Originally Posted by uvk33n
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So before I do a rewrite, I'm curious as to what some of you consider "The Ownership Experience" really is?

It’s all about coping with breakdowns, whether it’s in the Lake District, the back of beyond in Spain, ascending Col du Tourmalet in France, the North Coast 500 in Scotland, the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland, the Col de Bonaigua in Spain or rear suspension failure in Sweden retuning from Nordkapp. Sheer folly to ask the factory for assistance with part numbers when in a country whose language you don’t speak when all you’re provided with are Morgan Part Numbers which are meaningless to someone trying to source a Ford part. Plenty of photos of the car on the back of a breakdown vehicle.

Apologies to those locations I haven’t mentioned.

Admittedly, it’s my own fault as most of the 125000 miles I’ve covered in my car have been on foreign soil and these cars are generally best used for polishing, driving slowly in urban locations whilst grinning inanely to all and sundry and going the long way round to collect a pint of milk. Thumbs up to Morgan Rescue who have been terrific.


Ken

One location that escaped your memory is Portugal during our circuit of the Iberian Peninsula.

As the hood had been jury-rigged as a result of failure you could not travel beyond a certain low speed without it lifting. To prevent this your right arm was employed to hold it in position during torrential rainfall. The said limb was further employed in wiping the exterior of the windscreen as the wipers had packed up again. In addition to these exercises you were steering, changing gear and navigating some fairly grim roads.

I found it quite amusing until my own experience of a similar roof failure during a cloudburst whilst on the Nockalmstraße Alpine Road in 2016.

The words “they all do that Sir” seemed to spring to mind at the time.

Bob[Linked Image]

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Bob