Congrats on your new CX John, it will be interesting to hear your ongoing experience especially coming from long term Trad ownership
The move to an auto will be eventually forced on me if my left foot gets worse
If the opportunity presents itself. I would test drive/hire an automatic CX over say a weekend, they are a step change, the power steering is nicely weighted, you can use the paddle shift if you like moving up and down the box manually. I did the same return journey to collect the Morgan the week before in Sue's automatic SLK, to go see the CX. A slightly different route about 200 miles shorter. no Malvern detour and less motorways. When we got home in the SLK the week before, we could really feel the long journey with a few aches and pains. Not the case in the CX.
The CX is still a Morgan at heart, turn the wipers on, feel the draughts blowing thru the seals and it's 'home from home' and all the hallmarks of a hand made Morgan we all love and enjoy. I can also understand why someone new to Morgans would find some of the CX draughts and crap wipers, not brilliant sound system to be lacking compared to other comparable sports cars. Coming from trads I see the step changes as a very positive improvements, with some areas requiring further work eg wipers. but Morgan appears to be getting there in it's own sweet time, eg the new CX mirriros now being fitted are an improvement over older CX and trad mirrors.
What really marked things out for me, were the improvement in handling and ability to put the power down in damp conditions. My Roadster 4 seater was less powerful, but the slightest dampness and the wheels would spin and yards of axle tramp, same conditions in the CX and it just went, no fuss; no drama by comparison.
