My New Morgan 3 Wheeler (Shmee Wheeler)

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Just been up to the factory to collect my new toy, a 2014 3 Wheeler which should be perfect for the summer and so far I'm really enjoying it!

I've not put many miles on it have gone straight from the factory back to home before going to Dub Customs to wrap it in 3M blue to match my McLaren, which in its own is an interesting thing given quite how polar opposite the two cars are.



It was a fascinating experience visiting Malvern, totally the opposite of McLaren, my last visit being last week down the P1 production line. Seeing how it's all manually done from start to end with the cars moving down the hill. It really makes the brand feel special to be a part of.

Here's the car as it is now, I'm sure there are going to be fun adventures ahead!







Plenty more pictures will follow too. Thanks

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stain said:

I hope your experience is better than mine. With your high profile this could be a very embarrassing interlude for MMC.

I'm sorry that things didn't work out for you, but so far everything has been great! Lining it all up, factory tour, collection, and the first 300+ miles now. Looking forward to the rest of the summer at the moment.

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Duke Thrust said:

Yes, I love being a special part of brands too.

Why, only the other day I wiped my backside and though "wow, Andrex is a brand that makes me feel special. My arse too."

To be honest I just stick with Tesco own... Haha

My experiences this year with McLaren and Morgan have been so much more involving than buying another generic Audi or BMW, it makes it all worthwhile.

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joncon said:

it will be interesting to see which one you use the most !
there's very few cars as involving as the three wheeler...
full on laugh out loud motoring.
I over took a police 5 series the other week , tooted on the claxon and he gave me a double thumbs up ! we were both laughing !

As stupid as it is, I'm really enjoying driving the M3W in London. The thing is a car like the 12C is fun in town but totally useless in reality - just that it's more fun to sit in traffic in a McLaren than in a 'boring' car if you have to have the choice. The M3W however totally engages everyone, kids point at it, and just about everyone asks about it and sticks thumbs up!

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joncon said:

have you got loud or quiet exhausts fitted ?

Honestly I didn't know there was an option for that, sounds pretty loud to me, but I didn't know otherwise.

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joncon said:

lots more banging and popping is the main difference

keep us updated on your ownership !

I'd suspect it pops and bangs away as much as it can haha, it does a lot of it! Just back from dropping my partner off in Covent Garden in the M3W - so incredibly entertaining.

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V-spec said:

Congrats on the car, love the (new) colour.

Interesting to see the handover you got, especially for a used (?) car. I actually learnt a few things about mine.
Not sure that the gauge really shows the battery temperature as Nick Baker seems to think... Although that could be a MY14 feature that I'm not aware of

Interesting that he took the cowl off in the video, but we didn't see him put it back on ;-) and in your later video you declined to take it off again, saying its a two man job

Please note what he said about filling the petrol tank. If you brim the tank you are likely to have engine issues such as stalling until the level drops a bit.

Incidentally, how are you finding the petrol gauge? On the pre MY14 cars, "0%" actually means 50% left. A lot of us have changed the sensor for a longer one (simple fix... one wonders why the factory didn't do it). Maybe the MY14 has had this resolved.

I bought a helmet for mine like you, but only tried it once and it's been gathering dust since then. You can't hear the exhaust, which is a huge part of the fun of driving it

Last thing - the chassis is not made of wood...

When it comes to the handover, I did ask of course to do all of the videos like this, I like to show more detail about any car I get the opportunity to. The car did start life with 1,900 miles on it already - not a newborn!

I think it's the putting the cowl back on that's the tricky bit. I've since done it 5+ times as part of the wrapping process and to keep everything tidy over the two days we were doing it.

With fuel, I hadn't realised about filling the tank to complete being a problem; I've done 3 to the brim so far and not experienced a single problem, but who knows. However I do have the same fuel gauge thing and I'm glad you've brought that up. I did wonder how at 20% to empty I was only putting 18 litres into a 42 litre tank... Where do I find more info about fixing this?

Chassis is definitely not wood! The frame around it is though, where did I write/say the wrong thing?

Salterns said:

Agree the colour is stunning. Shmee, have you had a look on the TalkMorgan forum? Would be great if you could post on there. I followed your posts here with your Aston, would be interested to read your comments following discussions on the TM site.

I signed up a week ago but my account hasn't been approved yet sadly.

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Thanks for that, looks pretty easy, going to go take off my rear cover and take a look at it with a view to getting the part that now only seems to be £46.