Vantage V8 newbie.

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tvrbod

112 posts

182 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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tvrbod said:
Sold my TVR Tuscan yesterday and picking up a V8 Vantage tomorrow. Seems it's the way Tuscan owners go
Still got a 1997 Chimaera but it's in the middle of a body off restoration. Been at it for two years.
Steve.

focusman53

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75 posts

116 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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Allan.good luck with the search. I've had my vantage for a week now. Been out for the first long drive today.
In a word or three....Fan bloody tactic. Nice comments where ever we stopped. Now a few words of my search. I viewed two before buying the car. First one was a light blue vantage. From my long search its the only one that colour. Don't go there it was not a good one. The other one was a white and 'wrapped'. Don't go there either. For obvious reasons I can't tell you where they are. And they have both been up for sale three weeks now.
I bought mine from Boss motors of kings Langley. Not to be confused with a company in Norfolk/Ipswich.
They have a silver vantage that appeared there when I collected mine. Run by father Steve,and son Matt. Two great guys that made the buying experience so good. Diane and I were made to feel very special right up until we drove out of their gates of their home based business. Might be worth a look eh. Tell them that Dave and Diane Smith recommended them.
Dave.




HappyBoxster

214 posts

124 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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I considered that white one. It looks awesome on the advert, and then I saw the word "wrapped" and then I lost all interest.

Pentoman

4,814 posts

264 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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focusman53 said:
Allan.good luck with the search. I've had my vantage for a week now. Been out for the first long drive today.
In a word or three....Fan bloody tactic. Nice comments where ever we stopped. Now a few words of my search. I viewed two before buying the car. First one was a light blue vantage. From my long search its the only one that colour. Don't go there it was not a good one. The other one was a white and 'wrapped'. Don't go there either. For obvious reasons I can't tell you where they are. And they have both been up for sale three weeks now.
I bought mine from Boss motors of kings Langley. Not to be confused with a company in Norfolk/Ipswich.
They have a silver vantage that appeared there when I collected mine. Run by father Steve,and son Matt. Two great guys that made the buying experience so good. Diane and I were made to feel very special right up until we drove out of their gates of their home based business. Might be worth a look eh. Tell them that Dave and Diane Smith recommended them.
Dave.
Hello and well done on the purchase - looks great!

I'd like to hear more about the cars that you viewed and what was wrong with them, if you wouldn't mind. It helps my to know what to look out for and what sort of badness there is to avoid! I was lucky to buy my 2006 car from a friend but even some of the dealer cars were not as you would expect (in the paint department usually). It's surprising how good something looks in the photos but only in person do you see all the imperfections.

mikey k

13,011 posts

217 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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yes
I call it the 3 ft rule
You need to get closer than that to really see what is going on

focusman53

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75 posts

116 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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Hi.As I've only had mine a week,I'm probably not a lot of help.
the car is so different from the Tuscan. I will never knock TVR's
But the build quality of the Aston is quite a bit different.
I'll say no more;).
I've a couple of niggles to sort. The carpet in the boot is falling off.should be an easy fix,as an ex boat upholsterer.
check the stiffness of the wing mirrors. As the passenger side one on mine is a bit loose, and moves a bit at speed.I'm not sure how to fix this.If anyone knows will they let me know please. If anything else happens I will let you know.
Dave.

tvrbod

112 posts

182 months

Sunday 12th October 2014
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Edited by tvrbod on Sunday 12th October 20:50