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Hi Everyone, I don’t want to stay anonymous and say hi shortly  since i sold my Mercedes Cars 6 month ago I thought I won’t own an own car for the next 1-3 years but then a friend gave me his Morgan 4/4 1980 and I fell in love. I definitely going to buy a +8 soon and checking the German markets. As an outsider it’s hard to check the right prices and see the differences and the cars. Wish me luck that I do a good choice I am 40yrs old, living in Düsseldorf center Regards Michael
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Welcome Michael and good luck with your search for a good Plus 8, you should have a good choice as there are many of them in the country. It maybe worth joining this club as they will know all the foibles to look out for with these lovely cars and when one is coming to market within the club. There are some very good Morgan Groups on Facebook (PM me for links if needed) too with established owners you could contact to check the car over for you prior to purchase, they are very robust cars in general mechanically and an absolute joy to drive. There are normally a few here on this site too as it's International - this LHD 4.6 Ltr appears to be in exceptional condition (with some lovely extras including those special dashboards that come from your homeland) in England, there are others in Holland on the same site. Enjoy your choosing 
2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Connaught Green +8 prev
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Welcome and good luck with your search
JohnV6
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Michael
If you want to cruise on the autobahn and make lovely V8 noises , then a +8 is hard to beat. (The 3,9 is fine , you won't need the extra torque of the 4.6) However if you enjoy more challenging twisty roads and more forgiving handling then the 4/4 is probably more suited. The modern +4 with Duratec or GDI engine falls in between the 2 .
As Richard says join the German club and try to get one of their members in your area to come along and inspect any purchase before you commit.
Andy G
1999 +8 , Indigo Blue.
Ex-John McKecknie/Mike Duncan 1955 +4 racer.
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Good luck in your search Michael. And welcome to TalkMorgan
Graham (G4FUJ)
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Wellcome also from northern Germany!
As is written above: Make a test drive with different cars!
For example: The 4/4 vs. the (different) Plus8!
And try the cars on different roads!
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Welcome from Cologne, Michael. I am a 4/4 fan but I can very well understand what is desirable about a Plus8. Good luck when searching.
'14 4/4 graphite grey
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Welcome to TM.
Good luck in your quest.
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Hello Michael,
Welcome here! It‘s a good idea to have a look here for some inspiration. And: nothing beats cubicinches! But with a look at the power
have look also at the Classic Plus4.
Greets from Mainz René
Hallo Michael,
Willkommen hier im Forum! Es ist ganz hier immer mal einen Blick zur Inspiration reinzuwerfen. Und: Hubraum ist durch nichts zu ersetzen! Allerdings lohnt auch ein Vergleich der klassischen Plus4 mit dem Plus8. Leistungsmäßig sind die dicht zusammen.
Man muss sich auch im klaren sein: am MORGAN muss man intensiv selbst Hand anlegen, also sobald es technische Wehwehchen geht unter ClassicMorgan oder Service und Maintance hier mal reinschauen.
Und: ein Blick zu den Händlern in den Benelux Ländern lohnt! Oder gleich auf der Insel. Morgan hat auf seiner Homepage eine „Car search“ da bekommt man einen sehr schönen Überblick.
Grüße aus Mainz
René
2018 plus4 (sports green)
with a homemade really shiny red tinted dash…
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