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I'm starting this thread for TVR owners to talk about the positive side of ownership.
I'm tired of the large amount negativity on these forums surrounding these beautiful works of art. I've had no major problems with my current or previous TVRs. I've treated them with respect and care they deserve and they've returned the favout ten-fold. I love the attention these cars attract and the pure enjoyment when behind the wheel! Everytime I take my Tuscan for drive the excitement and enjoyment are as stronge as the day I collected it from the dealer.
I know there are plenty of others out there with a positive attitude, let's hear from you...
I'm tired of the large amount negativity on these forums surrounding these beautiful works of art. I've had no major problems with my current or previous TVRs. I've treated them with respect and care they deserve and they've returned the favout ten-fold. I love the attention these cars attract and the pure enjoyment when behind the wheel! Everytime I take my Tuscan for drive the excitement and enjoyment are as stronge as the day I collected it from the dealer.
I know there are plenty of others out there with a positive attitude, let's hear from you...
Well I may not have the most modern of Blackpool's finest but I've still got one of the prettiest 
My S4 has now hit 94,000 miles and hard miles at that. It could do with a bit of cosmetic tidying but it's by far the best car I've ever owned and the most reliable. In four years I've had to call upon the AA twice, once before a track day and once after!
It's robust, it's admired by passers by (when it's clean) and it's damn good fun.
nuff said
My S4 has now hit 94,000 miles and hard miles at that. It could do with a bit of cosmetic tidying but it's by far the best car I've ever owned and the most reliable. In four years I've had to call upon the AA twice, once before a track day and once after! It's robust, it's admired by passers by (when it's clean) and it's damn good fun.
nuff said
Motoring just doesn't get any better than this!
- drop dead georgeous looks (interior and exterior)
- attention from everyone, wherever you are. Universally people are interested in the cars, and variously point, gawp, smile and clap.
- phenomenal levels of performance.
I've often been asked, and I really don't know the answer to: "Well, what are you going to buy after the Cerbera?". I can't think of anything I really want to own instead
- drop dead georgeous looks (interior and exterior)
- attention from everyone, wherever you are. Universally people are interested in the cars, and variously point, gawp, smile and clap.
- phenomenal levels of performance.
I've often been asked, and I really don't know the answer to: "Well, what are you going to buy after the Cerbera?". I can't think of anything I really want to own instead
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Motoring just doesn't get any better than this!
- drop dead georgeous looks (interior and exterior)
- attention from everyone, wherever you are. Universally people are interested in the cars, and variously point, gawp, smile and clap.
Thanks jeremy, you just described my Chimaera.
Seven months in, not a problem at all, oh yes, one. The mirror glass dropped off. I fixed it back on at a cost of nowt. So apart from fuel and oil, not a lot to keep on the road ... or in the garage if it's pi55ing down!
1 year into ownership, on my second Chim (last one rolled down a hill, but thats a different story ended up with a newer better model anyway) still feels like the first time every time i get in and drive big and all.
Driving for 12 years, clean driving license, no tickets, no convictions, no fines.....until i got the Tiv. I now have 3 convictions, 6 points, 21 day ban under me belt and squids of fines. You need to be reading this from a positive point of view to get the point.
Edit: And had 'words
' from the neighbours. Seems they dont't like the morning chorus from the chim at 0500 hrs on a monday morning
>> Edited by s_willy on Thursday 19th September 19:49
ended up with a newer better model anyway) still feels like the first time every time i get in and drive big and all. Driving for 12 years, clean driving license, no tickets, no convictions, no fines.....until i got the Tiv. I now have 3 convictions, 6 points, 21 day ban under me belt and squids of fines. You need to be reading this from a positive point of view to get the point.
Edit: And had 'words
' from the neighbours. Seems they dont't like the morning chorus from the chim at 0500 hrs on a monday morning >> Edited by s_willy on Thursday 19th September 19:49
Good call.
I have only owned my Griff a few weeks after many years of longing for one. Its a real joy to own & drive.
The problem we all have is people are very quick to criticise but very rarely shout praise when it is deserved.
Having spent part of last weekend thrashing down the M23 with @ 15 other Tivs you soon find out how much fun these cars & the folk who drive them can be.
Nick
I have only owned my Griff a few weeks after many years of longing for one. Its a real joy to own & drive.
