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I think you make a very fair point which had me questioning myself.
I was an early buyer of a CX Plus Four, taking delivery in July 2020. After a few months of driving, I felt that the car could be improved in a few areas. 1. The exhaust could sound more sporty: I was told by my dealer that the new sports exhaust wasn’t that good and I may be better waiting until the car was out of warranty and then sourcing my own in the market. If I fitted one that wasn’t from Morgan it would invalidate the warranty. Since then, I understand Morgan have introduced a switchable sports exhaust option.
2. The seats were poor and I had them re-done which made then FAR better. Since then Morgan have introduced the comfort seat.
3. The suspension I felt was too hard and bouncy, which I felt caused unnecessary road holding problems when coming into a bend at speed on a less than smooth surface. When I saw the SSL suspension upgrade for the Plus Six advertised I asked my dealer about it. It appears that the factory improved the suspension for the introduction of the Plus Four and SSL said they couldn’t improve it.
4. The hood was ridiculously difficult to operate. This has since been rectified by my dealer as it was too tight. Since then I understand Morgan have introduced a better hood.
5. The brakes squealed to an embarrassing level. I was told all Plus Fours did. The fix was to reverse them so they only squealed in reverse.

As many on here have pointed out, early buyers have effectively been used as beta testers. You raise a fair point as to why we would be prepared to pay to fix these issues ourselves. I think the answer is that of course we shouldn’t but we do because the car is our pride and joy. For many the fulfilment of a life long dream. We want it to be the best it can be. We want to love it to the extent we are / were prepared to look beyond its flaws. In fact, the flaws were part of the experience. However, not being able to drive the car is a flaw too far and it has now soured the experience.
Sad to say I have SORNED mine today. A 2 year old £70k+ sports car in the middle of the best summer in a generation. Something I can’t quite believe. Neither can I believe I was prepared to spend so much money on it now, as sad to say, the brake debacle has certainly tainted the whole experience for me.