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Anything mechanical that sits is going to have unseen issues in my expereince, better with a modest mile one thats been used.

There are quite a few M3Ws that have changed hands with very low mileages and the new owners have then made good use of them after suitable fettling - some of the cars on the just finishing hard-driving Northern Spain tour are examples.

Laurens's advice is spot on - get a good deal and get it fettled by Steve @ M3W Services (if in EU) - likely minimum for a 2016 car after a thorough structural inspection would be fluids/filter/tyres/cambelt plus of course the fuel pump/easy change Centa rubbers for reliability.

Of course you can then go for Ohlins/rear disk/empire kit/engine mounts etc etc for the optimum - depends how deep you want dig in your pockets for a fun toy!

Thanks for all advices! I'll keep you updated.

A 2016 car that has not been used for some time should basically be a good buy. Most of the design issues had been addressed by Morgan by 2016, so you only have the normal, "lack of use" things to deal with. I would say that 2016/17 car is the "sweet spot" for M3W's, most of the early issues sorted and before the Euro 4 stuff came in. In standard form it will make a good run around car. If you have a reasonable mechanical aptitude you can make one of these cars very usable for a fairly minimal amount of money.

If you wanted to DIY an absolutely standard 2016 car with ALL the reliability and usability mods yourself they could be done for about £6000, more if you pay someone to do it all for you. The information about what is needed for a reliable and useable car is there. If you plan to do some longer M3W journeys, you need to have a look at doing these sort of improvements over the standard specification, unless you feel lucky?