Tuscan S in this weeks AutoCar
Discussion
Anyone else see this? they had the 10 best cars on one blinder of a b road cars inc. Porker 911, Noble, Caterham, Focus RS, VX220, etc. the Tuscan fell at the first hurdle 
not able to push on as much as in the other cars, communication between your bum and the car not good enough etc. Bit of shame I though when i read the article..... any other comments?..
not able to push on as much as in the other cars, communication between your bum and the car not good enough etc. Bit of shame I though when i read the article..... any other comments?..MikeE said:
read it and think that sounds a fair enough observation
I wasn't disputing the content, I agree I thought that the article was fair, just that it was a shame the Tuscan wasn't rated higher given that it is a pure sports car.
Also agree with the comments offered here that 9 out of 10 people would rather been seen in a TVR than a Luton Wagon and that given that most of us are not racing drivers we tend to look for different things than these road testers...
MikeE said:
So are you guys saying you bought your Tuscans for the posing ability or the driving experience?
If you bought a Tuscan for the driving experience then Autocar are suggesting that actually it's not that great in the handling department (on B roads anyway).
If you bought it more for the posing value then, well, erm, fine
Several points not least of which is I don’t own a Tuscan so asking the question ‘are you guys saying you bought your Tuscans for the posing ability or the driving experience?’ is kind of a mute point
Road testers are looking for something specific in a car, for each tester is will be different. For most of us whatever car we buy it is unlikely that we will drive it at the speeds the journo’s do and equally unlikely we will be looking for the same thing. A large section of TVR drivers did not buy the car as it was the fastest a-b car in a magazine or because it will out handle a go-kart.
They bought them for others reasons inc. sound, looks, childhood dream etc. I would not insult anyone by saying that any of those reasons are wrong or that they are just ‘posers’ for not wanting the fastest best handling car on the planet.
If you want to be a total twat and offer that reason then you really don’t understand TVR’s do you
MikeE you quoted me and then appeared to offer the view that if anyone bought the car for any other reason than it's handling then they were posing.
My reply was perhaps OTT and apologies abound if I have misread you post, but I was unhappy at being misquoted and certainly do not share your view that buying a car for a reason other than how good it is round the twisties is lame.
Me buying a TVR would be a life long ambition fulfilled, would mean that I get to play with TVR's other than a weekends !! and oh the noise as well. Hope this is considered a more civil reply
My reply was perhaps OTT and apologies abound if I have misread you post, but I was unhappy at being misquoted and certainly do not share your view that buying a car for a reason other than how good it is round the twisties is lame.
Me buying a TVR would be a life long ambition fulfilled, would mean that I get to play with TVR's other than a weekends !! and oh the noise as well. Hope this is considered a more civil reply
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