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Great to hear from one of the US customers - this is an important new market for a Morgan.
You will have a lot of fun. They are excellent cars and a lot of the minor little design faults discovered in the first few years of the CX platform have been ironed out (eg radiator leaks, rubbish mirror). I have a MY25 Plus Four and so far it’s been excellent - great road holding, punchy performance, quirky as expected. A few small issues in the first few thousand miles: remote control not quite working, horns broke off their brackets, visors drop … these are the sorts of things you get in a hand built car and are easily sorted by the dealer. All is forgiven when you get onto a nice country lane back with the roof and side panels off on a sunny day.
If you haven’t done so already, I suggest looking into a rear luggage rack which has side panel storage (Librands make one for example). I always take off the side panels, for the full Morgan experience, but bring them with me in the rear rack just in case the weather turns.
There is a useful thread in the CX forum about various accessories and mods. I stuck on a Tunai button (Amazon) to control (by Bluetooth) music on my phone. And a phone holder. A storm cover is very useful for when ou want to park without doing the whole hood-raising dance. Other than that the Plus Four has all you need.
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I hope Morgan's re-entry into the US market is a great success for them and their customers. There are very few direct comparators with the Morgan, and I'm sure they will be a source of enjoyment to their new owners.
I was first inspired to get a Morgan by entering the Sunday Times Competition prize car , alas with no luck and faced with decade long delivery times, it looked like it would be unattainable dream. As luck would have it, a few years later my very first used Morgan was that very same Sunday Times competition car, with a fabulous specification for the time, I've never looked back since, having now owned 5 Trad Morgans , with some great memories, mixed in with a few very frustrating moments, overall a positive experience to be savoured and enjoyed.
I've travelled the Morgan road for nearly 4 decades now, and seen how they have improved the quality of materials used and improved the build of their cars, with the usual to be expected mishaps along the way, as the increasingly rapid rate of change has been forced upon them. .As in all things Father Time catches up with all of us, so unfortunately like my Harley riding days, my Trad Morgan days are over..
However, my Morgan days are not completely over yet, by a long way, and despite some understandable reservations and hopefully the major CX problems are resolved, I aim to put my money where my mouth is, and a CX automatic is the next stage of the journey. Life's too short, and like when I bought my Plus 4 Sport last year immediately after recovering from my fractured arm and the wife's fractured ankle, and recently had to sell it, I lost money on it, but I don't really care, it was good fun whilst I had it.
Lets see what the next Morgan chapter brings. I'm sure I will miss some of the more simple and crude attributes of the trad. but more than compensated for with the lack of a clutch and heavy steering, and now a car Sue can drive
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Can’t help but wonder, but in the unlikely  event of a warranty repair or even annual service, how far is the nearest dealer? Hope it’s not Beach Boy land. I grumble at having to travel fifty miles. Worth it though.
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Can’t help but wonder, but in the unlikely  event of a warranty repair or even annual service, how far is the nearest dealer? Hope it’s not Beach Boy land. I grumble at having to travel fifty miles. Worth it though. All things being equal as I'll most likely be buying it from Morgan direct, I'll get it serviced there. Make a day or whatever of it, just another excuse to tour that beautiful part of the world.
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Can’t help but wonder, but in the unlikely  event of a warranty repair or even annual service, how far is the nearest dealer? Hope it’s not Beach Boy land. I grumble at having to travel fifty miles. Worth it though. All things being equal as I'll most likely be buying it from Morgan direct, I'll get it serviced there. Make a day or whatever of it, just another excuse to tour that beautiful part of the world. Well done John,, I do love fellow positive thinkers that see the next stage of our journey through our brief encounter down here as an opportunity to be embraced and thoroughly enjoyed. Money is transitory and to be used, the smiles and memories last forever 
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Warning seems I am in full ramble mode...!
In times of old when Morgans were rather simple and perhaps less expensive machines relative to average incomes, perhaps being bought new by those who may have depended upon others to repair or maintain them, but in time as they aged they may have fallen into the hands of many of those who like me, could not afford to buy them new, and we perhaps taught ourselves to maintain and repair our cars, thus were perhaps a tad more engaged with these wonderful machines, but of course there were also those who were engaged in the professions and as such perhaps had status in society, and who despite their ability to pay others to repair and maintain their machines, sought more involvement with them to the extent that they too wished to get down and dirty wielding spanners and skinning knuckles, gathering grease under their fingernails, and in the process wished to assist others by sharing their new found knowledge..? I met one such when I first used my then new computers ability to connect to the www, and typed MORGAN into it in the hope of finding someone else out there with similar interests.... Eventually meeting up with a chap via the fledgling MSCC DG, who like me was keen to both learn and share whatever Morgan and basic mechanical knowledge we might have available, he having much more grey matter than I went on to take over the reigns of GoMoG, improve and continually update it, to become the wonderful Morgan resource it has been for some decades now...?
