Griff as only car?
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I'm sure this has been done to death in other places - yes I have done a search - but go on, I need a bit more convincing....
wife is getting a Scenic as our practical family car...
this leaves me free to get rid of my Impreza estate...
I need something that will be reasonably reliable for 15000 miles a year, used every day.
But it would be nice to have something special... and I'm hopelessly indecisive and irrational about cars (last privately purchased car was a choice between Griff 500, Elise 111S or impreza STi)
I've lusted after a Griff 500 for years... yet I still have doubts over TVR reliability :flamesuiton: even though I run an engine test facility, so it should be easy enough to get things fixed on a low tech thing like a Griff...
views?
:sitsbackandpreparestobeconvinced:
>>> Edited by NDT on Tuesday 28th January 18:23
>>> Edited by NDT on Tuesday 28th January 18:24
wife is getting a Scenic as our practical family car...
this leaves me free to get rid of my Impreza estate...
I need something that will be reasonably reliable for 15000 miles a year, used every day.
But it would be nice to have something special... and I'm hopelessly indecisive and irrational about cars (last privately purchased car was a choice between Griff 500, Elise 111S or impreza STi)
I've lusted after a Griff 500 for years... yet I still have doubts over TVR reliability :flamesuiton: even though I run an engine test facility, so it should be easy enough to get things fixed on a low tech thing like a Griff...
views?
:sitsbackandpreparestobeconvinced:
>>> Edited by NDT on Tuesday 28th January 18:23
>>> Edited by NDT on Tuesday 28th January 18:24
My Volvo 850 let me down more than any of the 9 TVRs I have had. Currently running a Griff 500 as a runabout. Was a shopping trolley but it got demoted at Christmas or so I was told... 
Just do it.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
Just do it.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
Our Griff is used has been used as a daily car and has been more reliable than my Saab, Citroen and sons Pug 106, they prefer to be used and the engines are of proven technology, running gear is Ford, waxoyl it and rust wont be an issue either. You might die soon so JFDI before they ban em 
prepare to pay around £600/annum via independant for servicing at those mileages......not too bad really
>> Edited by apache on Tuesday 28th January 19:03
>> Edited by apache on Wednesday 29th January 00:42
prepare to pay around £600/annum via independant for servicing at those mileages......not too bad really
>> Edited by apache on Tuesday 28th January 19:03
>> Edited by apache on Wednesday 29th January 00:42
No definitely not.
Absolutely not
No question about it
For example, I have run mine for two years (and 16 days) as an only car, come rain or shine. It's been almost totally reliable (we are talking two non starts in the morning and one ignition coil failure when parked at work), covered 33,500 miles in that time and used up gallons and megalitres of petrol, a couple of litres of oil and a bucketload of powersteering fluid.
It has cost £462 to insure this year, that's £9 per week for goodness sake! Every service costs at least £170 for the basic service - and what for????
You'll have to polish it several times a year, if not month, week et cetera....
....you'll be constantly plotting routes which will take you further and longer - or even volunteering to go shopping. Even then, because you will claim that you can't get much in the boot, you'll end up going shopping twice a week.
At an average of 40m.p.h. 33,500 miles is 301,500 grins - if an average TVR grin lasts 10 seconds (i.e. about the time to reach 100 m.p.h.)
You'd hate it
Don't do it
For god sake someone tell him how silly the idea is......
Absolutely not
No question about it
For example, I have run mine for two years (and 16 days) as an only car, come rain or shine. It's been almost totally reliable (we are talking two non starts in the morning and one ignition coil failure when parked at work), covered 33,500 miles in that time and used up gallons and megalitres of petrol, a couple of litres of oil and a bucketload of powersteering fluid.
It has cost £462 to insure this year, that's £9 per week for goodness sake! Every service costs at least £170 for the basic service - and what for????
You'll have to polish it several times a year, if not month, week et cetera....
....you'll be constantly plotting routes which will take you further and longer - or even volunteering to go shopping. Even then, because you will claim that you can't get much in the boot, you'll end up going shopping twice a week.
At an average of 40m.p.h. 33,500 miles is 301,500 grins - if an average TVR grin lasts 10 seconds (i.e. about the time to reach 100 m.p.h.)
You'd hate it
Don't do it
For god sake someone tell him how silly the idea is......
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