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Thanks for your insight Julian. You've got me wanting to get behind the wheel of MY22 and think next years plans through....
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Julian, thanks for your interesting summary of the Plus Four.. I hope the stars align for you 
2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
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No thanks, I never really 'got' the Moke, a bed frame & tent with a Mini engine, I'll stick with my proper Mk1 Cooper Used to drive one out in Kenya. They were a bit of fun in that climate. Last time I looked at C&C they were going for around the £16k mark. You could by a new manufacture one for a little over £26.5k - https://mokeinternational.com/news/moke-comes-home-uk/Going EV from next year.
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I haven't put a comment on here for a few years. I'm more of a watcher now....!
I'd advise everybody to test drive one, with an open mind, judge it against anything you've ever driven.
Can I afford it........probably......maybe.
Can I justify it........probably not....
But.......
Julian, Exactly my position.
Peter,
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For now and the foreseeable, I shall be holding on to the devil I know. Love it!
Absolutely, and I think this might be a bit of a headache for MMC. You buy a car, fall in love with it, spend years fixing, tweaking and improving it so that it's exactly the way you want. So why buy another and risk all the heartache of spending a cartload of money to find out it's got some considerable loopholes? How can they persuade people to change to a new model if they've already got one they are happy with? It's not like 99% of the population would recognise them as being different anyway. . Boredom? The longest I have managed with a car, apart from one that was a garage queen and never used, was 7 years. Done slightly better with boats at 11 years. But in all cases it has been boredom that got to me. And in a way that is Peter's problem. Why change for much the same, because for most people, all Morgans ( Aero excepted) look the same , have similar faults and foibles and appeal. . Sure the CX has better underpinnings but in most areas its more of the same. Maybe a better choice would be to try something really different?
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Boredom? The longest I have managed with a car, apart from one that was a garage queen and never used, was 7 years. Done slightly better with boats at 11 years. But in all cases it has been boredom that got to me.
And in a way that is Peter's problem. Why change for much the same, because for most people, all Morgans ( Aero excepted) look the same , have similar faults and foibles and appeal. . Sure the CX has better underpinnings but in most areas its more of the same.
Maybe a better choice would be to try something really different?
Howard, You have hit the nail on the head. The CX Plus Four is a new, shiny version of the same. So why change? For the fun of it? In many ways the Tesla is the "something completely different"...... I'm going to go back under my stone... 
Peter,
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I think I personally would keep the V8 as long as you are still allowed to drive it. But I also understand very well if you want to savor the appeal of the new. I know that this is not very helpful to simplify a decision.
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I give you 6 weeks Peter  you'll be ordering a plus four... Nick
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Peter,
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Just barreling along Talk Morgan Guru
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I give you 6 weeks Peter you'll be ordering a plus four... Nick Dear Santa, this year I've been a really good boy, and I would like a... 
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