wheel is extra crash protection. Trouble is, you can simply remove it as there's no lock.
An excellent report and one which coincides with my own experience of the ARP4. Great set of pictures too. For me the details on this car are magic, someone (John Wells?) has spent a lot of time thinking these through.
I'm currently working on a slightly quieter exhaust system, as I can see long journeys getting quite tiring, and my tinnitus is bad enough already. I have a spare longer straight through silencer which needs very slight mods to fit. Personally, I find the ride a bit firm too. Having played around with the adjustable shock absorbers, I have come to the conclusion that there is so little movement that adjustment makes no difference. I'll be intererested to hear others owners views on this.
BTW the handbook says that the tank holds 55 litres, but at a smidge over 20mpg, it goes down pretty quickly!
it's all the little bits that make it what it is. The black bits on the exterior coordinate very well, and the starting procedure is just marvellous.
I didn't find it too loud when cruising on A roads and motorways, especially roof down.
I averaged according to trip computer, 23.6mpg from Exeter to London. The reserve light came on when the gauge showed 1/4 full, which is about 18 litres to go!
enjoy and curious how it compares to the GT3
GT3 is much sharper and is the precision instrument with incredible ability and stunning performance. ARP4 I suspect (once engine is let loose) will be a completely difference experience, but still one in which you really 'drive' the car, and one where every drive is a journey, and not just going from A to B.
I know Dove grey in the metal, my dealer had a 4/4 dove grey last year in his shop. This colour has to be seen because in a fotography it looks a bit more "pale" than it is, it is light but deep. I like it very much and it fits so well with your choice of seats and carpets.
it is a Porsche special colour called Fashion Grey or modegrau
very hard to photograph the colour as it is light sensitive; you can see the car looks different in various lighting conditions
I like the spare wheel look, when I had my Roadster I felt the spare wheel added a bit of needed weight too.
I like the fact Morgan have left 'Cosworth' on the engine - I've often wondered why they cover up BMW on the +8. I'm delighted to have a big Beemer engine under the louvres, the home made MMC panel is a bit, er, home made looking.
true about more weight on the rear axle re: spare wheel
I am pleased that the 'Cosworth' badging is restricted to the engine -- it would have too much if it was an "ARP4 Cosworth" or "Cosworth ARP4".
Just the sort of objective ( getting to know you) reporting that I look for. Morgans take time and I like that slow but sure accumulation of knowledge through experience. Thanks.
the time needed to get to know the car is what is endearing and enduring. it's not an instant noodle, or fast food, or snapchat here and now.
