RBW, thanks for sharing your thinking been there done that in an evolving process, though the Covid effect has not been the driver relative to my own thoughts of selling my Morgan, more my ageing process, where logic suggested it was perhaps time to consider a tin top sports car, should I still find a degree of enjoyment on local twisting roads as opposed to the Southern European adventures we once enjoyed in the Morgan on occasion...
Affordability would seem to be key..? For many a year I was too busy elsewhere to make use of my Morgan, even though converting it into cash could have sped up progress in some areas of life, there was ever the hope kept alive that we might still enjoy perhaps one more European adventure...? As ever time flies and seems to accelerate while doing so... to the extent that my Morgan has become a garage queen for quite a few years, although for the most of that time kept insured, taxed, tested, serviced fluids changed and ready to go all year round... Just in case.. (-:
Affordability is indeed important, IF part of that could also relate to investment thinking then I suspect Covid, Climate change and the effect of the perception of the young relative to the value of a Morgan may increase in importance with the passage of time..?
I agree whole heartedly with others as to the sense of value in that having a Morgan or other Classic machine in the garage can have personal value in excess of that which others may be unable to appreciate, but then I suspect few of us bought our Morgans by prioritising logic over emotional involvement with perhaps a bit of man maths thrown in..?
I have owned my +8 since 2002 and though I have not covered a great many miles in it, however those miles were ALL very special, no commuting or shopping trips ever, and perhaps that is why it still sits in the garage when a more suitable classic with all year round weather protection and a good heating system would be eminently more suitable in my climate and at my stage in life.... Yup, I have driven my Morgan in frost and snow and over many a back road in years past, but not much chance of enjoying that sort of fun these days and probably less so in future..
For as long as there remains no NEED to turn my Morgan into cash it can sit where it is, and I can sit here locked down hoping for another balmy Summer day or two of freedom to enjoy Morganeering for another few miles more... Fingers crossed...
I have been contemplating selling for over two years...I used to think I could be decisive..
