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ah.. where abouts do you live. i am a student at st andrews have a 87 4/4 4 seater.. whats happening at rpm at easter..
Will I live on the border of lancashire with north yorkshire, student at loughborough studying Automotive Materials Engineering. The busy days of work return for me as I travel upto Perth for the holidays. Chris
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The main car (amongst many others) that I have owned in the past and will inevitably judge the Aero 8 against is the Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale. It's the best drivers car by far that I have driven - immense visceral noise, ultra light and rigid chassis, fantastic paddle shift gearbox, ground effect aerodynamics, incredibly sharp and responsive steering and truly incredible ceramic brakes. On the surface the ethos of the Aero 8 is very different to the 360 CS. I don't expect the Aero 8 to match the handling finesse of the Stradale and although there are some similarities - the lightweight construction for one - at the very least it is an interesting, characterful alternative that I hope to own for many many years.
I'd agree with your comments completely. They also seem to be mirrored by quite a few others as you're not the first person to find Morgan after ownership of a niche model from a larger volume car company. We have other owners who have owned (still own) anything from a GT3, RS, Stradale, Atom to a Westfield (etc) before succumbing to the charms of Malvern's finest. 
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The main car (amongst many others) that I have owned in the past and will inevitably judge the Aero 8 against is the Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale. Interestingly I hope to have the opportunity to try these back to back on the track soon. The Autodromo do Algarve have obtained an full blown 360 Challenge race car which they use for their 'taxi experiences' at track days. I am hoping to try this out back to back with my own S1 Aero at a track day in May. I know it is a bit more race than the road going Stradale model but it will be an interesting comparison. 
Phil Egginton
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The main car (amongst many others) that I have owned in the past and will inevitably judge the Aero 8 against is the Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale. Interestingly I hope to have the opportunity to try these back to back on the track soon. The Autodromo do Algarve have obtained an full blown 360 Challenge race car which they use for their 'taxi experiences' at track days. In 2007, I drove a 360 Challenge Stradale at a Ferrari experience day at Goodwood and then some 10 days later, drove my Series III on the same track at Mog007. My impression at the time was that the Aero had more grunt and it was potentially faster down the straights, but the 360 was on slicks so cornering speeds were much higher and you hit the straights carrying much more speed from the corner. For the same reason it was not possible to compare the handling or cornering ability.  Anyway Robert, a belated welcome and I'm sure you'll enjoy the car very much. Like Kin I am somewhat surprised at your forbearance, I think that I would be at Berrybrook's tomorrow.  Let's hear how they do compare in due course...
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hi Robert,
Great that u have ordered your aero 8, I got mine delivered last july ordered it from rpm morgan in perth and i can highly reccommend them very helpful.
I ordered mine in grey with the red leather interior, its an awesome car.
I also have a challenge stradale,the two cars are awesome although both drivers cars the ferrari is a good bit quicker.
mabye we can meet up sometime when you get your car and chew the fat.
regards,
scottie
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Anyway Robert, a belated welcome and I'm sure you'll enjoy the car very much. Like Kin I am somewhat surprised at your forbearance....
Brain, you're walking Thesaurus  , almost everytime you made a post, I've to google certain words  
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Sorry Kin, I don't do it on purpose  I'm not very good at foreign languages, for instance my Chinese does not go very much further than Yam Sing! 
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Sorry Kin, I don't do it on purpose Not at all Brain, everytime I uses one of the big words in front of my CEOs, you could tell they're pretty impressed, and I could then ask for a pay rise 
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Welcome to the family Robert! Good to see another Aero owner joining us.  Congrats!
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Welcome Robert. If you are ever up North East Scotland (do let us know). Joining Jockmog stuff like that?
- Maybe a Morgan track day?
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