The problem we all have is people are very quick to criticise but very rarely shout praise when it is deserved.
Having spent part of last weekend thrashing down the M23 with @ 15 other Tivs you soon find out how much fun these cars & the folk who drive them can be.
Nick
I had TVRs for 12 years and have nothing but praise, the thrill of driving these cars whether a 1600cc Vixen or a Griffith500 is immense. In that time I did over 60,000 miles in TVRs including over 60 track days, several sprints and 5 visits to Europe.
I have never failed to get a destination in a TVR, I've been a bit late a couple of times but only called the AA out twice, once the car just restarted at the sight of the AA van and the other time I had pre-warned the AA guy about the parts he needed to bring which he did and I fixed the problem in 20 mins.
I only don't have a TVR at present because of family commitments, and I met my wife through the TVRCC so she's partly to blame for that!!!!
Its all too easy for someone to get on their soapbox and rant about things but think carefully in future, where would we be without TVR, probably the only true affordable British performance car.
All credit to to Peter Wheeler who took over the company in the early eighties in one of TVRs dark periods and built it into what it is today. A brave and bold man, who would have thought in 1982 that TVR would be producing their own engine, having one of the most succesful one marque race series and be considering Le Mans.
Also credit should go to Martin Lilley and his dad who rescued the company in 1965 because without you we wouldn't have TVR on the map today.
davidy
I have never failed to get a destination in a TVR, I've been a bit late a couple of times but only called the AA out twice, once the car just restarted at the sight of the AA van and the other time I had pre-warned the AA guy about the parts he needed to bring which he did and I fixed the problem in 20 mins.
I only don't have a TVR at present because of family commitments, and I met my wife through the TVRCC so she's partly to blame for that!!!!
Its all too easy for someone to get on their soapbox and rant about things but think carefully in future, where would we be without TVR, probably the only true affordable British performance car.
All credit to to Peter Wheeler who took over the company in the early eighties in one of TVRs dark periods and built it into what it is today. A brave and bold man, who would have thought in 1982 that TVR would be producing their own engine, having one of the most succesful one marque race series and be considering Le Mans.
Also credit should go to Martin Lilley and his dad who rescued the company in 1965 because without you we wouldn't have TVR on the map today.
davidy
Hear Hear!
I have owned TVRs since the days of Martin Lilley. I have kept them all for years on end and have used them all as my everyday car. I guess I have probably driven 250,000 miles in them over the last 20-odd years - my Wedge was sold with 88,000 on the clock; my Griff with over 70,000. I currently have a Tuscan RR (Oct 2000 delivery) which I guess at nearly 25,000 miles is one of the highest mileage Tuscans around.
Yes, all my TVRs have had "niggly" little problems and have had design/development flaws. Yes, I was a bit worried when my Tuscan started drinking oil after the 6000 service. But TVR never even quibbled: as soon as they were told, they immediately offered to take the car back to rebuild the engine under warranty. So I should complain?
As against their imperfections and niggling reliability worries, all of them have given me as much enjoyment as I could cope with. They epitomise for me exactly what I want - something a bit raw, very fast, but which needs a bit of skill to have fun with. I'm very glad that they are not everybody's choice - I'd hate to own the same car as everybody else.
Long may they continue doing what has kept me happy most of my adult life!
I have owned TVRs since the days of Martin Lilley. I have kept them all for years on end and have used them all as my everyday car. I guess I have probably driven 250,000 miles in them over the last 20-odd years - my Wedge was sold with 88,000 on the clock; my Griff with over 70,000. I currently have a Tuscan RR (Oct 2000 delivery) which I guess at nearly 25,000 miles is one of the highest mileage Tuscans around.
Yes, all my TVRs have had "niggly" little problems and have had design/development flaws. Yes, I was a bit worried when my Tuscan started drinking oil after the 6000 service. But TVR never even quibbled: as soon as they were told, they immediately offered to take the car back to rebuild the engine under warranty. So I should complain?
As against their imperfections and niggling reliability worries, all of them have given me as much enjoyment as I could cope with. They epitomise for me exactly what I want - something a bit raw, very fast, but which needs a bit of skill to have fun with. I'm very glad that they are not everybody's choice - I'd hate to own the same car as everybody else.
Long may they continue doing what has kept me happy most of my adult life!
LOVE IT!!!
