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Gaston
I’m not sure what you mean by a”geometry” of the car. No the speakers have not been fixed - I was back at the factory and they took out some padding which was in front of the speakers. This helped but you still can’t hear the speakers properly even when stationary. I’d love to know how yours were fixed.
Cheers!

The geometry (in French), it is the adjustment of the parallelism and the caster of the front and rear wheels.
My dealer advised me to take the speaker option. I regretted it after reading your comments. As I have never had a radio on my other Mogan, I have never tried it. I decided to try it last week on a return trip in the rain.
We can hear music well up to 130 KM / H.
I specify that the sound comes out of the doors.

Gaston,
My dealer did check the caster and sspension set up when fixing the brake squeak so all well there. Whereas the speakers are still not great, but they are better since the factory took out the padding that was in front of the speakers in the doors!! The real problem is that there is no "Fader" adjustment( adjusting the balance of front to rear) on the amplifier - There is a version of the amp which has one, but i guess the factory went for the cheaper version which hasnt got one!! Due to the world shortage of chips the better one is out of stock everywhere so no chance of experimenting!! The right version is Kenwood KAC-M1824BT whereas the fitted one is KAC-M1814

Perhaps I will experiment when the better one comes back into stock

Cheers!

Hi Robbie,
Good news on your brakes. I hear that for some the squeak goes from forward movement but then appears when reversing.
Your friend lives about 10 minutes from me.
Best regards,
John

Tue 12th and Wed 13th October are both good for me. Email me jjrmarchant@icloud.com
Best regards,
John

Yay!
Pm/email sent
13th looks like a great idea…
Best wishes
HB

Oh yes…
164 mile/four hours round trip yesterday to Bicester Heritage for a Morgan driving day out of the new Bicester place. Approximately five and half hours being trained by a racing driver how to go round the track there. Thus ten and half hours driving altogether.
OH MY LORD what a day….ranking up there with one of those “best ever” days.
Cannot speak highly enough of Shane my v v patient instructor. He was brilliant. I am not a great driver (ambition exceeds ability) but he got me going faster and faster over the course of the day, including using the paddles for most of the afternoon session. I learnt the limits of the new Plus Four (fortunately we used an MMC supplied car rather than Belle for all but about 6 laps). This is one amazing car and ruddy ruddy quick. Shane was engaging and so helpful and coached improvement bit by bit (he is development driver for MMC, current single seater racer, involved with Aston Martin amongst much more car stuff - absolutely fascinating guy to talk to all day long), really helped build my confidence ragging a Morgan at its limits (or at least as close as I could get!!!). All day was spent flat out but learning where you need to go slower in order to go quicker round the track… Bicester Heritage itself is a fantastic place to go-all the old RAF buildings are full of different companies with focus on old restored or maintained cars of all sorts n flavours-everywhere you looked there was something different that caught the eye.
I really could go on but…in summary I definitely 100% recommend this experience. I was and still am absolutely shattered but v v happy with the whole day. Wow wow wow!
HB

That sounds like a fantastic day.
Bud
4/4 - Stanley

Thanks Bud, it was simply exhilarating.
I’ve never had a Mog on the ragged edge so much for so many hours. This Plus Four/CX platform is extraordinary with its capability even at the hands of an incompetent like me. Knowing that Shane has helped develop this car (alongside his other exploits including driving the Aston Martin experience laps for the vip’s at F1 race weekends) gave me so much confidence in his skills that he was passing my way…
A properly memorable day
HB

Sounds superb. I think I might have to give it a go.
John