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Joined: Mar 2009
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Smile, it confuses them Member of the Inner Circle
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How about a bit older and not as fast but fun - TR6 for example - really mint older car.
Everyone loves a Morgan. Even me, unless it's broken again.
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Buy a banger and rag the ass of it. Stop the constant analysis, let your hair down and have some fun.
Martin (Deano)
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Just rent from the Classic car rental people and ring the changes whenever you see fit, it could work out cheaper than the game you are playing.
2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Connaught Green +8 prev
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Buy a classic Howard, you won't have it long enough to either rust or become unreliable!
Steve
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Assuming you have not reached the level going for a Morgan, what about a proper Toyo? 😂 
Hannes
once: Green M3W; 2013
now: Red 4/4 Sport; 2011
and some practical cars for use in real life
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Has a lot to Say!
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With the depreciation of the Jaguar in the year you could have bought a decent Morgan as a great toy !
I gather Howard has never owned a Morgan? You cannot get more smiles per mile !
Try one you will not lose !
If you join Pistonheads forum you will get a more constructive answer .
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Bloody hell Howard, you've only had the thing 5 minutes!
Your ideal car simply doesn't exist. Anything you could buy will be unsatisfactory in some way. If it's sporty enough to entertain, it won't be comfy or usable. If it's old enough for you to tinker with, it won't be reliable. If it's functional, it won't be characterful. If it's a proper sports car rather than a GT, then you won't be able to get in and out easily.
The thing is, being happy with any car is about your own internal mental constructs, it's not about the car.
Go and buy a Morgan +4 or a Suffolk SS100 or an XKR or aMorris Minor convertible or whatever and decide you're going to live with it, treating each of its characteristics as an endearing feature rather than a fault. Commit to owning it until you die. Build a relationship with it. Don't expect instant gratification.
Then you will own car with which you can be truly happy.
+1 Very succinctly put , Howard if you intend selling the F then it really is time to buy an Aero/Plus 8 or v6 , take a test drive - have you done that already ? Morgans are like no other car for character and smiles and everyone at the petrol station loves them !
Last edited by madmax; 30/03/18 08:22 AM.
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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The F type isnt too long for this world, excellent car though it may be. I'll write a review of it sometime, but already I am wondering what next. And its difficult to see anything that grabs the way my old Lotus did. A toy car need to be something that interests you doesnt it. It also need to be something useable - the Ferrari wasnt. Ideally it needs to be something you can tinker with - the F type isnt. And it needs to have areasonable level of performance - say 300bhp/tonne and decent suspension. And of course it needs to be a soft top 2 seater  Trouble is, modern cars are overcomplicated in ways that make them dealer only. Lots of ECUs, lots of sensors, lots of electronic baubles that I dont need or want. Getting away from this takes you back to the cars of an older generation. But you cant go too far before you get to the unreliability and corrosion that I remember so well from my youth. Maybe the 90s would be the right era - old enough to be free of "infotainment" screens but young enough to offer a decent chance of getting to your destination without greasy fingernails and an irritated spouse. So wht is there from that era? F355/360? TVR - but we do want to get there? MX5 - bit gutless? Elise - small. NSX - no soft top. XK8 - bit big and un sporty? Early Aero? What else? Ideas folks. Here we go again!  I’m off to the pub. Anyone care to join me? Couple of pints and a game of darts? 
Bud
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Buy a Caterham it kit form.
Proper toy.
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3) 
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Buy a Caterham it kit form.
Proper toy.
But getting out at the end of the drive gets ever harder, they are a young mans car................
Paul
[At last, I have a car I can polish]
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