Hi Everyone
Having pored over dealers websites,watched YouTube videos ,and read numerous posts on this website ,I could feel my excitement building up.
Ok in a number of cases,I did not have the faintest idea what the authors were talking about here...they seem to be rebuilding or modifying all their Morgans irrespective of age
However the enthusiasm here was beyond compare
So eventually I took the plunge,and the other week drove my 996 down to Richard Thorne.The idea was to test drive both 4/4 and a plus 4.Unfortunately the latter had just been sold
1st thoughts were how amazing the cars all looked.Secondly they were not as small as I thought they might be.It helped that a 996 is not large and quite low down so not too much of a shock
Roof down,did not find it was either too windswept or cold (heater great).No problem pointing it in right direction although Richard kept telling me I was a bit too far from near side ,and needed to focus on pointing of long bonnet
Having accelerated to what I thought was 55/60 ,glancing at speedometer realised I was poodling along at 35/40! Richard encouraged me to floor it in 3rd and I could see the acceleration with those long gear ratios.
3 issues to get used to :
1.Really needed to push hard on brake to stop (and that was doing 20mph)
2.Right turns ...pretty wide turns ,and rather too much crossing of hands
3.Couldnt wipe smile of my face
BUT You know all of this
Did try 4/4 with 1.8 engine .Seat not probably best positioned,and tried with roof up
.Head however pressing against roof and this tended to tilt my head down .Richard explained seat on these runners raised it about an inch .
Richard also good enough to explain what some options meant ...basic MORGAN language
Need to try plus 4 next and wife join me ,otherwise could really limit potential weekend drives !
Also tried a new spec quote ...umm
David
