Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Death by boring Tin Top

My company car is coming up for renewal in a month and so I have just made a decision on a new one

I think I been through at least 11 company cars over my working life most being on 3 year leases and each time I have opportunity to order and choose my car there has been a real excitement even if having to downspec.

As I do around 40K miles a year seeing clients all over the country and have to balance the cost to my business with the cost to my personal tax and practicalities of sometimes having to carry large items to clients or meeting our fitters - chairs, boxes of ceiling tiles etc, I required an estate or large hatch type car.

Since having the Morgan, I have never been so uninterested or apathetic to choosing a new car

I even struggled to bother to ring around for quotes. I only visited one showroom and was completely bored particarly when the sales person couldn't really tell me the difference between a BMW 3 series and a 4 series "its just a matter of personal preference" said the salesperson

When I was asked whether I wanted a test drive, I made some excuse as to why I didn't need to as I couldn't face the palaver of taking time out driving yet another boring car

I'm so bored I haven't even looked at the full spec of the car I've ordered, I've just assumed its got all the boring bit that make it a completely cosseted univolving drive to get me from A to B

If you, unlike me, are remotely interested it's a BMW 5 series touring in doubly boring grey and black

My tax consultant needed my "main" car engine size today, I had to go and look. Must have known at some point but not interested in retaining such info!

Driving todays run of the mill tin tops is about as exciting as sleeping with a rubber woman on your wedding night.

But driving's better than public transport, and I always enjoy an opportunity to do so, before it's too late one way or another, so stop whinging about what so many (me included) have never had the opportunity to do..

You're very fortunate not hard done by. Time for a reality walk around your local oncology unit, methinks..

Just afraid to say: I'm enjoying both my 5-series Touring 530d xDrive, as well as my Morgan.....!

Agree

Oops,

Not that I've slept with a rubber Woman of course

Come to think about it I should have written . Sleeping with a German bloke on your honeymoon in his car .

Stewart, I think the situation is that when you've lusted after a Morgan for many years, as most of us have on here, and then you are lucky enough to own and drive one there are very few cars left that are as involving and enjoyable. Possibly for some, also as frustrating!

But the 530XD has always been a rather good combination. I find my anonymous looking silver (with black leather) 5-series far from boring.