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Searider said:
philipbrown123 said:
Why don't you consider a chimaera ?
Hi Phillip - purely the looks. I realise its practically the same car underneath.andy43 said:
philipbrown123 said:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C751987
Just gone up for sale in Germany !
Well within your budget. No connection with me
Welcome and felicitations my good friend. The vehicle is in excellent driving. As the vehicle is abroad you will be having to dealing with my shipping agent. Payment can be simply made by Western Union. I also take chickens.Just gone up for sale in Germany !
Well within your budget. No connection with me
seller said:
Thank you for your interest re my TVR Griffith 500. I recently moved back and since the car is a right hand is very difficult for me to drive it here. The vehicle runs just perfect, looks great in and out as shown in the pictures, non smoking owner, no mechanical flaws, accident free & HPI clear. Here are a few points:
4 brand new tyres last month
T&T until October 2016
New Battery 2015
New Matasystem alarm and remote boot release & door lock motors - 2 key fobs 2010
New s/s exhaust 2006
New steering rack 2005
New Rad 2002
New starter motor 2011
Service history
Considering the offers I received I'm asking £10,995 and this includes delivery to your location. It's ready to be delivered with all registration documents, service records, original invoice, both car keys and the bill of sale.
4 brand new tyres last month
T&T until October 2016
New Battery 2015
New Matasystem alarm and remote boot release & door lock motors - 2 key fobs 2010
New s/s exhaust 2006
New steering rack 2005
New Rad 2002
New starter motor 2011
Service history
Considering the offers I received I'm asking £10,995 and this includes delivery to your location. It's ready to be delivered with all registration documents, service records, original invoice, both car keys and the bill of sale.
This one is close to your budget. Depends on your location too.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C637884
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C637884
geeman237 said:
This one is close to your budget. Depends on your location too.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C637884
.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C637884
I had seen that ad - I'm in Southampton, so, a flight away!
Thanks
Searider said:
SMB said:
andy43 said:
There's a silver 4.3 on eBay and a nice looking taraka 500 on ph - but both are just over budget. May be worth waiting for winter - anything at 15k when the suns out will need something doing. Prices do seem to have firmed up over the last couple of years - but you'd get a great British sports car for not much more than the price of a set of 911 shocks and a Hartech engine rebuild 
I waited until winter last year, and the cars for sale were the ones that needed a fair amount of work. you find that unless the owner is desperate for cash, they all start †o appear for sale in April/May timeframe.The 4.3 looks interesting, but That interior colour scheme doesn't match the exterior colour.
Be aware!! 
Big Ashy said:
Yep, careful with the Porker, 7K for an engine rebuild is a common figure for a 996, oval cylinders and bore scoring is a big problem for this era across the Porsche range I understand? Be aware!!
That put me off when I was considering 996s as a daily. Be aware!! In the end went with an equally bork enducing rs6 which has since made way for a ever so slightly less bork enducing SL500.
clarkmagpie said:
Big Ashy said:
Yep, careful with the Porker, 7K for an engine rebuild is a common figure for a 996, oval cylinders and bore scoring is a big problem for this era across the Porsche range I understand? Be aware!!
That put me off when I was considering 996s as a daily. Be aware!! In the end went with an equally bork enducing rs6 which has since made way for a ever so slightly less bork enducing SL500.
I think with a 996 if the engine starts to score the bores you get a little warning with some smoke and oil consumption. That's the time to stick it back on ebay or in the Autotrader and move on.
As all of these cars appreciate in value the cost of a major repair is less as a proportion of the value of the car and perhaps might not be so painful. - Look at the number of Griffiths and Chiameras having body off chassis repairs / restorations at a cost of £6k or more. 5 years ago that would have been 50%-75% of the value of the car. Now perhaps only 30% and perhaps making more sense.
Hi there and please don't buy anything other than a Griff 500,
I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'w
ker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.
Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'w
ker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
Olly-B said:
Hi there and please don't buy anything other than a Griff 500,
I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'wker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.
Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
Best post in ages,, every now and then one needs a good slap across the chops to remind oneself of the great cars we own,, that there hit the spot. Cheers Olley, I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'w
ker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
I drive along in my little 450 Chim and think just the same thing,, it's like a secret most people have no clue about,,
I never thought I'd own a car and actually respect its power,, I got the speed bug on 500 speedway/ grass bikes as a young lad, nothing ever felt quite so fast and full of torque, it's not actually how fast your going but how fast it feels like your going that matters, and by hell does it feel fast in a sorted Tvr.
We're on borrowed time by the looks of it, I already feel an outlaw when driving said monster car, like a lawless cowboy from a bygone era that's happily slipping through the net and surviving as we go, the car being me trusted steed
Buy one and drive it now for all your worth before the laws change and were restricted to rallies and trackdays,,,,,
Stranger things have happened!
