Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Did I make the right decision??

Sold the plus 4 a week before my planned trip to France, bought a 2 year old Merc SLK200 AMG 3 days before we set off.

Great trip round France, 2300 miles at an average of 36 mpg, no problems.

I could navigate speed bumps (of which there are many in France)without grounding the chassis, fill up with fuel without the click, click, click, then fuel down the back of the car and on my shoes, no leaks in the torrential downpours we encountered, I could see the speedo and did not need to ask how fast we were going everytime we came across a speed camera, the luggage was in the boot safe and keeping dry, the engine ran perfectly. (boring really!!)
Half the price of the plus 4, smaller engine, more power, better on fuel, cheaper to insure.

Definitely the right decision!!!!!!

It was time for a change,
Ian

ah - but did you get the waves, the smiles, the photos, the cheers from the bikers and all the other things that make you feel good in a Mog?

Congratulations, you absolutely made the right decision. I see a mini-van in your future.

Well, you said it!

Sorry to see you go.

You've convinced me. My next Morgan will be a Morgan.

No waves and in 5 years time probably quarter of the value of the Plus 4 now! As long as you're happy that's all that counts.

Every one to his own Enjoy but you will be back hunting Mogs in two years time . The bug is not that easy to get rid of?😷😷😷

Your all right of course, the options are always open to return to Morgan.
Mark Evans at the factory assured me the ECU update would rectify ALL the problems I had been having for a year with the plus 4, he would not release the update until the factory had "tested" it and was happy it was OK, I was asked to keep it to myself until it was ready as he did not want all +4 owners contacting him for the upgrade.
I travelled 200 mile round trip for the upgrade only to find some things had been sorted, some had not.
The revs still hang, it revs to 2500 on cold start.
I took the car to have the emmissions checked as the exhaust was still sooty, the tester said it would easily pass the MOT emmissions, in fact it was running a bit too lean (this would account for the temperature rise at slow speeds, cooling fan coming on more than it used to).
I contacted Mark Evans again and was told there was another ECU update been looked at!
Who tested the ECU originally, who tested the ECU upgrade?
It was extremely difficult to get responses from the factory, customer service was nil, the factory don't keep dealers informed so asking the dealer didn't help.
I am quite happy with the hand built aspect of the car but come on, there are millions of cars using Fords engines that run perfectly, what is the problem????

£45000 on a car that does not run properly for a year, no customer service, I'd rather have the boring car and stress free motoring.

As for depreciation, the +4 lost £9000 in the year, if the SLK loses £9000 in the year then it will be worth £11000. Find me a 3 year old SLK 200 AMG for £11000.

I will be staying a member of the MSCC and watching all your posts on TM with interest.

One day when Morgan get their act together another +4 will probably be calling.

At the moment I'm getting smiles per mile where I was only getting stressed every time I went out.

Keep all the chat going on TM, I love it!!

Ian

I really hope that the factory are monitoring this thread.
I 'get' what everyone is saying about the Morgan effect, the waves, the smiles etc..

B U T

If the factory don't get their act together with the technology, that they must now use, then they'll very soon be joining the long list of ex British car manufacturers.

Come on Morgan……… concentrate on making cars!!!!!!!!!!!