I have had my 22MY Plus Four for a month now and have clocked up just over a thousand miles. It's in at Krazy Horse tomorrow for its first service. I have a couple of questions/issues regarding the petrol tank and MPG.
I was told that the petrol tank has a capacity of 39 litres which is apparently true. However the effective capacity is only 30 litres as the fuel pickup does not access the last 9 litres. Quite frankly this beggars belief. Who designs a pickup that only accesses 75% of the capacity of the tank. And why?
I filled up today 4 miles after the warning light came on, with the trip meter on 221 miles, and was able to put 26.5 litres in meaning the reserve is only 3.5 litres. At an average 40mpg this gives you a maximum of thirty miles to find a filling station.
Do any of you guys have any further knowledge of this issue? Plans to put a full reach pickup in maybe? Can we look forward to this fix under warranty?
With regards to MPG I have rather better news. Overall I am achieving an average of around 40mpg and have been told by a man from MMC that in daily use he is averaging 45mpg. My best figure so far was the 78 miles from Thornthwaite (near Keswick) to Scotch corner which I drove during the so called fuel shortage at the speed limit which is for the most part 50, 60 or 70. I achieved 50mpg which I was very pleased with. Conversely having fun on Lake District roads brought the figure down to 30mpg.
Over my eight years (effectively seven years of real use due to Covid) of Morgan ownership I have done some 48,000 miles. The majority of these have been touring France, Spain and Italy along with the UK, especially Scotland. I wish to continue with this level of usage but am somewhat nervous about such a short range. Probably a safe maximum of perhaps 200 miles at the most. Not much for remoter parts of Spain or indeed circular routes in the west of Scotland.
How are you guys getting on with this?
John