Hopefully such nonsense is years away so the best thing is to get out there, get behind the wheel of a great Tvr and feel every sensation of driving that can be had, all there in your hands/feet and that glorious engine note vibrating through your very soul and dismissing everything in its wake as mere background noise, all encompassing taking the greatest of skill to control and master, the car returning the compliment by performing better and better,,,
I think a Tvr says to the driver,,,, go on then big fella,, try your luck,, you never ever feel like you've actually got on top of it and caused a submission,, it's always the victor,, OK on track you can get them breathing heavy but on the roads they are virtually behond compare, lethal, deadly, but in the hands of someone with great knowledge and depth of talent,,
What a crazy car to be allowed on the open roads,, mine has the 2.2 steering rack, at speed it's responsive to turn like a cat, takes huge concentration but that's why I love it, all those harsh realities, its brutal and takes a deft careful touch, but get it right,, learn its limits and you'll be in a car that's as rare as rocking horse s
t 
a completely roar driving experience. Edited by ClassiChimi on Tuesday 26th July 23:30
ClassiChimi said:
Olly-B said:
Hi there and please don't buy anything other than a Griff 500,
I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'wker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.
Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
Best post in ages,, every now and then one needs a good slap across the chops to remind oneself of the great cars we own,, that there hit the spot. Cheers Olley, I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'w
ker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
I drive along in my little 450 Chim and think just the same thing,, it's like a secret most people have no clue about,,
I never thought I'd own a car and actually respect its power,, I got the speed bug on 500 speedway/ grass bikes as a young lad, nothing ever felt quite so fast and full of torque, it's not actually how fast your going but how fast it feels like your going that matters, and by hell does it feel fast in a sorted Tvr.
We're on borrowed time by the looks of it, I already feel an outlaw when driving said monster car, like a lawless cowboy from a bygone era that's happily slipping through the net and surviving as we go, the car being me trusted steed
Buy one and drive it now for all your worth before the laws change and were restricted to rallies and trackdays,,,,,
Stranger things have happened!
Hopefully such nonsense is years away so the best thing is to get out there, get behind the wheel of a great Tvr and feel every sensation of driving that can be had, all there in your hands/feet and that glorious engine note vibrating through your very soul and dismissing everything in its wake as mere background noise, all encompassing taking the greatest of skill to control and master, the car returning the compliment by performing better and better,,,
I think a Tvr says to the driver,,,, go on then big fella,, try your luck,, you never ever feel like you've actually got on top of it and caused a submission,, it's always the victor,, OK on track you can get them breathing heavy but on the roads they are virtually behond compare, lethal, deadly, but in the hands of someone with great knowledge and depth of talent,,
What a crazy car to be allowed on the open roads,, mine has the 2.2 steering rack, at speed it's responsive to turn like a cat, takes huge concentration but that's why I love it, all those harsh realities, its brutal and takes a deft careful touch, but get it right,, learn its limits and you'll be in a car that's as rare as rocking horse s
t a completely roar driving experience. Edited by ClassiChimi on Tuesday 26th July 23:30
I will be getting a tvr of some flavour at some time. Maybe a Griffith, perhaps a Cerbera, or even an S if the budget isn't what I hope.
It doesn't matter when you get a Tvr, as long as you do, I hankered over them for many years until I felt confident enough to buy one!
Yes entirely get your home in order then find the right car and if your like most of us you'll never look back.
I had an S2, cheap cheap car for what it is and very capable, I adore my Chimaera but miss the S more than you'd imagine.
The S has synergy with itself, mine had the 2.9 and was more than fast enough for the average road and everything felt right, if I had enough money I'd buy it back again in a flash.
Yes entirely get your home in order then find the right car and if your like most of us you'll never look back.
I had an S2, cheap cheap car for what it is and very capable, I adore my Chimaera but miss the S more than you'd imagine.
The S has synergy with itself, mine had the 2.9 and was more than fast enough for the average road and everything felt right, if I had enough money I'd buy it back again in a flash.
If it is just looks putting you off a chimp have you seen these: headlight covers .
Olly-B said:
Hi there and please don't buy anything other than a Griff 500,
I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'wker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.
Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
I am sorry, I have to disagree strongly...... What do you mean 'great cost'???? Try running a Lambo, Porker, Ferrari etc., then you'll really incur great cost.I've had my 500 Griff (blue ext, Mag interior) for 12 years. Have done 60,000 miles, mostly as a 4 seasons daily driver off and on, even in the snow 1 day after a £7000 refit. Never molly-coddled. Driven very hard to 150mph and very often bounced off the rev limiter. Average yearly bills of £3000 comprising of this and that from airflow meters to pipes, rads and general small stuff. I could have bought an Aston Martin for that but I would have felt a bit of a see you next Tuesday. I have driven Astons and Bentley W12s, Big Porsches etc and only the Griff 5ltr has my hands and legs wobbling after a gallop.
Remember, if a 500 Griff was a Mistress then you would have a beautiful,large breasted wildly fornicating blonde that is often to be found drunk and incapable, mascara streaming from mad eyes and needing substantial and regular psychiatric intervention, at great cost. But you will 1)have a drive you will never replicate in any other vehicle 2)spend as much as if you owned a porkey pig but without anyone-one shouting out 'w
ker' at you. 3) be a genuine individual, clearly demonstrating a healthy disregard for the norm and of financial drudgery.4) be a half way decent driver; no roll cage,no ABS, no airbags. no traction control, no nothing.Just you, 5lts and 4 Toyos.Buy it. If you hate it, sell it. But I bet you won't.
Olly
Buy one before they ban them ;-)
Apart from that, 100% in agreement.
Pete
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