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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the done thing here or not so Mods please feel free to wrap my knuckles! Does anyone here know this car? I've seen it advertised fairly recently but it's just reappeared. I'm on the look out for a good 4.5 and my wife especially is keen that it's purple! http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4070276.htm
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Mark.
10,077 posts
146 months
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Don't know the car, but it's certainly in the best colour 
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Obiwonkeyblokey
4,860 posts
110 months
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dont know it but looks lovely, usual Cerb purchasing rules to apply of course...
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The Surveyor
1,927 posts
107 months
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Ross comes out on quite a few North East TVR CC runs and took the Cerb to Le Mans with us in 2011. It's a beautifull looking car in great nic.
Ross is an enthusiastic driver who looked after the car very well and is a great guy, Used a independent guy to service the car and had everything done on the car when it needed it from what I gather.
Paul
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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Thanks very much Paul - that's exactly what I wanted to hear! I've been in initial contact with him, and am hoping to arrange a viewing soon. With a little luck I'll be a TVR owner soon 
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V8s ONLY
138 posts
68 months
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It appears to be still for sale.Did you go to see it?Was it any good?What put you off?or did you buy it?
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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I didn't go to see it but I did speak to the seller. The problem is financial - I'm self employed and doing very well but I'd planned to save up and pay cash. When the right car appeared before I'd got all the cash in my own mits (as opposed to in the business) I thought I'd look into a loan, but I've not been self employed long enough and didn't want to tank my credit rating trying too many times!
Kinda hoping the car is still there in January when I've got the cash out!
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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I'm pleased, excited and slightly terrified to say that I put a deposit on this car yesterday to complete the sale / take delivery at the end of January. Since the advert has gone now, the car is a 1999 4.5 in Rolex Blue and Portland interior. It's done 27k and has a huge stack of receipts and mostly new ancillaries, clutch, gearbox rebuild and steering rack etc. The paint is in pretty good and the RL7s are nicely powdercoated. The interior is fair but we'll probably retrim it in a year or two. The chassis has never been done but it's fine for now. Most importantly, it's a car I can run for a while hopefully but it'll get what it needs while I have it.
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FUBAR
16,160 posts
108 months
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Congratulations 
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Vee8ight
217 posts
9 months
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Congrats and welcome to the world of overdrafts lol
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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Why thank you Sir! I'm strictly keeping this car "cash only". I don't mind spending on it, but I'm not going to let it rule my finances! (he says)
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Warwick67
250 posts
84 months
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Congratulations, I had my eye on this one too, but hoped it would still be around in Feb - damn! Enjoy it...
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slippery
9,522 posts
109 months
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I am jealous.
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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5 days to go, and a particularly crumby week in the way. I have the train tickets waiting at home, and I REALLY hope any snow has melted by then. It's supposed to be +6deg and raining on Saturday so fingers crossed. 
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der1
521 posts
8 months
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jamieduff1981 said: 5 days to go, and a particularly crumby week in the way. I have the train tickets waiting at home, and I REALLY hope any snow has melted by then. It's supposed to be +6deg and raining on Saturday so fingers crossed. Tick tock tick tock lol
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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der1 said: Tick tock tick tock lol Oh you're not wrong. In the evenings at least. One advantage of being rather busy at work and having a crucial deadline in the middle is that those 9 hours per day are gone all too quickly. I got your email by the way - I'll happily take you out in the Cerb. It's highly unlikely I'll have been anywhere near the rev limiter and/or had the pedal more than half way down, but it's still impressively quick when using nowhere near it's potential. I'll take you out again in summer once I've had a few months to get used to it and the roads have dried/warmed up a bit 
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der1
521 posts
8 months
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jamieduff1981 said: Oh you're not wrong. In the evenings at least. One advantage of being rather busy at work and having a crucial deadline in the middle is that those 9 hours per day are gone all too quickly. I got your email by the way - I'll happily take you out in the Cerb. It's highly unlikely I'll have been anywhere near the rev limiter and/or had the pedal more than half way down, but it's still impressively quick when using nowhere near it's potential. I'll take you out again in summer once I've had a few months to get used to it and the roads have dried/warmed up a bit No doubt I'll get the tvr bug! in the meantime try and not crash lol
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Mags
738 posts
149 months
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Congrats and good luck. Rolex blue is a gorgeous colour from memory. Make sure you get some pics up.
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jamieduff1981
Original Poster
865 posts
10 months
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Tomorrow! Getting excited now. Please keep your fingers crossed that the snow stays away for me 
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optimax sniffer
1,795 posts
85 months
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Enjoy and take it steady
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