Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) losing interest in cars?

My 'concrete' working surface is a bit like a ploughed field so probably wouldn't work. It is on the list to have a smooth/level slab cast, so will have to wait till I've had that done. Thanks for the info!

Coming back to the initial question...

Well, not in the sixties but in the late eighties I started active motoring. In the mid eighties I started individual mobility (cycling) and motoring was kind of peak individual mobility and my absolute fascination. Step by step there were dreams coming true and with rising budget all my automotive dreams were coming reality.

Traffic developed in the opposite direction. It got a lot more dense, parking became much more difficult and expensive and for many tasks the car is simply not the comfort device.

Smaller car brands were gobbled up by big corporates (yes I am part of one of these) and heritage was used for quick wins. No romantic Lamborghini tour with the great feeling of reaching your destiny without a major brake down... Now they run perfectly reliable like clockwork...

Family business like MORGAN were invaded by money from the capital market as discussed in many threads.

So, yes it is turning to mobility devices - apart from fascination with just a couple of exemptions of new fascinating cars.
So I am the lucky one to build of of them (advertisment part): If you get the opportunity to test an AUDI e-tron GT.... do it.
It is more of all you could request and we work on the next one that will be even quicker (you won`t need it)...
A real modern gran tourismo...

As I moved back to the center of a small town in deep Bavaria I don`t need a car at all. Cycling to railway station takes me to Munich an Ingolstadt without fuss and means real freedom as there is no device to be looked after. On the weekends I do live in one of the main retreat areas for Munich so try to not use a car at all.

So for most of the time the Morgan as well as the Eco sit in the garage and do wait for better times.

The trip to Goodwood will be real luxury as it is triple expensive in the Morgan and it will be time consuming.
I am really curious what fascination tells me after this drive...

My solution is to keep buying more interesting cars 🙂 ... the Morgan fills that spot nicely for me and was bought specifically to address the issues you raise ... as a crossflow trad it's still great fun to drive at speeds that don't trigger every speed camera or make pothole avoidance a serious problem ... would never waste my money on a Supercar or even performance car these days, waste of time and money.

I find the Mog much better than most in terms of accessibility and reduced need to crawl under it compared to anything modern.

K

I'd agree with that! That's one of the reasons why I ditched the Corsa in favour of the MG.

Although if I had a lottery win, I would splash out on a Plus Six (after buying a house with a very large garage).

I lost interest but now my garage is looking pretty lonely....what ever next

It's all about making the right choice, and chosing a car for a purpose. That's how I do it. For the past 20 years, a diesel golf for distance travel. No regrets. 600 mile range. Perfect for off season trips to Scotland. For local trips the Polo is much more fun. Had a Polo from about 2006. No regrets.

The Morgans are for leisure tinkering, and memorable journeys, mostly over 40 miles, often a couple of hundred. Just find something you enjoy sitting in, enjoy looking at enjoy driving, and has tinkering potential.

So many people we know chose badly, regret and constantly chase "perfection". There's no such car.

To that point - when I was younger and ran only one car I was willing to accept some more polar compromises.

A 968 Club Sport with fixed full race buckets, no sound insulation and wonderful driving characteristics.
A highly tuned GT-R that could not do 12mpg even when being gentle, and only had a 60L tank.

I used these every day for a business. The GT-R did over 100,000 miles in a high state of tune. I did not really consider it as a rounded decision. GT-R, fast, fun.

I am not so certain that I can be bothered to do that as I am older, creakier and wiser. Oh and roads are so busy you cannot go anywhere at any speed without being a loon or getting a "photo".

Thank god for age.

No loss of interest in cars, just the tinkering, crawling under, spending more time on them instead of just driving. Over the years I enjoyed tinkering, servicing etc and partly out of necessity. Early years were cheap cars for function. Then family orientated.
I enjoyed the previous Morgans both driving and general maintaining. Recently, however, I have shied away from jobs and got them done by a garage, just doing the simpler stuff. I contemplated a lift but realised my change of attitude meant letting someone else get underneath.
Now got a new Plus Four so a lot is at a higher tech level and less room on the car. I’ll be happy to do minor jobs but will treat trips to servicing as runs to enjoy. ( maybe not the bills!)
I’ll probably start doing a clear out of stuff amassed over time. I’ve got some parts I didn’t get round to putting on the trad for a start.
So, it’s driving time. Luckily I have easy access to Welsh roads that are nice drives. Local knowledge means less traffic too. Only the 20mph zones to watch out for. B####y idiotic Welsh Assembly morons and their half baked ideas.

Nothing lasts forever, including interests, hobbies, pastimes or whatever they happen to be called. The important thing is to enjoy the activity and therefore derive some pleasure from it.

Cars, or bikes for that matter, offer a load of alternative options apart from grovelling underneath or driving over potholes. How about track days, auto solos or sprints? Or driver training courses to learn new skills? Or volunteer driving eg taking Aunty Nellie, who’s never been in a Morgan, for a spin?

Among the Morgan’s USPs is the ability of these cars to be ‘all things to all people’ and turn heads to boot. The young kid on the pavement, clearly in awe of the Mog, who is going to tell all his mates he’s just seen a Morgan. The ‘thumbs up’ from other road users as you pass.

It’s the new pandemic! The last one spoiled the fun a bit and since then, I too have lost the love of driving around aimlessly. I still have an occasional short local tour but nothing like I did when I first bought my Morgan.
I changed my Ferrari recently thinking an up to date one with all modern conveniences and the folding spider roof would re-enthuse me. It really did, it was fantastic. For me, it was the best one on the market, very red and with all the fancy carbon stuff, buying it was exciting.
It all went south when the alternator failed shortly after I bought it, and just as we’d started a Lake District tour, I sold it back to Ferrari yesterday for a full refund, they were very understanding and embarrassed that such a situation could happen. The defect isn’t really a big deal but it sucked the fun out of the whole experience so I’m out for now and I’ll see how I feel about it next year.