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Just picked up our new Plus Four this week and are busy putting a few miles on it and learning all its little foibles.
Interesting thing we learnt today was regarding the central locking. If you use the remote fob to lock both doors you can then slide the window back reach inside and unlock the doors via the interior handle - very safe! Strangely if you lock the drivers door using the key then it stays locked if you try to open from inside. The problem is you can't lock the passenger door with the key. Whichever method you use it leaves a very vulnerable vehicle.
Have we found our first fault or is this how it's meant to be?
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Talk Morgan Enthusiast
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I would lock my old Plus 4 just to deter “over-inquisitive” people. Not everyone spots the sliding windows! The locks never keep professional thieves away, but Morgans are not often targets for those people.
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What is this 'locking doors' you talk of? 
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd"
1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
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Tricky Dicky Member of the Inner Circle
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Not sure, in 18 years of Morgan's I've never locked one the way I see it saves a slashed cover or roof leaving it unlocked.
It's all about your own comfort zone though and where you live and or park up I suppose.
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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I wonder what current Insurers T&C's say ?
Jon M
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I wonder what current Insurers T&C's say ? Yes, that crossed my mind Jon. What I really want to know is, is it meant to be like that or is my system broken?
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A quick PM to Robbie or HeadlessBlue should get you the answer as they have had theirs for a while now.
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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Just Getting Started
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My Plus Four is exactly the same, it locks the doors outside but you can open them from the in side, mind you, every new car is the same.
Heron Grey Plus Four 2021
Previous:-
Connaught Green 4/4 1988
Black Plus 8 1998
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Part of the Furniture
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A local Morgan group once had all their luggage nicked while on a tour - the thieves knew that they could slide the window and use the lever to pop the rear roof section.
2021 Lapis Blue Plus 6  You know it makes sense!  2016 Carmine Red 991.2 C4S
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My Plus Four is exactly the same, it locks the doors outside but you can open them from the in side, mind you, every new car is the same. Thats a good point - if I lock my Corsa with the central locking you can open it from the inside with just the door handle. Not tried locking it with the key.
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd"
1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
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