All excellent advice here! I found this out the hard way too! I have spent a year sorting my low milage pristine example of a 2010 plus 4 with 7000 miles..
If I could go back a year I would take advantage of the much lower prices of a so called high milage car. You know all is checked and serviced as the car is regularly used and lets be honest, It might have 20-30,000+ miles on the clock but would you call your daily runner a high milage car at 10 years old with 30,000 miles..... I don't think so. Remember modern drive trains/engines are designed to to be used regularly and thrive on it!
I have learnt that far too much emphasis is placed on so called low millage cars and way too much of a premium price expected for what often turns out to be a problem car with not much more than delivery miles. I have spent loads of the folding, not had the use except on the lift and the cost of tax and insurance which was hardly used accept for the odd confirmative test drive after completing work. Get to know and understand what a Morgan consists of before you buy. Hold your horses and learn how to check it for faults then look at a private sale for such a car and you'll save a fortune, probably around £5-10,000. If you feel you'd never be able to asses a car make an agreement to let someone who would undertake that for you. It's so easy to be sidetracked by a potential purchase, especially when it's a lifetime dream. If it's the first car you see, don't just hand the money over, go see others even though you might go back and buy the first car! You're ability to strike a fair deal will be so much better. There are a couple of books you should own and study before buying too, PM me if you'd like more info here.
When you've got all the ducks in a row, take your time, you'll know when the right car finds you and it will! Good luck and don't be shy in asking for help through the TM site!
Richard Thorne told me this before I owned my car. " don't disregard what people think of as a high miler" for exactly the same reasons above!
