I'm going to try and put a slightly different perspective on this for you. I've had my S5 now 9 months. I had an S3 prior to this that I sold in 2015 just after ordering my S5.
The "new" experience has not been great to say the least. I was limited to when I could drive the car in the first two months as one of the head lights did not work and I've been limited again ever since when I can drive it because counter to all the marketing around the S5 being the most water tight Morgan ever.....mine wasn't!!! I had a half inch gap at the rear of the driver side window so driving in the rain or washing the car became......difficult and annoying (given I'd spent £105k). The car was taken in three time to fix this issue without resolve.
Summer came, days became hot and the air conditioning did not work - a leak somewhere.
So I've been pretty peeved to say the least as there have been other issues along the way too. I picked my car back up from the factory last Tuesday and finally everything seems fixed. On the drive home the car seemed planted and drove like a dream.
I've seriously been thinking of selling the car and moving away from Morgan. This was a car I'd waited the best part of 20 years for (a new Aero when I could afford one) and the experience was disappointing to say the least. My wife has supported me in selling it as she can see how disappointed I've been. So I've been looking at the new Mercedes GT Roadster or possibly an Aston Martin.
NOW......here's the crunch.......I will not sell it. Not because I will lose money and not because the experience is now hopefully going to get better. It's because as nice as those other cars are.......they are not an Aero 8. They are not unique and they live a sea of ubiquitous shaped super cars that people will glance at, and then look away, because they see them and their shape every day. An Aero, people glance at and keep looking....and then they walk up to you and talk. Put simply, an Aero is for life.....not just for retirement! :-)
Finally the driving experience of an Aero cannot be surpassed in my view. Like many on here I've been lucky enough to own and drive some fantastic motor cars and unique as many are, Aero's are out there on their own - In four weeks time I fly in a Spitfire....something tells me the experience will be similar to my first drive in an Aero - it lives with you.
The Aero is staying. Do it.
Last edited by TheCoot; 28/07/17 07:50 PM.
