New TVR confirmed

[PoleDriver]

ChilliWhizz said:

Good Grief, there was I thinking all this banter was amongst a bunch of lads maybe late twenties to late thirties, and it turns out Rover P6B is 58, and blueg33 is nearly 50...

ORD, have to ask, I'm guessing your 30 something? (don't get all uptight or Porsche-ist it's just banter )

I know DA is in his 90's, and I'm no spring chicken, but it's beginning to sound like this thread is wrinkly dominated

Apparently, and according to my daughter, there is life after wrinkly status, seemingly when you've moved on from wrinkly, you become a dribbly Made I Larf

So here we are, bunch of old blokes, talking about 450bhp TVR's Few more years and it'll be mobility scooters

No offence to anyone was intended in this post

You need to tread very carefully here young padawan! I'm 59 and I've got a 4.5 Cerb and a 4.5 Wedge!

[chris watton]

PoleDriver said:

ChilliWhizz said:

Good Grief, there was I thinking all this banter was amongst a bunch of lads maybe late twenties to late thirties, and it turns out Rover P6B is 58, and blueg33 is nearly 50...

ORD, have to ask, I'm guessing your 30 something? (don't get all uptight or Porsche-ist it's just banter )

I know DA is in his 90's, and I'm no spring chicken, but it's beginning to sound like this thread is wrinkly dominated

Apparently, and according to my daughter, there is life after wrinkly status, seemingly when you've moved on from wrinkly, you become a dribbly Made I Larf

So here we are, bunch of old blokes, talking about 450bhp TVR's Few more years and it'll be mobility scooters

No offence to anyone was intended in this post

You need to tread very carefully here young padawan! I'm 59 and I've got a 4.5 Cerb and a 4.5 Wedge!

Scary how time seems to fly, especially as you get older. I can remember joining PH like it was yesterday in 2002, asking advice about buying a Chim - I was only 35. Am 48 now

[DonkeyApple]

ChilliWhizz said:

Good Grief, there was I thinking all this banter was amongst a bunch of lads maybe late twenties to late thirties, and it turns out Rover P6B is 58, and blueg33 is nearly 50...

ORD, have to ask, I'm guessing your 30 something? (don't get all uptight or Porsche-ist it's just banter )

I know DA is in his 90's, and I'm no spring chicken, but it's beginning to sound like this thread is wrinkly dominated

Apparently, and according to my daughter, there is life after wrinkly status, seemingly when you've moved on from wrinkly, you become a dribbly Made I Larf

So here we are, bunch of old blokes, talking about 450bhp TVR's Few more years and it'll be mobility scooters

No offence to anyone was intended in this post

I'm 97 and three quarters you know!

[dvs_dave]

chris watton said:

Scary how time seems to fly, especially as you get older. I can remember joining PH like it was yesterday in 2002, asking advice about buying a Chim - I was only 35. Am 48 now

A familiar story. Although I joined in 2005 at the age of 25 with a view to buying a Tuscan. 10 years later I have the same car, although I'm now a little wiser and a little wealthier, I seem to have way less money to burn....funny how that happens.

[N7GTX]

ChilliWhizz said:

I know DA is in his 90's, and I'm no spring chicken, but it's beginning to sound like this thread is wrinkly dominated

Could be right there. Bet you bought Autocar just so you could cut out pics of TVRs, Marcos and Ginettas in the late 60s (amongst others) and stick them on your bedroom wall.

[RichB]

chris watton said:

Scary how time seems to fly, especially as you get older. I can remember joining PH like it was yesterday in 2002, asking advice about buying a Chim - I was only 35. Am 48 now

I didn't so much 'join' more like got put on it as part of the beta testing when Dave (Ted) built the site over 16 years ago to find out if it would catch on!

I sold my S3c in Feb '99 through Pistonheads For Sale section when it only had about 20 cars in it!

[MikeE]

RichB said:

didn't so much 'join' more like got put on it as part of the beta testing when Dave (Ted) built the site over 16 years ago to find out if it would catch on!

I sold my S3c in Feb '99 through Pistonheads For Sale section when it only had about 20 cars in it!

You must have been slightly ahead of me then rich, think I joined in mid-99 and am member 46 or something like that!

So we're the PHers who lived through the heyday, I was one of the first Tuscan customers and at age 35 those were great times with great cars, while I'd love to see the new owners achieve something similar I fear it's going to be very difficult in 2017, times have changed and peoples expectations are much higher, we shall see

[RichB]

MikeE said:

You must have been slightly ahead of me then rich, think I joined in mid-99 and am member 46 or something like that!

