RE: PH Drives: Garlick's Fleet Update
Discussion
fastgerman said:
dinkel said:
"used with care" ?????
1 lady owner from newDry stored and never used in the rain
Serviced twice a year
Zymol'd monthly
Parked in garage with carpeted walls
These are my favourites to read in car ads haha
My dad had a 944 Lux, and the area where water was building up on Garlick's car was just the same on his!
However instead of water falling into the passenger footwell, it used to manifest itself by when it was partially full, the water would fall onto the heater matrix when you went round a right hand corner and steam up the windscreen! Funny Times!
RawkyJnr
However instead of water falling into the passenger footwell, it used to manifest itself by when it was partially full, the water would fall onto the heater matrix when you went round a right hand corner and steam up the windscreen! Funny Times!
RawkyJnr
Nice one Garlick! My car buying plans for the future involve a 928, a 560 SEL, perhaps a nice XJS and God knows what else! All must be pristine. I will buy one each time I can afford to without having to sell another to pay for it. I wonder why I ever spent over 25k on just one car in the past. I plan to spend the money I save on depreciation on looking after them.
Gridl0k said:
I'll have a Chimaera with Honda build quality and reliability please 
My Chimaera was actually cheaper to run than my S2000, but the Honda is very well built, the TVR just needs a little more preventative maintenance than the Honda and it is fine. 
Edited by Red Cabbage on Friday 29th January 22:17
Top work on getting the Chim!
I was in Fernhursts about 20mins after you picked it up and the guys there thought you'd still be smiling!
Is it Fernhursts own sports exhaust that is on there? A lot of the sleeved exhausts are pretty similar but mine came in bang on 105dB at Brands so maybe yours has cherrybombs put in instead of just a sleeve?
I was in Fernhursts about 20mins after you picked it up and the guys there thought you'd still be smiling!
Is it Fernhursts own sports exhaust that is on there? A lot of the sleeved exhausts are pretty similar but mine came in bang on 105dB at Brands so maybe yours has cherrybombs put in instead of just a sleeve?
Regarding the poor headlights on the TVR - what kind of bulbs (H1/H4 etc)?
A very worthy upgrade worth considering are the Philips X-Treme performance (+80). I've used their Vision Plus (+50) on my E36 and been impressed in the performance over the standard items. Going to be using the X-Tremes on the E30 (early non projector prefacelift headlamps aka worst headlamps ever). Will report back on their performance tomorrow.
A very worthy upgrade worth considering are the Philips X-Treme performance (+80). I've used their Vision Plus (+50) on my E36 and been impressed in the performance over the standard items. Going to be using the X-Tremes on the E30 (early non projector prefacelift headlamps aka worst headlamps ever). Will report back on their performance tomorrow.
I don't know TVRs but had a similar problem with poor lights on my Corrados. This was fixed with what was sold as an "uprated loom". Whether it's uprated or not I guess is open to discussion and I'm no electrician but I think it basically bypassed a large amount of the electrical system. The problem was I think caused by a huge voltage drop by the time you got to the headlamps.
Wiring diagram of ones used by the Golf guys so should be fundementally the same.
May not be the same problem but never know.
Wiring diagram of ones used by the Golf guys so should be fundementally the same.
May not be the same problem but never know.
Three great cars for less than the price of a semi decent hatchback.
Older cars are the way ahead - I hate loosing big money on depreciation - reckon I will break even on all my current fleet.
I enjoy paying less for tax on my TVR then my gran does on her skoda fabia.
(Obviously I’m not including fuel tax on that.....that would definitely even things up)
Older cars are the way ahead - I hate loosing big money on depreciation - reckon I will break even on all my current fleet.
I enjoy paying less for tax on my TVR then my gran does on her skoda fabia.
(Obviously I’m not including fuel tax on that.....that would definitely even things up)
Welcome to world of TVR owners........
It takes years for the 'grin' factor to even reduce slightly.
Join the TVR club (tvrcc.co.uk) and check out the forums re the lights on your Chim. My Griff is just as bad but there are many options around to improve the situation!!
Just look forward to summer, roof off and enjoy the fantastic sound
Chris
TVRCC RO Somerset
It takes years for the 'grin' factor to even reduce slightly.
Join the TVR club (tvrcc.co.uk) and check out the forums re the lights on your Chim. My Griff is just as bad but there are many options around to improve the situation!!
Just look forward to summer, roof off and enjoy the fantastic sound
Chris
TVRCC RO Somerset
Nice Rangie Garlick,
looking at the pictures of it and reading what a lot of the folks on here have been saying I thought I might add a little too. Bargain buy i might add! I bought an '86 3.5 efi a couple of years back for £200 and am having heaps of fun with it, I'm going to have even more fun this year competing in the MSA British Cross Country Championships in it or at least i will do when i get the new engine i've just fitted running. Looking at the pics i would say that the first registered keeper would have been Land Rover themselves the KV registration letters are a bit of a pointer towards a factory registered vehicle (AC was also used alot too). It would also fit with the unusual colour and basic trim level. Initially i thought it might have been what the factory called a Fleetline model because of the lack of Aircon, solid colour and velour trim, but they tended to come with manual windows as opposed to electric.
I know its a Vogue, but it might just be an oddball, they do sneak out on occasion, a friend of mine had a Freelander 3 door 2.5L V6 'S' but officially LR only sold GS and ES models to the public (it was first registered by LR too) and I have a 3.9L V8 3 door Discovery S that was first reg'd by LR with little things that i haven't come across before, like arm rests on the front seats and an engine that shouldn't have been fitted for another 18 months.
If you contact LR at Gaydon with your reg and chassis number they might be able to help you.
regards
E-B
looking at the pictures of it and reading what a lot of the folks on here have been saying I thought I might add a little too. Bargain buy i might add! I bought an '86 3.5 efi a couple of years back for £200 and am having heaps of fun with it, I'm going to have even more fun this year competing in the MSA British Cross Country Championships in it or at least i will do when i get the new engine i've just fitted running. Looking at the pics i would say that the first registered keeper would have been Land Rover themselves the KV registration letters are a bit of a pointer towards a factory registered vehicle (AC was also used alot too). It would also fit with the unusual colour and basic trim level. Initially i thought it might have been what the factory called a Fleetline model because of the lack of Aircon, solid colour and velour trim, but they tended to come with manual windows as opposed to electric.
I know its a Vogue, but it might just be an oddball, they do sneak out on occasion, a friend of mine had a Freelander 3 door 2.5L V6 'S' but officially LR only sold GS and ES models to the public (it was first registered by LR too) and I have a 3.9L V8 3 door Discovery S that was first reg'd by LR with little things that i haven't come across before, like arm rests on the front seats and an engine that shouldn't have been fitted for another 18 months.
If you contact LR at Gaydon with your reg and chassis number they might be able to help you.
regards
E-B
E-B said:
Looking at the pics i would say that the first registered keeper would have been Land Rover themselves the KV registration letters are a bit of a pointer towards a factory registered vehicle (AC was also used alot too).
E-B
That's because KV and AC, along with WK, HP, VC and DU (I think that's it) are all Coventry prefixes/suffixes for reg numbers of that era. Lots and lots of LR, RR and rover cars in general carry these numbers for that reason.E-B
Edited by DKL on Tuesday 2nd February 22:13
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