I know the feeling of a Morgan gathering dust, since my Roadster decided to become incontinent (following a 500 mile trip to see friends) and drip water from around the radiator area with increasingly greater force, its been stuck in the garage since beginning of August waiting for a slot at Life's to get it investigated and resolved. I suspect a new rad will be required. Unfortunately for me, Life's backlog of work seems to swing between famine and feast, currently not helped by a backlog in obtaining spares has filled the garage with cars awaiting finishing. I could take it elsewhere but I've seen the standards of servicing and maintenance work at some official dealers and generally I'm not too impressed. I know Lifes will do a good job.

I must admit I'm slightly pissed off with the standard of Morgan engineering and parts suppliers. the car may be 2008 but it was rarely used and has only covered 6800 miles, just under 2000 local careful re-running in miles this year under my ownership and the first long journey I completed it decides to leak water when it gets back home. Besides giving me a temporary low oil pressure reading 'heartburn and anxiety' on the way back home following the Morgan spending a night out in the cold and wet at our friends.......I increasingly suspect it likes being snug and warm in the garage too much, where it has spent most of its life closeted in warm storage.

So Morgan is gathering dust for a few weeks more, the wife knows me better than I do and makes reassuring 'once its fixed we can enjoy using it again' type noises....my inner soul is telling me I did the right thing to join the AA recovery when I got the Morgan and this wont be the last incident to try and spoil the ownership experience.


Last edited by JohnHarris; 28/10/21 08:03 AM.
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