Discussion
Hi everyone, I have just bought my first TVR and my choice was a lovely mica red S3 from Amore Autos. I picked it up yesterday and had a great cross country 130 mile drive home from Bristol to Northamptonshire. I have fallen in love with it already and have started my "tinker list" of items I can fix/repair/improve.
It is a 91 S3 but has cats fitted, so they may be the first things to be removed, but I am wondering if I may get issues with emissions tests at MOT time if I do this. Everything else works as it should and it goes really well. I did wonder if I would feel short changed by not going for the V8S but there is plenty of performance and theatre with the V6. We already own fast cars (FK8 Civic type R and my wife has a GR Yaris) so we don't need speed, the little S3 is the perfect complement in our fleet.
I have been a biker since 16 years old and am now 62, but have been forced to give up biking due to 2 totally knackered knees (25 years of scriummaging) and a chunk of hamstring missing following a cancer op to remove a large tumor, I can no longer hold up a heavy bike. So the S3 is to be our summer top down country lane go to toy.
The S series have gone up in price over the past couple of years but still represent great value especially in V6 form, I really wanted a V8 in my life but they are a lot more money and we don't really need the extra performance, also the S fits in my narrow garage when my first choice Griffith would just fit but you've never get the door open to get out of the thing.
I am gathering there is an active facebook scene for the S series, I don't do facebook, had a bad experience on it many years ago, so a I am unlikely to see you there, but good to see some threads here on PH.
I will post a photo when I have stopped driving it.
It is a 91 S3 but has cats fitted, so they may be the first things to be removed, but I am wondering if I may get issues with emissions tests at MOT time if I do this. Everything else works as it should and it goes really well. I did wonder if I would feel short changed by not going for the V8S but there is plenty of performance and theatre with the V6. We already own fast cars (FK8 Civic type R and my wife has a GR Yaris) so we don't need speed, the little S3 is the perfect complement in our fleet.
I have been a biker since 16 years old and am now 62, but have been forced to give up biking due to 2 totally knackered knees (25 years of scriummaging) and a chunk of hamstring missing following a cancer op to remove a large tumor, I can no longer hold up a heavy bike. So the S3 is to be our summer top down country lane go to toy.
The S series have gone up in price over the past couple of years but still represent great value especially in V6 form, I really wanted a V8 in my life but they are a lot more money and we don't really need the extra performance, also the S fits in my narrow garage when my first choice Griffith would just fit but you've never get the door open to get out of the thing.
I am gathering there is an active facebook scene for the S series, I don't do facebook, had a bad experience on it many years ago, so a I am unlikely to see you there, but good to see some threads here on PH.
I will post a photo when I have stopped driving it.
Chas, you lucky boy having an S and a Griff. I will certainly be joining the local group meets and getting some decent miles on the car. It hasn't moved much in the last 5 years so needs a good workout. I already have done more miles in 2 days than the previous 2 years so a good start. The V6 is perfect as I didn't want a fast car, I wanted some theatre and chuckable fun at lower speeds, so the V6 fitted that brief. I'd like a bit more noise so I think I will be removing the cats, so am all ears ref any down pipes of full exhaust systems are clogging up someone's loft.
I have always wanted a TVR and have really bonded with the little S despite only just picking it up, so I know I've made the right purchase. It needs a little tidying on the interior to make it really nice, my summer project. Hope to meet sone of you fellow TVR owners soon.
I have always wanted a TVR and have really bonded with the little S despite only just picking it up, so I know I've made the right purchase. It needs a little tidying on the interior to make it really nice, my summer project. Hope to meet sone of you fellow TVR owners soon.
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