John, out of curiosity, if you could wind back the clock, say, 15 years, and if the CX had been available then, what would you have preferred -- the trad or the CX?
Interesting question,
I've always ( being quite tall)l been challenged by the tightness of the trad cockpit and found the foot well too small on long journey's with no where to get comfortable with my left leg after a few hours. Having said that, I enjoyed exploiting the lower performance envelope of the trads, Not a problen with the hood down, but with the hood up, the hood flaps restricted my view out, so I used to crane my neck to see traffic lights change or ask Sue to let me know, when they changed. So good fun in small doses.
I've always been an automatic driver for nearly 40 years now, starting in my early 30's, as I used to drive a lot of business miles and the early automatics whilst slightly crude compared to today;s automatics, made journeys less tiring especially in congestion or on long motorway journeys, just put on the cruise control and point.
The modern auto's are so sophisticated, often faster than a manual and often more economical. With the density of traffic on the roads tin the last few decades, given the choice 15 years ago I would have gone for the CX.
It's been many years since we've done any continental touring in a Morgan and we are now talking about taking this car on touring holidays. , Basically because for the first time in a long time Sue can drive the CX with relative ease compared to our later trads where the controls were just too heavy for her.. In part that recognises and acknowledges we are getting older and we are able to share the driving between us in the CX rather than rely on just me to do all the driving..
I'm sure not everyone will agree with my reasoning, and having explained my reasons for opting for a CX. I've also seen a new Work Edition Plus 4 that's been in storage from new, that I really like as well.Sue may well be up for buying that as well, but I would only use it for a few l blasts around the local countryside, where the cramped cockpit, manual box wouldn't be such an issue for me. I'm sure the CX is more than upto blasting around the countryside, it corners well and flat with high levels of grip, but might get me into more trouble exploiting it's much higher performance envelope. So kind of 'horses for courses'
