TVRs are plastic buckets of sh** apparently
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quoted by 'NISMOMAN' thought some of you might like to defend ya corner.
"I have had skyline gtr s and my brother has had 7 tvrs and every one of them has been a leaking bucket of plastic shite.One thing you must have on a tvr is an aa membership or RAC even better a gps system to tell either recovery company your exact location when you break down.Stick to the jap cars .Both my skylines were approx 400bhp and never used one drop of oil even though they rev to 8,000.Try this in a TVR and you will break down a lot quicker than normal.JAPS CAN MAKE CARS,MOST BRITS CANT."
"I have had skyline gtr s and my brother has had 7 tvrs and every one of them has been a leaking bucket of plastic shite.One thing you must have on a tvr is an aa membership or RAC even better a gps system to tell either recovery company your exact location when you break down.Stick to the jap cars .Both my skylines were approx 400bhp and never used one drop of oil even though they rev to 8,000.Try this in a TVR and you will break down a lot quicker than normal.JAPS CAN MAKE CARS,MOST BRITS CANT."
quoted by 'NISMOMAN' thought some of you might like to defend ya corner.
"I have had skyline gtr s and my brother has had 7 tvrs and every one of them has been a leaking bucket of plastic shite.One thing you must have on a tvr is an aa membership or RAC even better a gps system to tell either recovery company your exact location when you break down.Stick to the jap cars .Both my skylines were approx 400bhp and never used one drop of oil even though they rev to 8,000.Try this in a TVR and you will break down a lot quicker than normal.JAPS CAN MAKE CARS,MOST BRITS CANT."
Maybe that is true....but who looks twice at Jap Crap??
The Nissan is a fine car but just think of the following.
Why someone asks what car you have you say a TVR people know that you have a sports car, like saying you have a Porsche or Ferrari.
Say to someone you have a Nissan no one knows if you have a Skyline or a Micra.
I nearly bought a 200 SX and told a few poeple, who weren't car enthusiats, I was going to buy one, they weren't overly impressed when I said Nissan.
They probably had visions of a Sunny or something.
Jap cars are good everyday sports/performance cars that will run.
They are though a bit clinical, a bit characterless.
You get a car from the factory and they are all the same.
With a TVR you get individuality.
You have to decide whether you want the bomb proof reliabilty or the individuality (and pride in driving something British).
You can't compare the two.
That's why I have a Supra as an every day car and the TVR as a bit of fun.
Not sure why I still have the Spitfire
Lee
Why someone asks what car you have you say a TVR people know that you have a sports car, like saying you have a Porsche or Ferrari.
Say to someone you have a Nissan no one knows if you have a Skyline or a Micra.
I nearly bought a 200 SX and told a few poeple, who weren't car enthusiats, I was going to buy one, they weren't overly impressed when I said Nissan.
They probably had visions of a Sunny or something.
Jap cars are good everyday sports/performance cars that will run.
They are though a bit clinical, a bit characterless.
You get a car from the factory and they are all the same.
With a TVR you get individuality.
You have to decide whether you want the bomb proof reliabilty or the individuality (and pride in driving something British).
You can't compare the two.
That's why I have a Supra as an every day car and the TVR as a bit of fun.
Not sure why I still have the Spitfire
Lee
Not all Skyline owners feel that way.......
we had several to a Mid Essex Meet in March....they were all very appreciative of TVRs..............
Nice set of guys and with very fast cars.
But as P/T says.......do we really care what one person thinks....we have what we chose.......so do they.
...//P//
we had several to a Mid Essex Meet in March....they were all very appreciative of TVRs..............
Nice set of guys and with very fast cars.
But as P/T says.......do we really care what one person thinks....we have what we chose.......so do they.
...//P//To be fair, check Nismobrown's further posting in the original thread. Still, the first post does seem a trifle ignorant.
I like Skylines, they are "interesting" Jap cars, but if a driver needs a car with all of the driver aids of a skyline, can't recon much to his driving ability
A 400BHP Skyline will never sound as good as a TVR, and my plastic bodywork will still be in good nick in many years to come. How long before the tin worm gets hold of the Nissan ?
Horses for courses is what I say.
Nige'
A 400BHP Skyline will never sound as good as a TVR, and my plastic bodywork will still be in good nick in many years to come. How long before the tin worm gets hold of the Nissan ?
Horses for courses is what I say.
Nige'
nismobrown Tuesday 13th May
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I have never owned a TVR engined TVR as such, and for the very reason that I would not have any faith in a engine manufactured by a company, that can't even build the rest of the cars right. You have my sympathy, I beleive that any person out there who has an ajp, or speed 6 engine is at the mercy of TVR and their dealers. I have owned 7 TVR'S and have gone as far as I can with the marque, I now find that I will have to purchase another make sports car, basically because I have no faith in TVR'S own engines.
We can all accept that from time to time we will have to glue bits back on, we accept this because of the driving experience. What I don't accept is having poor build quality combined with a dodgy motor, TVR are doing themselves no favours with long standing customers/enthusiasts, they should offer another engine for their vehicles namely a yank V8.
TVR make a great looking product, a driving experience
unsurpassed by other manufacturers, but I think they have lost the plot, people want a reliable product, and they need to give this matter urgent attention.
nismobrown doesnt seem to know who owns the TVR's - one minute its him, the next its his brother.
stick a fork in me, I'm done.
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