Indeed Rich....+8 that is, You are so right. The Cx has changed the face of Morgan buying and those younger buyers that would have shuffled through a few classic's during their earlier years will be buying the CX and beyond platform cars if that is Morgan takes their fancy at all!
John, I can feel for your friends re. the ride returned from the classic's due totally to our dilapidated roads, I cannot say it doesn't effect me too! An interesting point here though is my son tells me that sitting in the passenger seat is really comfortable and its hanging onto the controls that makes it such a raw and somewhat overly physical experience!
Now talking about my son.... when he was a kid I gave him my Marshall stack (amplifiers for guitars) and a 3/4 size guitar, no interest whatsoever! I sold it all eventually. Then at about 18/19 years old a basic bass guitar arrived in the post for him, he'd obviously done his homework as it was the best for the money he could have bought. "You used to play the bass dad, didn't you?" Well many custom guitars and amps etc. later He's finished a masters in music ,he's in two bands and more on the recording and session side have evolved. What's all this about I hear you say? Well a couple of months ago an old morris minor arrived on a flat bed trailer, "Thought you could show me how to fix it dad, find out what's wrong with it and teach me how to do it". Well, we're just about finished now and he's absolutely loving it. To watch his confidence grow and skill with the tools improve daily has been brilliant, so here's another spanner monkey made for the future!
He loves our Morgan and is 25 next year so gets to drive it himself! I know he'll never sell it, but to be able to fully enjoy his ownership time in the way I have is a gift you cannot force on a person but It must give us hope for the future that albeit perhaps a smaller percentage of the populous might be taking taking part ...... it will still be relevant in times to come.
Finally let's remember something Jullian said a while ago..... "Let's not see our mogs as rising assets, rather as something we use and enjoy. The price its worth when we sell is the market, the value we got during our time with it is what that ownership gave us". It's the price we pay for our pleasure. Words might be different but sentiment the same!
Last edited by sewin; 19/06/26 09:43 AM.
