TVR Daily.. madness?

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Good afternoon ladies and Gents.

At the risk of sounding completely unoriginal, is it a good idea to use a TVR as a daily?

Now I know thats like asking how long is a peice of string, so ill give a little more info.

In a few months ill be 23, and I want to treat my self. I have been looking at Jaguar 4.2 XKRs 2006 onwards, untill today when I saw a stunning Tuscan on ebay, 2000 model.

I will admit now, I have only heard bad things about TVRs.. engine rebuilds every 30 yards, bad on fuel, wired up by chimps etc.. but im not one for listening to gossip.

anywho, In a bad month I do 1000 miles, but on average its closer to 600, a mix of town driving and motorway blasts..

Insurance isnt too bad, £1100 a year, however if its possible to get that down itll help.


I plan on spending around £16500 on the car give or take a grand, looking on ebay/autotrader I can get a 4 litre Tuscan
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-TVR-Tuscan-4-0-380-...
example

I dont want a Chim or Cerb, i prefer the newer cars.. Tuscan, t350, etc

any other info will really help

Just a note, I have used the search function, but its not working for me

Thanks everyone

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A900ss said:

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Insurance isnt too bad, £1100 a month, however if its possible to get that down itll help.

Thanks everyone

£1,100 a month?????

oops.. no, that was meant to say "£1100 a year"

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Thanks everyone for your help.

Looking into it a little further, if I get one itll have to be a Tuscan as I cannot get a sensible insurance quote on the T350, at the moment the cheapest its coming back at is north of £1800..
As said, the Tuscan (380) is £1100 a year.

Reading what you have put, it sounds like they would be an amazing daily ride.. the noise, looks etc is exactly what I want.. and why not at 23
Happily I am single so I dont have to worry about a moaning OH to make happy and to be honest, im not fond of other people in my car anyway.. few days back I had my pug filled with mates and it got to the point I dropped them all off and went home, just drove me mad..

The only thing that really scares me is the reliability, and having a look through the forum, they arent anywhere near as bad as people make out..
The again, asking TVR owners how good their car is, is asking religious folks if God is a goody or a bady..
I guess it comes with the terratory.. buy a "hand built british sports car" and spend the rest of time rebuilding the bloody thing. Which I dont mind doing.. But if im going to be doing every weekend Ill go for the Jag..

Sorry, im rambling..

What do I need to look out for on the tuscans? everything and anything that comes to mind

Also, all of the ones iv seen have the gold gaz shocks.. I see there is a warning about them, how do I check these?

Thanks everyone

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cheese grater?

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All helpful

I think buying a TVR makes more sense then buying a jaguar.. just

like I said, I want something special, something different.. and you cant get any more different then a low, shiney, shouty car, made from plastic in Britain.

Fuel costs dont bother me.. the only thing that does is major bills.. engines etc, but as you have all said, get one thats already had the work done, less problems.

Ill only use the car 3 maybe 4 times a week, due to work etc so it will kind of be a toy rather then a major daily driver

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thanks everyone.

Sadly, because I live at home with the family, the idea of a snotter isnt one that would go down well.. the drive way is already full.
Dads van
My van
Mams Arbarth
My car (what ever I buy)
Dads XKR
Little brothers Pug

Mam would kill me if I boght 2 cars

Worked out today that I will do no more then 600 miles a month, and will only use it 3 days out of 7.. work etc, so really itll not be a serious millage monster and will be closer to a weekend car.

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Djdan said:

If youve already got a van go for it, run the van when its snowing and the Tuscan when its not, try to get an "S" spec if you can but then again am biased!

If it didnt have a tracker then I would..

Whats the difference between a Tuscan and a Tuscan "S"?

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Johnny 89 said:

Off topic and I don't mean to be a bore, but where are people getting insurance quotes of circa. £1,200 on Tuscans?

I'm currently shopping around for Chimaera insurance and cannot get close. I'm 24 but it could be to do with lack of NCB.

I use confused.com

Standard car
my own policy
i say its left on the road, usually makes it £100 cheaper to insure.
No tracker, £50 cheaper
10000 miles a year
Social, domestic and comuting

22 at the moment, with 2 year NCB

a little trick I have come up with is ask for confused to start the policy 30 days in the future, i found for me it can knock upto £200 off the price, then phone them, when they say its £1400 for the cover, argue the point they quoted £1200.. I have never failed with this.
The best companies to "play" are admiral and elephant, they are the same company, but the compete at the same time. Doing this, I saved my self £360 this year.
Just got to know how to play the system, but staying legal at the same time.

the quote for £1100 i got hasnt had anything done to it.. playing companies off each other etc.. I know by the time I have done ill be paying no more then £900, fully comp#

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Djdan said:

S gives bigger brakes, better suspension geometery, hids and dab as standard, close ratio box, redsigned rear end with lip spoiler, front splitter. Obviously these uprgrades mean they fetch a premium price and there is not too many around.

I got my quote at 24 after writing my previous car off from admiral but had to use a 800quid excess and i stay in a low rate crime zone and do less than 4000 miles, quotes will vary by models also.

Just had a look for an "S" and they are well over my budget..
Looks like ill be getting 'just' a Tuscan.. no complaints though