I say "go for it". You won't regret it, particularly if it's not a daily driver.

 

My uncle has had a history of getting TVR's. Way back from the tasmin 280i all the way to a tuscan S IIRC it was 400bhp, he had it 5 years ago now.

For shear thrill, noise, excitment and rarity you cant beat them.

I have never shit myself so much than in the Tuscan S, an absolute flying machine that literly destroyed everything we came across on the road.

Though one day on the motorway back from kendal we ended up doing a 360degree spin in the rain (and not booting it either) - luckly we stopped in the hard shoulder facing the correct way neither of us saying anything for about 2 minutes.

He also had some problems regarding the engine I cant remember now, but it was not a daily drive.

Sadly he developed cancer and sportscars were forgotten in his life, he did say it was unreliable and lacked any safety feature but you buy them for shear RAW power and driving experience.

I was lucky enough to get a tour of the factory in 1999, but for me not being british anymore and not being built here i have no interest anymore.

If its not a daily drive, you have deep pockets and want a RAW sportscar go for it.

 

i don't have very deep pockets but i have a reasonable amount of disposable income and i would look for a looked after example. if the engine went pop it would be off the road for a while i guess if you're talking an

 

Sounds like you've got ideal TVR owning circumstances to me

Are you thinking about a newish straight 6 one or an older V8 Griffith/Chimera?

No doubt someone who knows will be along to correct me but I would've thought the latter would be much cheaper to sort out if there are problems?

 

I ran a 4.2 Cerbera for a year, driven most days and it didnt cost me any extra other than servicing and the usual upgrades

Though from reading the TVR forums it can be a very hit and miss affair when it comes to ownership and problems

 

I looked seriously at a Tamora before eventually going for the 911 and came to the view that I could live with the foibles and uncertainties inherent in running a Speed Six TVR, even though there wouldn't have been a huge fund available to run the thing.

The cost of an engine rebuild is in the region of

 

TVR power are now doing 2 year unlimited mileage warranties on all speed six rebuilds for

 

I was looking at the 2007 mega hoon the other day. Ferraris, Lotus, BMW, Astons. Mercs, Porsches, Tvr's, Caterhams, Nobles etc went on the 2007 one. I will give you one guess which car broke down.

Some great pics, BTW this guy has owned a few tvrs and a Honda s2000 also.

Great weekend cars IMO but I like going abroad and that's the one car I would never feel like it would be up for it without a few problems on the way.



http://www.pikeynet.com/07/08/31/index.html

 

WTF is this trend for digging up dead threads out of the dumpster?

There'll be one that starts, "blessed are the greek, for they shall inherit the earth" next.

Bloody necrophiliacs.

 

I thought it was 'blessed are the meek?'

TVR's - Have we done this one before?

Simple rule of thumb, if it's not your daily drive, and you can find a good independant garage relatively near to you, then give it go!!

There is an absolutely immaculate Tuscan for sale actually - looks identical to mine, but has had all the engine, gearbox, diff, suspension replaced in the last year of so.

I think it's up for around