Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - 10 Years Old Today

Happy birthday to my Plus 4. Ten years ago Mrs FT and myself picked up our brand new Plus 4 from Bell and Colville in Surrey and drove it back to Luton. Lots has happened in that ten years: retirement (both of us), Covid, moving to Suffolk, and getting a motorbike again have been particularly salient happenings. The Morgan has been with us throughout and I've become very attached to it. No modifications (yet), still just a standard car. If I'm honest it hasn't really cost a lot to run which has been a bonus. I'm a low mileage Morgan owner, most of our mileage being done in other vehicles - 19,000 to date although I'm doing a lot more now running around with the rather wonderful group of Morgan owners I found here in Suffolk. Tempted as I am by the CXs, I think the Plus 4 is a keeper as it does the job and holds a lot of memories and history now despite its young age. Sadly, the eponymous donor of my avatar, Amy Johnson the Fox Terrier, passed away last year ending that chapter in our lives but she did have a fabulous life and an easy end. I'll keep the name in her memory.

Here's a photo of Mrs FT driving the Plus 4 through Windsor Great Park on 5th November 2015 on our way home from picking it up.

Not a nice landlord.

My mum had a cat, the main reason she didn't want to move into a nursing home was the cat. Mum died two months ago and I now have her cat along with the three others so now 4. I am having to spread my love around and they are not getting on but they all deserve a home.

Yes time flies FT, Seems like yesterday my plus 4 was 10 years old, now we're at 15/16 but it still looks the same. It's true how attached to the car you become and it just shows how good your'e experience must have been as well. I like you am a low milage user and don't feel that I am not using it enough. I love all my interactions with the car especially looking after it. I also can't see me ever replacing it and it's as you said.... it does the job! I did toy with an ARP4 as it has the cosworth engine and reminds me of the beautiful engineering of cosworth from my time at Ford. But sentiment quickly forced it's way in and I've never been dissatisfied with my plus 4's performance and.... well it's my Morgan!

Love Fox Terriers by the way. My son had a girlfriend for a few years whose family had one and he used to come and stay with us, I really got to love him and still think of him often!

Sorry to hear about AJ but wishing you both many more happy adventures in his namesake.

Contentment is a fabulous thing....
When you find the right thing/place/person....or whatever floats your boat, you've made it.......😁
We all seem to spend so much time chasing the next..... thing.... and never find happiness.....

Well done on 10 years of +4 ownership, I hope you have lots more....

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I think a tenth anniversary is known as the aluminium anniversary. Quite fitting for all that curvaceous bodywork and understandably a keeper.

My GDI Plus4 was also bought (allbeit preloved) from Bell & Colville, is now just over ten years old, much modified and is also a keeper. Must be something in the water 🤪

Here’s to the next ten years 🍺