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I find the adverts more interesting.
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I receive more be digitally & read it on an iPad . I enjoy it very much & recommend it to all. We have Talk Morgan to air the dirty laundry.
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It's basically an inflight magazine and for that reason I stopped subscribing. Quality to look at, no real content to read.
Richard
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A profound post from 2014...! Having just read the 3 year review of the M3W in MOG magazine it paints a very rosy picture of the car. I suppose they have to do this so as not to fall out with MMC.
What it will do is cause another number of ususpecting customers to part with large amounts of money and hopefully purchase an M3W, only to feel that they have been ultimately let down by the company for not fully developing it.
There is not a single mention of:-
a) Water getting in the boot.
b) Dis-integrating compensators.
c) Bump steer issues.
d) Engine failures.
e) Exhaust pipe breakages.
f) Rectifier failures.
g) Premature timing belt failures.
h) Cracking chassis.
i) Premature wear of rear drive pulley.
j) Excessively noisy bevel boxes.
In any normal car, just one of the above problems would be enough to make the new owner very unhappy, but I gues it is the sheer fun to be got out of driving the M3W that makes us hang onto them despite the above issues.
I know we existing owners (particularly of the early production models) do not want too much bad publicity of our cars in order to prevent the resale price from falling through the floor. There are some owners who have said we should not consider the resale price but having bought mine with a lump sum from a pension, I am obviously concerned about how much I will get for the car when I eventaully have to sell it.
In view of the above, I feel that MMC have been somewhat less than fair to us existing owners.
Having said that, there is no way I would part with mine despite the fact that I have had many of the above problems, which, thanks to Williams Automobiles and MMC have been resolved to my satisfaction.
I wonder how MOGmag would handle a review now based on current information...?
A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
2011 4/4 Bespoke, 1981 Delorean, Auburn Boat Tail
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Come on Oz rather than keeping on and on about known issues, why don't you tell us about the fun you are having in your M3W.
Ian
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Wild Mogs Reims 2019, Goodwood 2018, Isle of Man 2017, Carried on to Caramulo" 2016
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Come on Oz rather than keeping on and on about known issues, why don't you tell us about the fun you are having in your M3W. There is no way I would buy a M3W.... You know about the "Known Issues" what are you going to do about them...? Some one over there needs to grow a set...
A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
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Come on Oz rather than keeping on and on about known issues, why don't you tell us about the fun you are having in your M3W. There is no way I would buy a M3W.... You know about the "Known Issues" what are you going to do about them...? Some one over there needs to grow a set... ... says the proud owner of a DeLorean 
Hannes
once: Green M3W; 2013
now: Red 4/4 Sport; 2011
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Come on Oz rather than keeping on and on about known issues, why don't you tell us about the fun you are having in your M3W. There is no way I would buy a M3W.... You know about the "Known Issues" what are you going to do about them...? Some one over there needs to grow a set... ... says the proud owner of a DeLorean Hannes, I think you would need an outsize pair to own one in Australia 
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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I have addressed the following issues preemptively in my early adopted, low mileage MW3, at considerable expense, with little or no help from Morgan:
a) Water getting in the boot.
b) Dis-integrating compensators.
c) Bump steer issues.
e) Exhaust pipe breakages.
f) Rectifier failures.
h) Cracking chassis.
i) Premature wear of rear drive pulley.
j) Excessively noisy bevel boxes
The fixes for the bump steer and noisy bevel box made it a pleasure to drive finally. I can't believe that Morgan let the three wheelers out with these very bothersome and very obvious defects. The cost of the fixes for all of the above exceeded $6K U.S.. Morgan should have owned up and been more forthcoming about these engineering shortcomings. Still, it is a beautiful and unique machine that gives me great pleasure, and I don't regret the purchase.
Will my widow lose money when it is ultimately sold? Of course, but at that point I won't care.
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Come on Oz rather than keeping on and on about known issues, why don't you tell us about the fun you are having in your M3W. There is no way I would buy a M3W.... You know about the "Known Issues" what are you going to do about them...? Some one over there needs to grow a set... ... says the proud owner of a DeLorean Hannes, I think you would need an outsize pair to own one in Australia Absolutely massive Richard...  Thankfully, John Delorean was pretty up front with the issues as they developed. The records note - it was about the only car that had a recall of a recall.....
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