Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) Too precious towards the car?

I think he's got clear indicators ?

Nah it mine Dave, I ain’t washed my car since 2017, no need it doesn’t get dirty does it

I bet you've been round it a few times with a feather duster Craig

Said the actress to the Bishop 😇

Too precious about one`s Morgan...? As one much wiser than I may have decreed "Everything is relative..? " I suppose if a Morgan purchase involves little more than pocket change, it may be enjoyed in whichever way one chooses then replaced with another when the mood so determines, I have no problem with that.

My Morgan at the time of purchase swallowed up the equivalent of five years of savings to cover it`s cost, thus there was a degree of preciousness involved from the outset, and perhaps more so given the time and effort Kevin had put into it`s conversion to concours condition was well recognised by me, given I had more than once tried to restore my various old sports cars to that degree of quality, without ever getting there..sigh..!

Regardless of the above, I ragged my Morgan up an unmade road on the second day of ownership, and have used it to tour some of Southern Europe on holiday trips taking on some rough roads, but for much of it`s time with me it has been more of an unintended garage queen due to other priorities in life taking over, and perhaps more so as the result of acquiring stiff this that and the other with the passage of time (Me, not my Morgan) ....and cleaning the underside is a tad more difficult and time consuming than once it was, so I find that between lousy weather and Covid, rare is the opportunity to fire the old thing up at a time when I really should, before I am denied the opportunity to do so for whatever reason might appear over the horizon...Precious it still is, even though in reality it has more than paid for it`s self on my books...

Deriving pleasure from ownership of a Morgan or other classic can be found in so many different ways, The likes of the GoMoG webmaster, and Bill Button and others covered a few miles in their Morgans and on different continents, but not everyone can manage that level of adventure, and there will be others that were bought with the idea of Morganeering adventures having read of those who have gone before, but ended up as garage queens for many and varied reasons... Shrug... There would seem to be many less adventurous routes found in the enjoyment of a Morgan..? Each to their own seems to be a reasonable outlook...?

I have owned a few exotic cars over the years, and they were most definitely garage queens - very precious things to be looked at and occasionally driven.

My Morgan is a little different. I won't go out if it's raining and going to stay wet all day. What's the point? But if it's not raining when I set out, then I'll use it.

But I would add that for me, driving a shiny and clean car is part of the pleasure. Therefore mine is currently on SORN until the spring as I just can't see any pleasure in driving around muddy wet roads in a Morgan - I have a Range Rover for that... and maybe next year, a Tesla!

Neil,

it is a much, much faster job to wash, dry and polish the Plus 8 than the Range Rover...
Tarka is not a garage queen, more a bit of a dandy....

Peter