Chim to Tamora
Discussion
After owning a Chim for a year I have decided to move on to a Tamora.I love the Chim but my heart is set on a Tamora.Done 6k faultless miles in the chim over the last year and loved every minute.
Going to view a couple on Saturday at Tony gilberts hoping to p/x the Chim if I get a good offer on it.Has anybody else on here gone from a chim to a Tamora or Tamora to a Chim.If so how do you compare the driving experience.
Cheers Mart
Going to view a couple on Saturday at Tony gilberts hoping to p/x the Chim if I get a good offer on it.Has anybody else on here gone from a chim to a Tamora or Tamora to a Chim.If so how do you compare the driving experience.
Cheers Mart
grumbledoak said:
The T cars are in a different league, handling and performance wise. You'll miss the V8 burble. Until the first time you hit 7k rpm.
I agree with this. They are also more 'supercar' like in character, revvy, fast, sharp. It took me about 6 months after selling my Chim to come to love my T350, the driving position was different, pedals different, less relaxed and 'GT like' than the Chim. My Chimaera was very well set up and handled beautifully, but believe me it wasn't a patch on the 350. No way I'd ever go back, loved my Chim but adore my 350.
Make sure you have a good cross country and town test drive and rev it to the max. The power is high up the rev range, and the pedals are floor hinged.
Your Chimaera has much more low down grunt and power at low revs.
Ultimate power and handling favour the Tamora, but make sure you want to drive it to that rev level. Only you will know..
I had a 50 mile cross country B road drive in my 210 bhp 4 litre Chim, chasing a Tamora who was trying to lose me. I was never off his back bumper.
In the end, it's down to your driving wishes and aural likes and dislikes.
Your Chimaera has much more low down grunt and power at low revs.
Ultimate power and handling favour the Tamora, but make sure you want to drive it to that rev level. Only you will know..
I had a 50 mile cross country B road drive in my 210 bhp 4 litre Chim, chasing a Tamora who was trying to lose me. I was never off his back bumper.
In the end, it's down to your driving wishes and aural likes and dislikes.
OleVix said:
I wonder how the T cars compare to chims with new properly set up suspension!?
you cant compare it. it is just different. having a t350 and the chim is way more of an easy to live with car.t350 spoecial occasions only. could not think about driving it daily. would be way to much of a hazzle.
its fast it has plenty of power and it will kill you if you cross the line.... chim will of course also but
in a different way.
if you miss something with the chim get a proper geo setup and different dampers plus tires.... it will transorm the car
+1
Gacksen, exactly right as far as i am concerned. Set up is so important.
The overtaking prowess of my well set up Chim fills me with the confidence to use it regularly on single carriageway A roads and make progress. Anyone who drives the A15/A16/A17 regularly will know exactly what i mean.
And Daz, I would jump at an LS anything.....been for a ride in Quinny's, just found something else on which to waste the kids' inheritance.
All the joy of the big V8, but smoother at idle, better gearbox, more fuel efficient, awsome grunt.
Gacksen, exactly right as far as i am concerned. Set up is so important.
The overtaking prowess of my well set up Chim fills me with the confidence to use it regularly on single carriageway A roads and make progress. Anyone who drives the A15/A16/A17 regularly will know exactly what i mean.
And Daz, I would jump at an LS anything.....been for a ride in Quinny's, just found something else on which to waste the kids' inheritance.
All the joy of the big V8, but smoother at idle, better gearbox, more fuel efficient, awsome grunt.OleVix said:
I wonder how the T cars compare to chims with new properly set up suspension!?
Not a lot of difference as long as the chim is well sorted.Like for standard like the tam is probably better but there is so much that you can do with a chim to up the anti and produce a fine handling car.
T cars take learning how to drive, especially if you are used to V8 torque as that is not what they are about. Once you have learnt how to get yourself to drive at the high rev limit you need to keep in the power zone then they are extreemly fast. I may be a slow learner but it took me 3-4000 miles to understand how to oget the most of my Tam. 45 - 90 in 3rd in a blink of an eye makes overtaking within the speed limit very difficult but overtaking itself very easy indeed. Take it for a test drive, keep reminding yourself to change back down a gear or two and unless you are cruising slap yourself if you use 5th. 
T cars take learning how to drive, especially if you are used to V8 torque as that is not what they are about. Once you have learnt how to get yourself to drive at the high rev limit you need to keep in the power zone then they are extreemly fast. I may be a slow learner but it took me 3-4000 miles to understand how to oget the most of my Tam. 45 - 90 in 3rd in a blink of an eye makes overtaking within the speed limit very difficult but overtaking itself very easy indeed. Take it for a test drive, keep reminding yourself to change back down a gear or two and unless you are cruising slap yourself if you use 5th.
macdeb said:
I went Griff' - Griff' - T350 - Chimaera.
Keeping Chimaera.
I went T350 - Griff - ChimpKeeping Chimaera.
Shouldn't have sold the Griff, will be keeping the Chim.
T350 handles better standard but both the Griff and now the Chim are close with Nitrons, a proper set up and decent tyres.
I reckon in real world driving (with me at the wheel) the V8 cars (with subtle modes) feel quicker - flat out on a track the T350 would be way quicker.
T350 was a "better" car but I'm just a V8 bloke at heart.
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