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One of the most well-written articles I've read about the Morgan 3 Wheeler driving experience... Link to article
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This guy is telling exactly which rewards you get when driving a toy like the M3W.
Well done !
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T'is indeed a really good article - thanks for sharing it.
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I turned the key, waiting until the carburated S&S V-twin motorcycle engine sputted into live... By only turning the key he would be still waiting... I remember a small push-button! 
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I turned the key, waiting until the carburated S&S V-twin motorcycle engine sputted into live... By only turning the key he would be still waiting... I remember a small push-button! The article is all rather "American"...  I've driven a M3W and whilst he clearly "gets it" it seems that the reviewer lost his note book before writing and much is quite "imaginative". "Low torque engine"?? Really? In the end I started to wonder if he had done more than sat in it whilst his friend drove it.
Last edited by Peter J; 28/11/14 07:38 AM.
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Like the article
Thanks for posting
The telling point he makes which applies to all Morgans is when he says " the point to driving this machine - you are never bored"
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I was confused by the starting the engine bit and the "low torque" comment
I don't think you could physically get a higher torque engine in that car without the car falling to bits ......
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I turned the key, waiting until the carburated S&S V-twin motorcycle engine sputted into live... By only turning the key he would be still waiting... I remember a small push-button! It seems that S&S fitted carbs to the early versions for the U.S. market! a good read, a little over enthusiastic for my liking, more like an advertorial than a good journalistic piece, but then look what's happened to Top Gear in the last decade, it used to be a serious consumer orientated car program.
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Quote:- "A Breakneck Pace of 45MPH"
He obviously did not get out of third gear.
This must have been to only M3W with a narrow motorcycle wheel in the rear.
I know it is easy to be critical and the artical is quite well written albeit very imaginative.
He obviously did not study the car too closely.
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Over all it's a positive piece on the M3W and if I remember my first time driving one I was so overcome with excitement  I wouldn't have noticed much of the details either.
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