new Morgan 3 wheeler.... thoughts?
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new Morgan 3 wheeler.... thoughts?
saw this and thought it was neat, looked like a fun toy.....told to be in the 40K range in cost...
Jay Leno goes for a ride.....
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/07/morgan3/?pid=937
car itself
http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/home.html
Jay Leno goes for a ride.....
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/07/morgan3/?pid=937
car itself
http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/home.html
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Mine should be here this week - it's sitting at the port in California as we speak.
It's a fun car, but I would hold off on ordering for a few months as Morgan will be revising the front suspension soon to try to control the bump steer issues the early cars have.
Please keep in mind, this REALLY shouldn't be considered a form of usable transportation, it's more akin to a motorcycle than a car in that respect. It is a fun weekend toy that will get tons of attention around town, and will be reasonably fun on the twisties, but this is NOT a performance car by any means...the geometry is really pretty flawed and dates to the 1930's.
Two major problems with the first gen cars are bump steer and bevel box whine. Bump steer is due to poor design of the front suspension that results in wheel deflection when the suspension is compressed on a bump, the severity of bump steer is mainly related to road quality, smooth roads result in virtually none, potholed roads can result in significant bump steer...though no official announcements have been made, Morgan is well aware of the problem and I suspect a fix will be announced soon...
The car also uses a bevel box to rotate the engine output shaft 90 degree's to ultimately drive a belt to the rear wheel. This relatively simple unit uses square cut gears and is bolted directly to the chassis. Some owners complain of a severe whine from the box at certain RPM that drives them nuts, others report no whine at all. Some suspect the problem is due to vibrations induced in the chassis due to the direct bolting of the bevel box to the chassis. Morgan is also aware of this issue, and is probably working on a fix as well, though no announcements have been made.
I was aware of all of these issues and I still ordered my car, and I'm glad I did, but this is my fourth car, I have my Porsche 997tt, an SUV and a Sedan, so I'm not relying on this car for all my motoring fun. This is a limited production car, that is hand built in England by a company with limited resources, you are NOT going to get BMW levels of build quality on this baby, frankly you are not even going to get Fiat level build quality...
What you will get is a "car" with more personality in it's front wheels than a Porsche Panamera Turbo has altogether. It hearkens to a simpler time and appeals to the same type of person who would rather drive an old MGA or Austin Healey - and be stranded on the side of the road from time to time, than a new 991...
My 2 cents, cheers!
It's a fun car, but I would hold off on ordering for a few months as Morgan will be revising the front suspension soon to try to control the bump steer issues the early cars have.
Please keep in mind, this REALLY shouldn't be considered a form of usable transportation, it's more akin to a motorcycle than a car in that respect. It is a fun weekend toy that will get tons of attention around town, and will be reasonably fun on the twisties, but this is NOT a performance car by any means...the geometry is really pretty flawed and dates to the 1930's.
Two major problems with the first gen cars are bump steer and bevel box whine. Bump steer is due to poor design of the front suspension that results in wheel deflection when the suspension is compressed on a bump, the severity of bump steer is mainly related to road quality, smooth roads result in virtually none, potholed roads can result in significant bump steer...though no official announcements have been made, Morgan is well aware of the problem and I suspect a fix will be announced soon...
The car also uses a bevel box to rotate the engine output shaft 90 degree's to ultimately drive a belt to the rear wheel. This relatively simple unit uses square cut gears and is bolted directly to the chassis. Some owners complain of a severe whine from the box at certain RPM that drives them nuts, others report no whine at all. Some suspect the problem is due to vibrations induced in the chassis due to the direct bolting of the bevel box to the chassis. Morgan is also aware of this issue, and is probably working on a fix as well, though no announcements have been made.
I was aware of all of these issues and I still ordered my car, and I'm glad I did, but this is my fourth car, I have my Porsche 997tt, an SUV and a Sedan, so I'm not relying on this car for all my motoring fun. This is a limited production car, that is hand built in England by a company with limited resources, you are NOT going to get BMW levels of build quality on this baby, frankly you are not even going to get Fiat level build quality...
What you will get is a "car" with more personality in it's front wheels than a Porsche Panamera Turbo has altogether. It hearkens to a simpler time and appeals to the same type of person who would rather drive an old MGA or Austin Healey - and be stranded on the side of the road from time to time, than a new 991...
My 2 cents, cheers!
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.... This is a limited production car, that is hand built in England by a company with limited resources, you are NOT going to get BMW levels of build quality on this baby, frankly you are not even going to get Fiat level build quality...
What you will get is a "car" with more personality in it's front wheels than a Porsche Panamera Turbo has altogether. It hearkens to a simpler time and appeals to the same type of person who would rather drive an old MGA or Austin Healey - and be stranded on the side of the road from time to time, than a new 991...
My 2 cents, cheers!
What you will get is a "car" with more personality in it's front wheels than a Porsche Panamera Turbo has altogether. It hearkens to a simpler time and appeals to the same type of person who would rather drive an old MGA or Austin Healey - and be stranded on the side of the road from time to time, than a new 991...
My 2 cents, cheers!
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