New S3 owner first post
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Hello Everyone.
Having recently acquired an S3 I'm looking forward to an enjoyable exchange of knowledge on here with fellow S owners,especially over the dark winter months.
Happy to say I'm retired,which sadly means,inevitably,that I'm an old git.
My TVR ownership is now entering it's third phase.
The first was way back in the '70's when I owned a 2500M.
The second was a mid-life crisis sort of thing when I owned Cerbera 4.5 and a Tuscan 4.0 in quick sucession before I realised that I needed to go to something rather cheaper to run unless I wanted a retirement in poverty.
I'm hoping an S answers my needs now because firstly they offer superb value for money and secondly they are relatively uncomplicated so I will enjoy a lot of jobs that I can do myself.
I decided to get an excellent example rather than a tired one,my reasoning being that I lacked the energy for a total rebuild and,in any case,any 25 year old car would always have enough issues crop up naturally.
The car may well be known on here.I bought it privately from a nice guy called Steve who lives in Halifax who spent last winter fettling various things,enjoyed it over the summer and then has moved on to a Chim for his project this winter.
It was already a good example having had a body off chassis renovation at a TVR dealer a few years ago.
Being used only to modern cars recently three things struck me on the drive home.
1.Noise levels were high...which is fine,mostly a nice exhaust note of course.
2.Brakes needed a good shove...perhaps some room for improvement here?
3.Steering was light and positive in a straight line but weighted up considerably on roundabouts.Got home and tyre pressures were only 20psi so stuck them up to 28(more than recommended,I know).Not driven the car again yet so I'll see what this does.
Anyway, no more to say yet,thanks for reading.
Hope to talk again.
John.
Having recently acquired an S3 I'm looking forward to an enjoyable exchange of knowledge on here with fellow S owners,especially over the dark winter months.
Happy to say I'm retired,which sadly means,inevitably,that I'm an old git.
My TVR ownership is now entering it's third phase.
The first was way back in the '70's when I owned a 2500M.
The second was a mid-life crisis sort of thing when I owned Cerbera 4.5 and a Tuscan 4.0 in quick sucession before I realised that I needed to go to something rather cheaper to run unless I wanted a retirement in poverty.
I'm hoping an S answers my needs now because firstly they offer superb value for money and secondly they are relatively uncomplicated so I will enjoy a lot of jobs that I can do myself.
I decided to get an excellent example rather than a tired one,my reasoning being that I lacked the energy for a total rebuild and,in any case,any 25 year old car would always have enough issues crop up naturally.
The car may well be known on here.I bought it privately from a nice guy called Steve who lives in Halifax who spent last winter fettling various things,enjoyed it over the summer and then has moved on to a Chim for his project this winter.
It was already a good example having had a body off chassis renovation at a TVR dealer a few years ago.
Being used only to modern cars recently three things struck me on the drive home.
1.Noise levels were high...which is fine,mostly a nice exhaust note of course.
2.Brakes needed a good shove...perhaps some room for improvement here?
3.Steering was light and positive in a straight line but weighted up considerably on roundabouts.Got home and tyre pressures were only 20psi so stuck them up to 28(more than recommended,I know).Not driven the car again yet so I'll see what this does.
Anyway, no more to say yet,thanks for reading.
Hope to talk again.
John.
Thanks for all your replies.
Went out for a short drive yesterday and learnt another thing about the car...when you put petrol in don't squeeze the trigger too hard or you will get wet shoes
Car drove well with no issues and the steering was more manageable with the higher pressures,I'll probably settle on 26 psi.
Delighted with how clean the car is underneath so don't really want to take it out in the wet and the salt...will SORN it from December I think.
Roll on next Spring!!!
Went out for a short drive yesterday and learnt another thing about the car...when you put petrol in don't squeeze the trigger too hard or you will get wet shoes
Car drove well with no issues and the steering was more manageable with the higher pressures,I'll probably settle on 26 psi.
Delighted with how clean the car is underneath so don't really want to take it out in the wet and the salt...will SORN it from December I think.
Roll on next Spring!!!
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