Another Chimaera reaches 100,000 miles!

[KEET]

Good evening fellow PH'ers, whilst on a weekend out to the lakes my trusty old girl racked up her 100,000th mile...anybody know how many have reached that milestone?

[900T-R]

Mine's at 123,2something...

[MPoxon]

100k miles of smiles

[Colin L]

Heading past 145000 on the way to TAG in two weeks time, don't you just love the sound of a well used TVR Chimaera,

Don't think Griff boys get past 20000, still they are rare old men lol

Colin L

[dbv8]

Welcome to the club.
Mine has over 105k on it but not doe a mile since October 2009.

[haircutmike]

dbv8 said:

Welcome to the club.
Mine has over 105k on it but not doe a mile since October 2009.

O/T, what's the news Derek?

[dbv8]

haircutmike said:

O/T, what's the news Derek?

Sorry OP.
Cars at TrackvRoad clocking up a huge bill .
A list of final jobs, timing and misfire to fix, Eann Whalley will be along to tweak the fuelling etc, a full geo and MoT.
They had a mechanic promised after he finished prepping a racer last week so he should be on it now.
I have insurance ready to go, so just need to visit the PO when i pick the car up, then its off to the Shakey this coming Saturday for some slow runs and lots of checks.

[MADMAX2]

3000 miles to go for the magic 100k for me !!!!

[bigdods]

I hit 50,000 last week so I'm halfway there

I need to get out more

[Alexdaredevilz]

76k for me

[ph1l5]

89 K for me and every mile has been a massive laugh.

[AJs Cerbie]

103k for me, passed the magic mark a few weeks ago, used daily of course like they all should be, hail rain or snow :-)

[KEET]

She's due a camshaft soon but other than that no problem, so much less frantic to drive than the Cerbera was! Hope to put many more miles on her..

[bsdnazz]

I'm way behind on just over 62k.

I bought the Chim in 2003 with 17k on the clock so it look like it will take nearly 10 years to get to 100k!

[HiAsAKite]

120,000+ here, and running strong.. feels barely run in :-)

[burnsatspeed]

121000 for me now, just done over 3500 miles driving down to south east Spain via the Millau Bridge, and she hasn't missed a beat.

[gizzer]

Colin L said:

Heading past 145000 on the way to TAG in two weeks time, don't you just love the sound of a well used TVR Chimaera,

Don't think Griff boys get past 20000, still they are rare old men lol

Colin L

[potato muncher]

Almost 138000 here, would have more but for the snapped shocker and body damage. Hope I am back on the road this weekend. Have lost the will to live for 4 weeks now, I cannot wait much longer.

[peaktorque]

113,000, still on original cam shaft and runs like a

[Chimpafrolic]

I am well impressed with all you big mileage chaps

It does show the RV8 can give excellent service.

Disappointingly my Chim needs a new clutch and its only done 35k

I think in my case its more to do with the pressure plate going soft with age/heat, rather than general wear to the driven plate as such.

Just out of interest, how many miles did you lot get from your clutches before they needed replacing?