Those who expect Morgan ownership to be a pipe and slippers experience will usually be disappointed. What may be perceived as a weakness is in reality a strength. The ability to fettle and improve doesn't exist on mainstream cars. ....And to buy a Trad and then complain about the fundamentals of Trad Morgans points towards a lack of research.
Goodness, I must have touched a raw nerve there. It's not that I'm unhappy with my Roadster, but there's a big difference between perfection and simply taking a pride in doing a good job. If that's how the 2009 cars left the factory, then I'd say that's a "training need". For many years I drove those other Great British sportscars, TVRs. In hindsight, some of the "rough edges" (literally -- as in badly sawn-out holes inside the doors for loudspeakers etc), dodgy fuel gauge, questionable earth, leaky hood, now seem to be a bit par for the course. I well recall seeing the headlight covers on TVR Griffith's and wondering why they had used hedgehog poo to seal them - a sort of nasty crystalline black mastic (have a look next time you see one at a classic car show). But at least they had made a modicum of effort to smooth them out.
