You won't mind if I add my "penneth I know. I have owned Morgans for more than thirty years now and have driven many miles in all weathers. In that time too I have driven all sorts of vehicles and daily swap left for right hand drive. I have never considered the Morgan to be a toy and have only been let down twice by the side of the road, once due to a water pump failure and once due to a relay. There are other long term owners here I know who may have similar experiences. It is true that when I first left my MGB and Elan for the Morgan , I thought that I might have made a dreadful mistake but I soon got over it. As for the cars being referred to as inferior in design or performance `I cannot say that I have found that to be true in practical terms. They are sound cars which deliver a lot. We become better drivers through perseverance and study : somehow the Morgan contributes because we are more aware of our surroundings, in a tactile manner. As an aside, I often wonder what I have gained over the years in moving from my kent engined 4/4 to my current Roadster, experience certainly, and the build quality is very much better, but essentially the pleasure factor has remained the same. I think now that , were it possible to rerun the years I would have kept the first car and developed it as needed. Those of us who feel grounded in this way will know what I mean.
I agree with Ian's summary. Across the trad range, the experience for 90% of the time is the same, no matter what your engine. On the road the feel, the view through the windscreen, the whole experience is the same.
The differences are the engine sound, and obviously in an overtaking situation, the bigger engine Trads come into their own.
