Stablemate to the chim?
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baconsarney said:
Cosworth powered Lotus 7 was my first car in 1969, 6 months later I was rebuilding it and working for Caterham 
1969......Where have all the years gone? I can hardly believe I am 65 next month.
Which reminds me, I must request my Winter Fuel Payment.
Can I have it in 4 star or V Power, do you think?
Still a juvenile delinquent inside, of course.
Just done 90 miles in the Chimaera in dawn's early light, roof off of course, woolly hat and leather jacket on.
Utter bliss, and the acceleration through the gears, keeping it above 3000 rpm so the turbo was delivering peak power, was something else.
Car is running really well, so something is bound to break soon.
Glad to be alive and with at least some parts working. Cannot ask for more really (apart from a second Brexit referendum and a lottery win)
Great post Anthony, you've very eloquently described that Nirvana feeling when one's TVR is working perfectly 
Early morning drives like that can be heaven, but it's those glorious roof down runs on a warm summers night that really does it for me. Night time open top motoring in a quiet rural location when you're the only car on that road with just the V8 soundtrack to fill your ears, this is my TVR Nirvana moment.
Ordinarily I prefer to enjoy this moment alone but a couple of days ago I was running a mate home in such conditions sans roof, and with out prompting he said "this is amazing", my mate is a motorcyclist who runs a collection of lovely old Brittish bikes so it's no surprise to me he totally connected with the experience.
Warm summer night roof down driving in my TVR makes it all worthwhile
Early morning drives like that can be heaven, but it's those glorious roof down runs on a warm summers night that really does it for me. Night time open top motoring in a quiet rural location when you're the only car on that road with just the V8 soundtrack to fill your ears, this is my TVR Nirvana moment.
Ordinarily I prefer to enjoy this moment alone but a couple of days ago I was running a mate home in such conditions sans roof, and with out prompting he said "this is amazing", my mate is a motorcyclist who runs a collection of lovely old Brittish bikes so it's no surprise to me he totally connected with the experience.
Warm summer night roof down driving in my TVR makes it all worthwhile
Litcoat said:
This is what you want, totally impractical for most things but great fun 
This is what I drove before the Chim
Must get that pack of blocks used up
Wow...that the car i was also thinking to buy when buying the chim 500...This is what I drove before the Chim
Must get that pack of blocks used up
Edited by Litcoat on Tuesday 17th July 20:41
What s your feeling with this change your perspective on your pure driving sensations... i test two of these (130cv atmo and 1.6t 160cv) sometime i regret my choice, the cat ultrareactivity and adrenalineperfused sensations ultrapure never/tricky driving. His highrev for pot i could check all plug in 2minutes that are , by maths, twice cheaper (as everything).
Then i look at the fiber shapes of the tvr and hear her sound at idle (and a few times the boot and hardtop) and then i think i made the good choice.
For out and out barm pot driving you can't beat the Westfield, everything's so raw and basic plus being able to watch your steering and front suspension working is an experience in it self, I only changed to the TVR because the wife wouldn't go in the Westfield, which in hind sight wasn't actually that bad a thing
QBee said:
jesfirth said:
my daily drive is a 2015 SLK 250 CDi AMG spec. comfortable, quiet, frugal, quick enough in the real world and dirt cheap to buy 2 years old. in the first 2-3 years they depreciate like a falling stone - great for those of us who don't buy new cars. not tried it on a track yet but the flappy paddle gears might make it fun. You will have to retrain as a hairdresser through.....
I have my heart set on one of these.....but my wife keeps reminding me that we have two dogs.....jesfirth said:
QBee said:
jesfirth said:
my daily drive is a 2015 SLK 250 CDi AMG spec. comfortable, quiet, frugal, quick enough in the real world and dirt cheap to buy 2 years old. in the first 2-3 years they depreciate like a falling stone - great for those of us who don't buy new cars. not tried it on a track yet but the flappy paddle gears might make it fun. You will have to retrain as a hairdresser through.....
I have my heart set on one of these.....but my wife keeps reminding me that we have two dogs.....Wife’s car:
Litcoat said:
For out and out barm pot driving you can't beat the Westfield, everything's so raw and basic plus being able to watch your steering and front suspension working is an experience in it self, I only changed to the TVR because the wife wouldn't go in the Westfield, which in hind sight wasn't actually that bad a thing
I m from the karting school but the seeing your wheel thing never changed this much for me (the owner of the cat i tried was saying same as you).I dont care about my wife, only my son and my pleasure is needed, she also hate the chim wich is in her eyes an old and noisy (uncomon) piece of s
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phazed said:
Piccies Richard?
Picked this up last week for a bit of fun.
2001 Octavia vRS with 58K miles. One owner, immaculate. Less than a grand.
Going to tweak it to 250 BHP.
Had a set of Wolfrace lightweight wheels with Federal RSR tyres fitted in my garage from a previous car!
Nice.... Presumably you'll de-badge it Peter, proper sleeper...... Picked this up last week for a bit of fun.
2001 Octavia vRS with 58K miles. One owner, immaculate. Less than a grand.
Going to tweak it to 250 BHP.
Had a set of Wolfrace lightweight wheels with Federal RSR tyres fitted in my garage from a previous car!
I'll post pics of the T5 on Wednesday
N7GTX said:
baconsarney said:
Drove an 850 T5 Estate day before yesterday, picking it up Wednesday this week 
Pics from today....
One of the cleanest engine bays I've seen....
Sometime in the past the roof was sprayed black...
Absolutely love this car, it put a silly grin on my face this afternoon too....
Richard
I’m also liking the Volvo, I needed a commute car cheap many moons ago and a site manager mate had a cracking 2.0 360 GLS Injection with a boot rather than the shorter nastier hatch back. I hated Volvos back then or so I thought especially that one as the shape was so square! Naff car but leather everything full of high spec,, 250,000 miles on the clock when I’d finished with it and was still bullet proof when I let it go. Really surprising how fast it was and as I used motorways just the job for years, I see how drifters and young ones are souping them up as they’ve discovered the power for sliding and rear wheel drive. Sort after,,,, I should have kept it and still mis that old work horse. Great with kids too, mine loved it’s leather interior,, all black, cool now I think of it, these bangers are the best cars overall,,, 
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