No, ypu beat me by 30. You are Member 44 and I'm 74. If you hover over your name (or anyone's name) you will see their MemberID at the bottom of the page.

You must have joined earlier, as I bought my Griff in March 99 and sold the S a few weeks before...

[Lotus E300S]

New Tvr spotted

[DonkeyApple]

Is this the one built from parts by the chap who bought the original one?

[DonkeyApple]

dvs_dave said:

chris watton said:

Scary how time seems to fly, especially as you get older. I can remember joining PH like it was yesterday in 2002, asking advice about buying a Chim - I was only 35. Am 48 now

A familiar story. Although I joined in 2005 at the age of 25 with a view to buying a Tuscan. 10 years later I have the same car, although I'm now a little wiser and a little wealthier, I seem to have way less money to burn....funny how that happens.

I suspect we are among the youngest though. Most people on here would appear to be the type who'd refer to Brucie as 'young man'.

[Lotus E300S]

DonkeyApple said:

Is this the one built from parts by the chap who bought the original one?

Some details here

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[MikeE]

RichB said:

MikeE said:

You must have been slightly ahead of me then rich, think I joined in mid-99 and am member 46 or something like that!

No, ypu beat me by 30. You are Member 44 and I'm 74. If you hover over your name (or anyone's name) you will see their MemberID at the bottom of the page.

You must have joined earlier, as I bought my Griff in March 99 and sold the S a few weeks before...

I must have joined in 1998 then.....

[anonymous-user]

DonkeyApple said:

dvs_dave said:

chris watton said:

Scary how time seems to fly, especially as you get older. I can remember joining PH like it was yesterday in 2002, asking advice about buying a Chim - I was only 35. Am 48 now

A familiar story. Although I joined in 2005 at the age of 25 with a view to buying a Tuscan. 10 years later I have the same car, although I'm now a little wiser and a little wealthier, I seem to have way less money to burn....funny how that happens.

I suspect we are among the youngest though. Most people on here would appear to be the type who'd refer to Brucie as 'young man'.

Ha same thing. I was 25 and wanted a Cerbera. Sadly the best quote got on the insurance was 17k so it never happened.

[DonkeyApple]

fblm said:

DonkeyApple said:

dvs_dave said:

chris watton said:

Scary how time seems to fly, especially as you get older. I can remember joining PH like it was yesterday in 2002, asking advice about buying a Chim - I was only 35. Am 48 now

A familiar story. Although I joined in 2005 at the age of 25 with a view to buying a Tuscan. 10 years later I have the same car, although I'm now a little wiser and a little wealthier, I seem to have way less money to burn....funny how that happens.

I suspect we are among the youngest though. Most people on here would appear to be the type who'd refer to Brucie as 'young man'.

Ha same thing. I was 25 and wanted a Cerbera. Sadly the best quote got on the insurance was 17k so it never happened.

I think I got lucky, when I got the Griff I was 21 but you could still get insured as a named driver. Couldn't have afforded it otherwise.

[anonymous-user]

DonkeyApple said:

...I got the Griff I was 21...

Good effort!

[msmith0592]

DonkeyApple said:

I think I got lucky, when I got the Griff I was 21 but you could still get insured as a named driver. Couldn't have afforded it otherwise.

I got my Cerb when I was 21, cost £1200 for insurance, not too bad I thought. It is now £900 at the age of 23.

[DonkeyApple]

msmith0592 said:

DonkeyApple said:

I think I got lucky, when I got the Griff I was 21 but you could still get insured as a named driver. Couldn't have afforded it otherwise.

I got my Cerb when I was 21, cost £1200 for insurance, not too bad I thought. It is now £900 at the age of 23.

I seem to recall it being about £500 21 years ago and it's pretty much been around that ever since as I think the Typhon was around that level when I insured it at the end of last year. I thought that pretty good for central London.

[anonymous-user]

msmith0592 said:

I got my Cerb when I was 21, cost £1200 for insurance, not too bad I thought.

Not too bad? Thats awesome.

[dvs_dave]

DonkeyApple said:

msmith0592 said:

DonkeyApple said:

I think I got lucky, when I got the Griff I was 21 but you could still get insured as a named driver. Couldn't have afforded it otherwise.

I got my Cerb when I was 21, cost £1200 for insurance, not too bad I thought. It is now £900 at the age of 23.

I seem to recall it being about £500 21 years ago and it's pretty much been around that ever since as I think the Typhon was around that level when I insured it at the end of last year. I thought that pretty good for central London.

I seem to remember mine was 1500 quid a year at 25 for my Tuscan S. Not bad considering I had zero NCB at the time. It's now about 300 a year on a limited mileage classic policy, although I rarely get the chance to drive it these days.