Thanks for all the comments. I guess mum is just saying odd things but it was interesting to learn about "over the brush".
Chris , I think it will be a long time before your car and other ICE cars will be totally frowned upon. You will not be a pariah
Yes I certainly think so and hope so, but I feel I might as well use the car and enjoy it rather than try keep it based on some potential future value.
A 4/4 is the only Morgan anyone needs..........
Everything else is just hype, marketing and automotive willy waving.......................
IMHO😆😆
Having had 3 4/4's and currently driving a Plus 4, I would stretch the definitive Morgan to include a Plus 4, everything else is as you say automotive willy waving/
I was most attracted to a +4 or 4/4 but the MGB with very similar specifications to a +4 Supersports worked out very well for me.
I visited a collector a few weekends ago as his 1967 Mercedes was broken and he wanted me to have a look. He owns a lot of old stuff, good stuff in his opinion and he spent a lot of money collecting it, he has about 40 pushbikes from around 1890 to 1920, about 100 oil cans etc.. He is single with no kids and said his sisters kids are all brats and not really worthy of being given anything. But he really worries about what will happen to his stuff when he is gone. I suggested selling stuff to other collectors while he is alive if he is that worried about all his good stuff not being sold for what it is worth after he is gone. He went berzerk, saying if I sell something I will never see it again, all I will have is the photos from the E-Bay ad. I was very surprised to see how attached to his things he is. He also was very critical of my MGB saying I should have bought a real MGB for less money and other classic cars, he also feels I have spent too much on my house and should have classic cars as they are such a great investment, he was also very upset when he visited me and noticed my grandfathers oil can from about 1900 was still being used for what it was made for, "that is not a tool it is a collectors item and should be treated with respect". The funny thing is he will go on about what great investments old cars are but whinge about the cost of some repair a car he owns will need like he just needed a new diff for his 1969 Alfa, he also has a 1961 E-Type in a million pieces that needs a lot of time and money before it can be driven. He does not own a TV, his Fridge was made in 1954 (I had to fix it last year when the wiring broke) and I am pretty sure his 1969 Alfa is the newest thing he owns.
After working out the Mercedes issue and having him so me every oil can etc. I left thinking no women would ever agree to live in one of the cheapest houses in the cheapest areas of town surrounded by 100 pre war oil cans and pushbikes etc. I also thought how just like prices verse dreams of a Morgan is all his stuff actually worth anywhere near what he has spent and thinks it is worth? I was also confused if he knows no-one he wants to leave his stuff to why he cared so much about it.
After thinking about it my view for myself is deciding between what I want to buy just for enjoyment and what I want to leave my son and grand children. But know that anything I buy for enjoyment is for me and not care less if it goes up in value or not. If I want to leave more inheritance buy blue chip shares rather than cars or other collectables.
