MG`s are fine old machines, their faults are well documented and no doubt have been resolved in varying degrees by keen owners over the years, I was one such in my yoof... As for the V8, I have a dimm memory that their cast exh manifolds would crack and were made of unobtainium.... But then my guess is that issue will have been resolved by the owners club some time back..?
TBM. as I typed in this thread, circa 26 years ago I was in search of a more involved driving experience and with the guidance of the kind folk on the MSCC DG and eMog having provided them with a rough insight to my CARsonova tendencies and past automotive affairs, their overall assessment was that a Morgan would seem to fit the bill perfectly for me, which it has done over many a year.. (-: However now 26 years further down the line, my priorities have altered somewhat as I illuded to in my earlier post...In fact when I thought to return to a tin top my initial thought was to return to 911 ownership in the form of an air cooled variant, but then I remembered spending many an hour under my air cooled Porsches resolving corrosion issues from seventies onward to the 90`s.. These days detecting exactly that which might hide under a wonderfully polished and perfect few layers of paint on an air cooled Porsche, is likely to be no simple task.. for me.
Further to the above, I have a friend who is of a similar age to myself and has both an air cooled 911 which he has owned for over 30 years, and he also owns a 996 C4S and determines that the 911 is great fun, providing a very nostalgic experience any time he fires it up, but he tends to limit the length of time he spends bathing in nostalgia driving it before he has had enough of that, turns round and heads home, also when he attends Club drives or weekends away, he much prefers the performance engineering and advances in comfort that his 996 provides..?
Yeah most definitely nostalgia has it`s place and sense of value, however the passage of time can begin to tip the balance o, real world evaluation between nostalgia and practicality..?
Me..? As I typed I had memories of many a mile enjoyed in my last 911, an SC of 80`s vintage which a few years back had me thinking of turning back time to buy another 911, though being realistic to the effects of the passage of time on air cooled Porsches and more importantly on myself and my good lady, a more modern machine seemed the logical option...?
I guess if one spends quite a bit of time in modern traffic situations then a PDK box, air con, surround sounds, more comfort and safety features than you can shake a stick at, could be thought of as advantageous, perhaps even more so in traffic jams...?
As for a Porsche excitement being compared to lasting as long as the sense of fun you might derive from a speed boat, I guess I can see the logic in that line of thought when perhaps compared to your usual Morgan enjoyment, however I consider myself very fortunate in being retired and in that I can chose when to enjoy a run in my Porsche these days, and thus I pick specific times and favoured routes on which I which expect to have little to no traffic on them. Regardless of the month in the year, I can be found enjoying my Porsche at or around dawn, much as I did in my Morgan before old age and the cold caused me to reduce dawn Morgan drives to specific Summer conditions where it might be reasonably warm, at or around dawn in my part of the world, as around mid summer the sun does not set for very long and there can be a minimum time available for cold night air to cool things down... In such a situation, I suspect any keen driver could enjoy that which a modern sports car might have to offer, and for a tad longer than it takes to get bored with a speed boat..?
Typing of an acceptance of modernity.... My good lady is in the process of trading in her 4x4 for a Tesla...On the face of it by comparison the Tesla is boring to look at from both the exterior and interior compared to her rather smart 4x4, though the Tesla is looked upon by me as little more than a personal transportation device that fits with the changing times, and that it more suits my good lady`s current ideals and wishes to keep up with the times for as long as she/we might be able to, providing comfort convenience and safety enough to match our evolving ideals... Times change for sure... The sight of a Luddite driving a Tesla...Oh the shame of it all....
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