I don’t think Peter will want his book to be all negative. Of course it’s frustrating to have some half-arsed engineering decisions in a vehicle BUT it’s still mostly fun. Just not cheap or super reliable.
And - as usual for Morgan - there is now a cottage industry slowly fixing it… G56 exhaust and air intake, M3WServices rear disk and fuel lines, etc, Phil Bleazey BB mount, Centa fix and chain conversion, Torino tubeless wheels, etc etc
Keep in mind, these mission-critical 'fixes' are effectively only available to UK owners. The ROTW is screwed. It's a case study in island mentality. Someone nailed it earlier.....is my (U.S. based) 3W destined to become a museum piece (or paper weight) because I'm too afraid to break it...or even reach a maintenance interval?
I TRULY WANT to enjoy my 3W forever AND to add a Speed 3. But by abandoning the 3W twice (1/ production-era blind eye to manufacturing defects, 2/ post-production abandonment of S&S mission-critical components), it's an audacious ask of MMC to expect a testimonial. MMC would be wise to jump in with a solution to S&S and IMHO, to offer a 20% discount on the Speed 3 to existing 3W owners as acknowledgement that it is committed to do better. The brand metrics its VC's should be watching here are 'consideration' and repeat business.
Done with my rant.