With such resources, there are others than TM and GoMoG (I believe derived from Greater Ottawa Morgan Owners Group) out there, it is possible for folk from all walks of life who are keen to be a tad more involved with their Morgans to find the encouragement and technical information to do so, which perhaps in times past was a tad more required, when it seemed to be expected by the MMC that their simple machines were not subjected to expected automotive industry standards of the era in which they were put together, thus a bit of owner participation was if not expected, at least encouraged...?
I suspect the MMC were struggling a tad in the seventies and eighties, given the average expectations of the automotive markets customer base had moved on ....other than the baby boomers of the type around whom the Classic vehicle market had been created, and to the extent it was growing exponentially matching the growth from the sixties on in disposable income...?
Fast forward to those same baby boomers perhaps gaining weight and loosing some degree of body flex, and perhaps more importantly, even a degree of enthusiasm to get down and dirty as they once possessed (I suspect I am not alone) (-: That the ICE has become ever more complex due to the evolution in regulatory requirements, I suspect many baby boomers bailed out of even trying to keep up with technology, though fortunately not all, so much so that those drawn to the individuality of Morgan ownership perhaps at an age similar to those of baby boomers in mid life, today might be more than happy to get in amongst the digits and data along with the complexities of mating a modern ICE and associated klanky bits into a somewhat lesser hand crafted machine than it was right up to the 90`s, but none the less still hand assembled and rather special, and if so inclined such special individuals may be prepared to adjust their standard automotive industry expectations to match that held by their Morgan owning baby boomer predecessors, level of forgiveness, when a Morgan foible might reveal it`s self, as can happen from time to time...?
I sure hope upon hopes that there will be those out there happy to carry the banner forward when the likes of the GoMoG webmaster might throw in the towel, and the real experts on TM may follow a similar path in time... what then, depend upon A.I. or Chat GDP and the likes...?
Well at least although my lap top corrects my miserable spelling abilities, it as yet does not correct my woeful attempts at punctuation..... Yeah sure I have seen adverts fro Grammerly or suchlike, but you can be sure any entirely wrong suggestions I type come from this ultra fallible human being...
I hope you all can long enjoy your Morganeering any way you can and for as long as you can.... Me..? I started out in the mid 90`s, and feel very fortunate to still manage to enjoy my Morgan so to this very day. Thanks initially to the MMC who managed to keep on creating such individual vehicles despite all the pitfalls, and initially to the MSCC DG, then Autox, GoMog, & eMog, who put me on to and Kevin the chap I from whom I bought what was his his fully rebuilt/ improved Morgan, and in time on to NBC, and of course eventually finding TM....All of whom either played or still play their part in creating and preserving and sharing the cumulative knowledge-base and wonderful Morgan experiences.. What`s more to want from your choice of a somewhat hard to justify to others and seemingly impractical hobby vehicle in the form of a Morgan....? (-:
As ever, just thinking in type...more than open to criticism or comment..
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Can’t help but wonder, but in the unlikely  event of a warranty repair or even annual service, how far is the nearest dealer? Hope it’s not Beach Boy land. I grumble at having to travel fifty miles. Worth it though. All things being equal as I'll most likely be buying it from Morgan direct, I'll get it serviced there. Make a day or whatever of it, just another excuse to tour that beautiful part of the world. Well done John,, I do love fellow positive thinkers that see the next stage of our journey through our brief encounter down here as an opportunity to be embraced and thoroughly enjoyed. Money is transitory and to be used, the smiles and memories last forever  Well as in all things in life, one step forward two steps back. I went to Oakmere this morning to sit in a P4 and with my long frame and broad shoulders, no matter where I put the seat, the folded hood frame rubbed against my shoulder, so much so it was a no go. Even the old pre MY22 hood frame rubbed, ,but just a bit lower down the arm than the MY22 onwards frame, hence the felt cushioning on the frame arm. I'm sure others must have noticed/felt this. Damn and blast. But there is a slight light at the end of the tunnel they had a P6 (preMY22) in and with the wider cabin ...no shoulder rubbing of the hood frame. Oh dear so it might have to be a P6......I've let Morgan know my interest has switched to the P6 but there have already been many expressions of interest ahead of me. Anyway got the thumbs up from Sue on looking out for a P6, good job we have a few cash ISA's about to mature!
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The torque of the P6 makes it great fun even at low speeds! Even as a 5’6 person, I appreciated the wider cabin too.
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