At Last.

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I have finally got a Chimaera after 20 years of wondering, thought I would buy cheap as it's a keeper. It suffered rear fiber damage at some point in 2014 and was a member of the TVR Car Club in the same year. I was hoping someone on here may know the car and give me some info on it's upkeep before the damage? Reg is P47 0PX. Thank you.

[4.5]

OleVix said:

congrats and welcome to the fold!

Mine had similar rear end fiber damage. No history, but looked nice. On closer inspection the workmanship seemed shoddy! Rectified now...

Thanks OleVix.

[4.5]

MPoxon said:

Congrats on your purchase. Any pictures?

Thanks. Will upload some in a day or two.

[4.5]

Thanks lads. Already having a lot of fun in it and over the past two weeks. First time out in the rain yesterday and got very sideways in 2nd on a roundabout ending up facing the wrong way! I was told to take it easy in the wet but couldn't resist it. A good lesson learned early on with no harm done.

I will be driving it all the time, not one to be kept in the garage and polished.

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Topper_Harley said:

Ooh, good work. I've had my one a month and drove it all weekend but was way too scared to floor it on anything but arrow straight roads.
Mainly because I had to wait another week for the wipers to catch up with the pi55ing rain

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FastRich said:

Welcome 4.5 - good choice of car!

Easy on the loud pedal in the wet...and dry! You won't have to try hard for a repeat performance!

Thanks Rich. Taking all corners really slow now in the wet. Still managed to spin in 3rd today on the straight of a motorway in rain, getting the hang of it now though.

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Point being - check yours! They might have loads of tread left but if they're old, the rubber will have gone hard and brittle and won't be particularly grippy.
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I've checked and I think they're old as there's not a great amount of tread left on them and getting less by the day.