Am I going backwards? Wanted a white chimaera

[bezza911]

Hi All,
just a quick introduction and a hunt for the right car. I have had 2 x 911's and recently sold them to get the wife a family wagon of her choice. Well some spare funds have come in and I am leaning towards a TVR Chimaera. I will use the car in Germany. 911's are everywhere over in the land of sausage and a stigma exists that only wkers drive them (kidding, just the new ones) and the TVR is a little bit special. Apart from that, if carefully selected, incredible value.

I am looking for a white car, or possibly a grey one. No idea how many were delivered in factory white, but it appears there are not so many about. If any one has a white car for sale here in the UK then please get in touch... I am happy to wait for the right one to come along.

Anyway, just wanted to say hi and admit that I am going in reverse.... Most people I read have gone from TVR to Porsche.... Really looking forward to a V8 and something different...

Thanks in advance to the endless questions about to be asked by me in the near future.

Bez

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"My dad has now had the original Cayman S, a 997 C2 S convertible and now the new Cayman S and drove them all every day. He won't drive my Chim as it scares him too much."

Hey Nick450, your Dad sounds like the typical Porsche guy I mentioned earlier.....

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Funny enough, there was 2 in the various websites, both are gone.... One was a "Le Mans" with a few gulf decals, the other a tidy one from a TVR specialist... Snooze I lose.

I would prefer to keep it original and not paint another car white, as I may end up taking it back to Australia with me, and with any car, originality is important. I guess I could possibly wrap a car.....

[bezza911]

Hi Jules,
looked at the plastidippping, thing the wrapping is a better option, apparently the plastidip does have some adherance issues.

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Ha Nick 450
I see why your Dad sticks to the porsche, that thing looks mental.

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andyg1 said:

I'd like to share my anecdote. I bought a Chimaera last October. I'd always wanted a TVR one and the timing (finance and circumstances) were right to get myself a Chimaera - a 400 was within my budget.

I'd long considered a Mercedes SL to be the car I'd get to one day - I'd work up to it over the years. Well as it happened on that day I went to look at a Chimaera for the first time I got a lift of a mate - a mate who drove an SL...

Well it was the first time I'd been in an SL and it would be the first time I'd been in a TVR too - yeah I admit it's strange to dream about and desire a car you've never been in.

Given all I've said above, the situation couldn't have been set up better - going in an SL to view a Chimaera - but that strangely would be the thing that blew my view of cars apart. Despite the comfort, luxury, high standard finish and effortless performance of the SL all it felt like to me was a soulless, boring, unimaginative, characterless car that did most of the driving for you. Then there was the TVR with its shouty exhaust, over engineered V8, breathtaking performance, and above anything else a drive that was an entirely different experience.

It's a driver's car. You don't feel alive in the SL but you really feel alive in the TVR. If it that which you seek then you definitely aren't taking a backward step. Unimaginative and characterless it is not...

It's the exact reason why I want a TVR. Have a couple of ducati cafe racers, I am knackered after 30 mins riding, getting old, and back to 4 wheels for me.

Anyone interested in a beautiful Ducati 900SS cafe racer?

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Julesprivate said:

You're probably right, wrapping looks to have a longer life expectancy :-)

I've sprayed a ton of stuff with plastidip and if you do it right (i.e. multiple thin layers built up) it seems to stick to almost anything. I've even sprayed directly on top of chrome with no prep work and it's been fine - but easily damaged...

Yeah that's the problem, it does stick to anything, and when the time comes and you want to remove it, well that can be a little difficult apparently..

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Julesprivate said:

Oh and one big point with Plastidip

ON NO ACCOUNT USE THE PRIMER - Unless it's a permanent colour change you're after.

That stuff is amazing - but IMPOSSIBLE to remove... I wonder if that's what you're refering to?





I should probably apologise for changing the thread direction...



Good luck in the hunt for a Chimaera, a 430BV would be great but i think (as has been said) they're all pre-serps.

Do you care about the facelift/pre-facelift front/rear?

Edited by Julesprivate on Friday 30th August 11:37

OK, idiot post of the day, explain the term "pre serps" to me please?

I actually like the older style rear lights more than new ones, the rest of the changes, either or, not bothered.

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Julesprivate said:

bezza911 said:

There isn't really a "standard" Chimaera as the options were so varied...

Thanks Jules,
well that explains a lot to me. I like the look of the darker rear lenses in comparison to the visible round lights under the clear cover.... Time to start really paying some attention to exactly what I am looking at both mechanically and externally.

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Finally, a year later a beauty arrives, sadly I bought another 911... Nice combo though

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zacherynuk said:

I just don't understand why you didn't just buy what you wanted and get it wrapped.
Either you wanted a TVR or you wanted a white car.
Seems to me you wanted a 911.

Well it's a pretty basic equation of economics. A good wrap circa 2K, a few bits sorted on any new purchase, for my piece of mind 2K, before you know it, you have blown a budget of value vs reality. As you get older you tend to be a little more patient, buy the right car for the right reasons, not a good car that can be made into my personal "right car". Originality is paramount in any vehicle, wrap or no wrap, keep it original...

Wrapping is for Xmas or Essex, unless you are 20

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FastRich said:

Going backwards?

Meet the back of my car. That is all.

Bahahahahahaaha, that's why my 911 is on ebay right now...

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I really do like that white car, that's the exact thing I wanted, but like him, I need a work machine for a new business