My GT is sold!

[Hawk13]

Following on from the used prices thread, I enquired about a price for my GT with my main dealer and made me a very good offer. And this got me thinking (even more than I was before) about trimming down my cars and motorcycles and buying something frivolous.

The GT has always been an every day car for me (not necessarily a daily driver but my go to car) but COVID has made me rethink my usage and needs. And so I invited the buyer round to assess my car with a view to selling if they honoured the telephone bid.

To my surprise, they upped the offer (to almost that of WBAC) and I have agreed to sell.

Other vehicles will be leaving Hawk manor as well to be replaced with ..... who knows at this point but it will include a mid engined 2 seater and a fun daily driver.

 

[Andyk]

Well done…That was quick. Look forward to hearing what you buy next.

 

[gb-gta]

I guess the current market paying good prices for cars is a double edged sword though.
You’ll pay more for the replacement/s too !

Cost to change etc. Unless you wait a year or so…

 

[Andyk]

If you are going to sell do it now as sure I saw a post from Dicky saying over the next few months prices will stabilise again.

 

[Hawk13]

I guess the current market paying good prices for cars is a double edged sword though.
You’ll pay more for the replacement/s too !

Cost to change etc. Unless you wait a year or so…

I'm in no hurry to buy anything else - I still have 7 other vehicles in the fleet - and in truth probably will wait for the right car to appear and for prices to drop as the current bubble will burst. And also winter to come as I want a rag top.

In the interim, I have always wanted a Morgan 3 wheeler and will look for one as a summer toy while decide what I need / want.

 

[hashluck]

I'm in no hurry to buy anything else - I still have 7 other vehicles in the fleet - and in truth probably will wait for the right car to appear and for prices to drop as the current bubble will burst. And also winter to come as I want a rag top.

In the interim, I have always wanted a Morgan 3 wheeler and will look for one as a summer toy while decide what I need / want.

That is funny, I always wanted to add a Morgan to the collection (an Aero, not a 3 wheeler but maybe one day on that). I toyed with selling the MC-Victory to part fund one but ended up trading two other cars instead for what they owed me and a Morgan Aero Coupe will be coming soon. So that is three cars out from the collection this year. But not part of the plan is two back in Hey-ho
What I can say is there was at least a ten percent rise in price on the Morgans of interest to me in the last 6-12 months but they don't come up often so I had to pay the price if I wanted one.

 

[GeoffCapes]

That is funny, I always wanted to add a Morgan to the collection (an Aero, not a 3 wheeler but maybe one day on that). I toyed with selling the MC-Victory to part fund one but ended up trading two other cars instead for what they owed me and a Morgan Aero Coupe will be coming soon. So that is three cars out from the collection this year. But not part of the plan is two back in Hey-ho
What I can say is there was at least a ten percent rise in price on the Morgans of interest to me in the last 6-12 months but they don't come up often so I had to pay the price if I wanted one.

I have no idea what any of the Morgans are called, they're all pretty much the same aren't they?? (other than the 3 wheeler).
But saw one on the way into the office this morning when it was lashing it down with rain, I doubt that would have been pleasant! The number plate was W1MOG

 

[CatmanV2]

The Aero is an odd looking thing, pretty sure you'd spot that one @Wack61

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[hashluck]

I have broken with the typical Morgan trend and mine has a fixed roof, but the wipers are next to useless so it won't get used in the rain. Don't want to de-rail the thread so will start a new one when it arrives. But, no each Morgan is different in the same way each Porsche is different and each Aston is different
Loosely based on this, which is a good read

How To Sharpen A Wooden Sword: Morgan’s Mean GT3 Machine - Speedhunters

For me, this story starts back at Silverstone in 2008 and blossoms in 2009, though it stretches back to 1996 in evolutionary terms, to around 1936 for style and 1909 in origin. As so often with stories about cars, it involves sound and shape. The sound of a Morgan GT3 car is brutal and...

www.speedhunters.com

 

[Hawk13]

My mate has got an Aero 8 which I have driven a number of times ... and it is great fun on dry hot roads .... almost go kart like.

 

[zagatoes30]

I get the quirky nature of Morgans and I can see why people like them but not something I would personally purchase

 

[Scaf]

First car I ever drove was a 3 wheeler Morgan v twin motorcycle engine single rear wheel drive. Did a parade lap around Mallory Park back in the late 1970’s.If only they knew I had never driven before

 

[Andyk]

I do like the Aero 8. I had a passenger ride in one once and it was pretty special. Think it had a BMW V8 in it.

 

[hashluck]

I do like the Aero 8. I had a passenger ride in once and it was pretty special. Think it had a BMW V8 in it.

Yep, they do. And with comical side exhaust option.