I had a great day yesterday knocking around in the Morgan, having dropped Sue off at work in the Morgan in commuter traffic, then Xmas coffee morning with walking friends , then drove (just for the sake of a run) over to Matts at Lifes for a chat (as you do). Must admit hood was up, it was still slightly too damp (the hood) to fold down.
Driving in the dark, whilst the Morgan lights are brilliant by comparison to a trads. dazzle and glare through the clear windscreen is still a Morgan problem, I think I shall have to get a slight tint applied to the windscreen. Anyone else had this done? I think its time Morgan started to fit tinted screens to its cars to reduce oncoming headlight glare and low on the horizon sunshine especially around sunrise and sunset times.
As I'm using the car more and spending more time in it, and for the first time in heavy commuter traffic, I'm getting a better feel for the car and it's controls. The auto in traffic tends to creep forward more than I would expect, so you have to hold it more on the brake than in my Mercs., it could be the auto hasn't been adjusted for the much lower weight of the Morgan compared to a BMW as so creeps forward more.
It was interesting chatting to Matt, he has now started to service CX's, although he worked on Aero's since their introduction, he had nothing but positive comments about the CX cars especially when compared to his bread and butter trads .He commented on how fast the CX's cars are for the engine size and without the constant turbo dump valve action would probably be a real handful to exploit fully when the turbo spools up, without that constant dump valve intervention. limiting the power available.. Must admit the dump valve whoosh on full song takes a little getting used too, but a pleasant experience when the car lifts up it's skirts and heads for the horizon at a fair of lick. I'm sure over time I'll get used to the speed and be looking for more power, I haven't had to or used the plus button yet, I'm waiting for drier less slippy roads before I start to fiddle with that, even so in normal mode it certainly goes.
My service was delayed by Morgan, so I'm having it done on Monday, looking forward to see how the car goes after that, the MPG is quite surprising, seen mid 50's on fast dual carriageway at a constant speed, not too bad for a car shaped with the aerodynamics of a moving brick.
Still loving the car, the interior is just a delight to get into, just the reaction of some of our friends when they saw it the other day for the first time was amazing. These cars are just that little bit special and the CX is so easy to use daily, a real joy so far.
