Seriously close to giving up
Discussion
Having picked my car back up on Friday after 5 weeks (dash pod refurb, oil pressure sensor, lighting repairs, tyres etc etc) it then decides that the fan isn't going to work on Saturday morning & overheats in a traffic queue. & then once that sorted itself out, the gear stick linkage bolt snapped under the centre console leaving my stranded with no gears.
Fixed that, & then on my way home tonight the service bonnet decided it didn't like the car any more & flipped up, flew in the air, destroyed itself & laid in the opposite lane for a laugh. Also took 2 big chunks out of my bonnet for good measure on its way out.
Anybody know where I can get a new one? Or have an old one you want to sell???
Fixed that, & then on my way home tonight the service bonnet decided it didn't like the car any more & flipped up, flew in the air, destroyed itself & laid in the opposite lane for a laugh. Also took 2 big chunks out of my bonnet for good measure on its way out.
Anybody know where I can get a new one? Or have an old one you want to sell???
You could try these guys
http://www.damagedtvrs.co.uk/products/part/94
They do plenty of replacement TVR panels.. the link is to the Tuscan 2 service bonnet as the Tuscan 1 section isnt working
At least you get to leave work at a decent time
http://www.damagedtvrs.co.uk/products/part/94
They do plenty of replacement TVR panels.. the link is to the Tuscan 2 service bonnet as the Tuscan 1 section isnt working
At least you get to leave work at a decent time
Edited by m4tti on Tuesday 2nd September 17:29
Thanks guys, really needing the encouragement this time! Yes good point on not hitting anyone else, also as another positive I've now got a new piece of art to go on the wall...
My problem is that this my daily runner & I don't have another car. It was my intention from the outset when I bought it as a rolling skip to buck the traditional trend & use it every single day, something which I have just about managed to sustain - until now. I've been close to breaking point a few times mind!
I've spent £10k on it in the last 2 years & I am on what can only be described as a 'very average' wage, so this is a huge amount of money to me & I simply can't keep up! I fear I may have to admit defeat & park it up for 6 months or so as I'm getting close to needing brakes & shocks, let alone a f
ing service bonnet, respray, carpets etc etc etc...
My problem is that this my daily runner & I don't have another car. It was my intention from the outset when I bought it as a rolling skip to buck the traditional trend & use it every single day, something which I have just about managed to sustain - until now. I've been close to breaking point a few times mind!
I've spent £10k on it in the last 2 years & I am on what can only be described as a 'very average' wage, so this is a huge amount of money to me & I simply can't keep up! I fear I may have to admit defeat & park it up for 6 months or so as I'm getting close to needing brakes & shocks, let alone a f
ing service bonnet, respray, carpets etc etc etc...
Park it up, buy something boring and diesel and run that for the winter, recoup and you know when you break it out of its hibernation next year it'll make your heart race the same as the first time you drove it.
Its never going to be easy running a true performance car as a daily driver, build up your cash and get it right for next spring.
Its never going to be easy running a true performance car as a daily driver, build up your cash and get it right for next spring.
shake n bake said:
Park it up, buy something boring and diesel and run that for the winter, recoup and you know when you break it out of its hibernation next year it'll make your heart race the same as the first time you drove it.
Its never going to be easy running a true performance car as a daily driver, build up your cash and get it right for next spring.
Very good suggestion given your run of luck. I wrote off a nearly new MiTo QV a couple of years ago and whilst I was looking for my next car I bought an old Puma, ran it for 6 months, brought back good memories of what cars meant to me when money was tighter. The purity of driving without tons of gadgets and safety nets but with a very sorted chassis was refreshing. Buy at the right price, have a bit more luck and you're sorted - only cost me £1400 and net of a service it brought back £1100. Its never going to be easy running a true performance car as a daily driver, build up your cash and get it right for next spring.
Now I have a £4k Aygo doing the weekday job at 55mpg / minimal servicing and so don't care what the Tuscan costs me. Having run a Chimaera for 23k miles a year in the 90's I know how easy it is to fall out of love with TVR's when it should be a joy.
Hi Ryan,
I think as others have said you do need a cheap to run daily, and use the Tuscan well at weekends, I don't think I could use mine daily as there are little niggly things that would become majorly annoying if it was a daily use.
I've had 3 dashboards in recent years then finally a salvaged one, which is now showing 62k mileage as opposed to the 29k it should be, having done the sums recently I have spent excluding petrol and insurance £14.9k in 12 years averaging just over 2k miles per annum, it would be more, but I live in a little goldfish bowl although it does occasionally get off the island to the UK or France.
