"TVR's are unreliable"
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Well, after almost a year of ownership and 5000 miles I can confirm that this is utter codswallop.
I must admit i thought i was letting myself in for a lot of grief, buying a TVR on the lower end of the market, and there were many people who gave me the 'are you serious?' look when i told them before proceeding to tell me all the usual stuff you hear from people. And without any real mechanical know-how i was a bit worried, but i thought what the heck, i'm going to find out for myself.
And since i've had my car I haven't had any major issues - the only real niggle was a power drain which was sorted out (faulty interior light relay). But my mate had a similar issue with his e46 Beemer. I haven't been left by the side of the road with a breakdown, unlike my other friend with a 911. I've been to the lake district, all around that area and back, as well as various other journeys, including a nice trip to goodwood revival with no issues and the Chim has just passed it's MOT with no advisaries, so all in all from first hand experience i totally dismiss the rubbish you hear thrown about concerning TVR's. So there!
I must admit i thought i was letting myself in for a lot of grief, buying a TVR on the lower end of the market, and there were many people who gave me the 'are you serious?' look when i told them before proceeding to tell me all the usual stuff you hear from people. And without any real mechanical know-how i was a bit worried, but i thought what the heck, i'm going to find out for myself.
And since i've had my car I haven't had any major issues - the only real niggle was a power drain which was sorted out (faulty interior light relay). But my mate had a similar issue with his e46 Beemer. I haven't been left by the side of the road with a breakdown, unlike my other friend with a 911. I've been to the lake district, all around that area and back, as well as various other journeys, including a nice trip to goodwood revival with no issues and the Chim has just passed it's MOT with no advisaries, so all in all from first hand experience i totally dismiss the rubbish you hear thrown about concerning TVR's. So there!
Cider Andy said:
By September 2014 I hadn't driven my fifteen year old car for two years. It had stood on the drive, where it has stood for almost 10 years in all weathers. I decided I'd take it for a little drive...
I drove it on to a trailer and delivered it to Ian Lambert at TorqueRVT in Middlewich, with a brief to give it a major service, some new tyres and a fresh MoT. On Thursday 11 September I caught a train to Crewe where Ian picked me up at 8pm. Bills paid, receipts/MoT certificate issued, I was on the road to London at 9pm. I figured if there were going to be any issues relating to it not being used for so long, they'd manifest themselves during the 150-mile drive.
On Friday 12 September I drove the car to Portsmouth and boarded the midnight ferry to Le Havre. By teatime the following day I was in Biarritz. After an early start on the Sunday I arrived in Alicante, southern Spain, by teatime where the ambient temperature was 31°C.
After two weeks of arsing about in the sun I made the return journey over two days, one day covering 743 miles. The car performed flawlessly, as it has always done. You can guess what I think of the notion that TVRs are unreliable......
Fantastic to hear thatI drove it on to a trailer and delivered it to Ian Lambert at TorqueRVT in Middlewich, with a brief to give it a major service, some new tyres and a fresh MoT. On Thursday 11 September I caught a train to Crewe where Ian picked me up at 8pm. Bills paid, receipts/MoT certificate issued, I was on the road to London at 9pm. I figured if there were going to be any issues relating to it not being used for so long, they'd manifest themselves during the 150-mile drive.
On Friday 12 September I drove the car to Portsmouth and boarded the midnight ferry to Le Havre. By teatime the following day I was in Biarritz. After an early start on the Sunday I arrived in Alicante, southern Spain, by teatime where the ambient temperature was 31°C.
After two weeks of arsing about in the sun I made the return journey over two days, one day covering 743 miles. The car performed flawlessly, as it has always done. You can guess what I think of the notion that TVRs are unreliable......
davo23 said:
db484bhpv8 said:
davo23 said:
Well...I've had my first breakdown now. I blame myself for starting this topic. Suspect it's the driveshaft.
Engine revs rise then a clunkety cluck to a stop?
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