RE: TVR Sagaris: PH Carpool

RE: TVR Sagaris: PH Carpool

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so called

9,074 posts

208 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Hi Jasper,
Great write up.
Still haven't made it to one your Spain runs yet but my Tuscan has already been to Spain 5 times and Germany at least 10.
Off go Germany again tomorrow.
Mines still a baby at only 70k miles.
All the best.

cerb4.5lee

30,189 posts

179 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Its my favourite TVR and what a great way to enjoy it by using it very regularly, brill write up thumbup

Dalto123

3,198 posts

162 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Brilliant to see such a car being used properly, very nice indeed biggrin


TTmonkey

20,911 posts

246 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Theres no way I'd swap a Sag for a DB9 Jasper.

Ferosferio

285 posts

149 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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A dream car of mine, would have one over loads of other heralded 'exotica'. But therein lies the problem; so too would many others and it pains me to accept that I'll probably never be in a position to afford one as they continue to rise in value.

Wonderful car. Thanks for sharing, enjoy!

WolfyJones

945 posts

131 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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140,000 miles, nearly double my mileage,

Fantastic mileage and such a great car, thou I'm biased smile

WolfyJones

945 posts

131 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Andy665 said:
Great story, seems to me that the biggest issues with TVRs seems to be a general lack of use, I'm a great believer that the more regularly a car is used the less troublesome it is
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S3Swiss

235 posts

233 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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I agree and if any Sag drivers are having problems getting their car driven a bit more - PM me and I'll try and help out biggrin

Zad

12,695 posts

235 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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If you keep it for another couple of years or so (and something tells me that's probably a conservative estimate) you should be at the front of the queue for the new TVRs. What could be a better development car than a machine that gets used for umpty thousand miles a year?

Superb sir, superb.

Jasper Gilder

2,166 posts

272 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Zad said:
If you keep it for another couple of years or so (and something tells me that's probably a conservative estimate) you should be at the front of the queue for the new TVRs. What could be a better development car than a machine that gets used for umpty thousand miles a year?

Superb sir, superb.
Well that would be fun!

Limpet

6,293 posts

160 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Well used and well maintained. Best possible combination.

Gorgeous car.

BBS-LM

3,972 posts

223 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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I managed to drive one of these last Month, has to go down as one of the waste cars I have ever driven.

Mr_Dave

134 posts

189 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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robinandcamera said:
Cant an oil thermostat switch/plate be fitted to bypass the cooler when the oil is cold??
Most cars with factory air/oil coolers have a thermostat (all the one's I've seen anyway), or they use a laminar cooler which is plumbed into the coolant system to tie the water temp and oil temp together. It is a bit daft not having one as there's no control whatsoever over the oil temp - the point of having a cooler it so control the oil temp!

My M3 evo has a stat, my Renault 5 GT Turbo has a laminar cooler. Maybe TVR couldn't be bothered to fit one smile

BJG1

5,966 posts

211 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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BBS-LM said:
I managed to drive one of these last Month, has to go down as one of the waste cars I have ever driven.
What didn't you like about it and what do you usually drive?

cerb4.5lee

30,189 posts

179 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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BBS-LM said:
I managed to drive one of these last Month, has to go down as one of the waste cars I have ever driven.
What didn't you like about it then? I appreciate TVR`s are marmite but I loved my old Cerbera and one of the guys that used to service mine said to me he thought the Sagaris was the best of the lot to drive and he never wanted to get out of it.

WolfyJones

945 posts

131 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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BJG1 said:
BBS-LM said:
I managed to drive one of these last Month, has to go down as one of the waste cars I have ever driven.
What didn't you like about it and what do you usually drive?
Judging by his posts a Clio,

Another post he says the Sagaris was so much fun to drive,

smile

mcguinness1

29 posts

134 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Without a doubt my favourite car TVR ever made, phenomenal machine. Don't think I've ever seen one in the metal, but yours looks fantastic. Absolutely mental!

BBS-LM

3,972 posts

223 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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BJG1 said:
BBS-LM said:
I managed to drive one of these last Month, has to go down as one of the waste cars I have ever driven.
What didn't you like about it and what do you usually drive?
The one I drove liked to track the road more then it liked to drive in a straight line, you had to fight the gearbox to get it in any gear, there was so mush heat coming from the engine which come into the cabin, after 5min of driving you wanted to just get out of the thing, the build quality was so bad, it was comical, and was the one thing that actually made me laugh out loud about the car, and after all the stories of these TVR being fast, I didn't think it was that quick at all. I would have a Lotus Exige any day of the week over one of these.

And on that day I drove anther 7 super cars, which put this TVR in good perspective?

WolfyJones

945 posts

131 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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BBS-LM said:
The one I drove liked to track the road more then it liked to drive in a straight line, you had to fight the gearbox to get it in any gear, there was so mush heat coming from the engine which come into the cabin, after 5min of driving you wanted to just get out of the thing, the build quality was so bad, it was comical, and was the one thing that actually made me laugh out loud about the car, and after all the stories of these TVR being fast, I didn't think it was that quick at all. I would have a Lotus Exige any day of the week over one of these.

And on that day I drove anther 7 super cars, which put this TVR in good perspective?
What was wrong with the build quality?

unrepentant

21,212 posts

255 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Great story. clap

God I miss my Saggy.. cry