Hopefully all ends well.
I think as others have said you do need a cheap to run daily, and use the Tuscan well at weekends, I don't think I could use mine daily as there are little niggly things that would become majorly annoying if it was a daily use.
I've had 3 dashboards in recent years then finally a salvaged one, which is now showing 62k mileage as opposed to the 29k it should be, having done the sums recently I have spent excluding petrol and insurance £14.9k in 12 years averaging just over 2k miles per annum, it would be more, but I live in a little goldfish bowl although it does occasionally get off the island to the UK or France.
Hopefully all ends well.
R7EBO said:
Having picked my car back up on Friday after 5 weeks (dash pod refurb, oil pressure sensor, lighting repairs, tyres etc etc) it then decides that the fan isn't going to work on Saturday morning & overheats in a traffic queue. & then once that sorted itself out, the gear stick linkage bolt snapped under the centre console leaving my stranded with no gears.
Fixed that, & then on my way home tonight the service bonnet decided it didn't like the car any more & flipped up, flew in the air, destroyed itself & laid in the opposite lane for a laugh. Also took 2 big chunks out of my bonnet for good measure on its way out.
Anybody know where I can get a new one? Or have an old one you want to sell???
Contact Plasticman on PH? He made one for me and it's perfect. Like the other respondents, I'd recommend getting a cheap day to day sub £2k car and save your money for the trev, then use it at weekends and on sunny days. I've got an e46 BMW 330ci with LPG. I get the equivalent of 56mpg and the power and refinement for cruising and occasional overtaking.Fixed that, & then on my way home tonight the service bonnet decided it didn't like the car any more & flipped up, flew in the air, destroyed itself & laid in the opposite lane for a laugh. Also took 2 big chunks out of my bonnet for good measure on its way out.
Anybody know where I can get a new one? Or have an old one you want to sell???
MPETT said:
I'd recommend getting a cheap day to day sub £2k car and save your money for the trev, then use it at weekends and on sunny days.
Yep exactly what I did, chopped in my big Lexus, bought a little 1 series for the Monday to Friday mundane stuff and the Tuscan for the weekends,summer and more interesting business destinations. I did worry initially that the downsizing would bother me; not one bit though the 1 series is actually quite fun to zip around in and you always have that great feeling of knowing what's in the garage waiting for you !This is exactly what I didn't want to do! Although I think I might have to admit defeat now & get a daily runner. I can tell you now though it won't be boring & almost certainly won't be diesel! Mainly because I'm an idiot who doesn't know any better 
Regards to the bonnet repair, I'm wondering whether it not to ring the insurers & ask the question? When I get a replacement there's no way I'll get a colour match (it was a one-off job mixed by god knows who) & I cannot afford a respray, so it's either speak to them or just put some form of wrap on said service bonnet, which will look horrid...
Opinions or experience with this welcome...
Regards to the bonnet repair, I'm wondering whether it not to ring the insurers & ask the question? When I get a replacement there's no way I'll get a colour match (it was a one-off job mixed by god knows who) & I cannot afford a respray, so it's either speak to them or just put some form of wrap on said service bonnet, which will look horrid...
Opinions or experience with this welcome...
R7EBO said:
This is exactly what I didn't want to do! Although I think I might have to admit defeat now & get a daily runner. I can tell you now though it won't be boring & almost certainly won't be diesel! Mainly because I'm an idiot who doesn't know any better
Regards to the bonnet repair, I'm wondering whether it not to ring the insurers & ask the question? When I get a replacement there's no way I'll get a colour match (it was a one-off job mixed by god knows who) & I cannot afford a respray, so it's either speak to them or just put some form of wrap on said service bonnet, which will look horrid...
Opinions or experience with this welcome...
As said above speak to Plasticman or other fibreglass expert as I think that could be repaired. Mine once had a hole and associated multiple crazing punched in to it and the repairer - Racing Green, said it was quite standard to repair damage like that rather than replace with new. If so and a respray isn't economical right now cover it with a fake carbon fibre wrap. Regards to the bonnet repair, I'm wondering whether it not to ring the insurers & ask the question? When I get a replacement there's no way I'll get a colour match (it was a one-off job mixed by god knows who) & I cannot afford a respray, so it's either speak to them or just put some form of wrap on said service bonnet, which will look horrid...
Opinions or experience with this welcome...
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