I have had Ruby since May 2001, and I have loved every single minute of TVR ownership. Yes, the cost of replacing components due to wear and tear can be painful, but I am always thrilled when I drive her away from the specialist, knowing I can hammer the **** out of it 'cause she's good as new. The enthusiastic waves from TVR drivers you don't know and will likely never see again is something you don't get with any other car (correct me if I'm wrong). I love it!!!! And the people I have met through the TVRCC and PH are really a great bunch. Drive on!!!
I'm on my 2nd Tiv,had no prolems at all with my Chim 450.I now am the proud owner of a Griff 500 SE no.11 of the last 100.Fantastic car,highly underated and worth a good deal more money for the incredible sound of its sports exhaust alone.....I'm over the moon with it!! 
Lets all
and tell those less fortunate than us just what they are missing!!
Steve
Lets alland tell those less fortunate than us just what they are missing!! Steve
I was going to trade in my nice company Lexus for a highly economical Focus Tedious or something similar.
Until I sat in a Tamora at the Canary Wharf motorshow.
And then until I hired a Griffith for the day.
There is something very special about these cars.
Pistonheads certainly makes a difference too.
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Until I sat in a Tamora at the Canary Wharf motorshow.
And then until I hired a Griffith for the day.
There is something very special about these cars.
Pistonheads certainly makes a difference too.
:exitstageleftinacombinationofdrunkensentimentalityandgottaplacethatordersmiley:
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You patronising bunch of brown-nosers
I hate the damn things and have only owned & driven everything from a Grantura 2a to a 1994 Griff (briefly) for the past 22 years and 4 months cos I'm a masochist
ROFLMAO
I like this thread!! 6300 miles in my Tamora, 16000 mile in my Chimaera (small beer to some, I know) and not a single mechanical fault. The Tamora is simply sensational, devastatingly quick, a hoot round corners, noisy+++, lots of attention, etc. TVR's in general are raw, balls-out (sorry ladies!), nutter machines. I love 'em, and I cannot see myself, barring major financial mishap, ever being without one in my posession. It would be like having one leg cut off to lose ownership. I just pray the "new model" at the motorshow will be either a hard top, or mega-expensive, because drooling in public is such an embarrassing spectacle, as is begging TVR to sell me their cars!
On that note....(new topic posted)
Gotta say i wouldnt have anything else.
Had an S3 for 3 and a half years with no major problems but absolutley loads of fun and a few too many hairy moments which the Griffith i brought in Febuary has taken over,especially the hairy moments.
If u take care of em,keep em serviced well and use them as much as possible then you should be ok.IMO
Love 'em to death
Simon
BB
Had an S3 for 3 and a half years with no major problems but absolutley loads of fun and a few too many hairy moments which the Griffith i brought in Febuary has taken over,especially the hairy moments.
If u take care of em,keep em serviced well and use them as much as possible then you should be ok.IMO
Love 'em to death
Simon
BB
I've been driving TVRs for the past 25 years now and
while there have been some problems over the years, I
have found them always enjoyable, pretty well screwed
together, they never fail to gain attention and
questions.
No car I have ever experienced is immune from periodic
problems. But in the "smiles per mile" category, I
haven't found anything for the comparable dollar that
can touch the TVR here in the States.
While we do not have access to the newer models, the
older ones continue to please us despite the fact that
some of them over 30 years old now.
I have found them to be dependable(for the most part),
robust, a blast to drive, relatively economical and
something that you rarely lose money on from your
initial investment, if you take care of it.
I had a couple of Jaguars, two Maseratis, and a multitude of other cars over the years, but it is the
TVR that I have stayed with, and happily so.
while there have been some problems over the years, I
have found them always enjoyable, pretty well screwed
together, they never fail to gain attention and
questions.
No car I have ever experienced is immune from periodic
problems. But in the "smiles per mile" category, I
haven't found anything for the comparable dollar that
can touch the TVR here in the States.
While we do not have access to the newer models, the
older ones continue to please us despite the fact that
some of them over 30 years old now.
I have found them to be dependable(for the most part),
robust, a blast to drive, relatively economical and
something that you rarely lose money on from your
initial investment, if you take care of it.
I had a couple of Jaguars, two Maseratis, and a multitude of other cars over the years, but it is the
TVR that I have stayed with, and happily so.
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