Hi all, new to the site and to the forum. Since the fateful day when my partner bought me a track experience drive in my long time favourite car ( the griff ) I've been hooked. My question is what reading material is there out there (if any) that would help me decide which model to get. It would be used for pleasure drives only not track events. 

do you want roofless driving? What sort of budget are we talking?

Depends on your budget. If you can afford £19.99,
Russell Hayes book "TVR - Ever the Extrovert" (Haynes
Publishing) should help you decide. I love a browse of
it on wet days!

You will need to drive known good examples of each one within your budget. Griff/Chim, Cerbera, Tuscan, T350/Tamora are all quite different from each other and there's no real way telling which you'd prefer.

Then, you will have to drive a few examples of your chosen one so you can tell the good from the not so good. The thing to remember is that being hand built, more like an old school car in terms of maintenance requirements than most and ehm, 'variable' standards of upkeep mean there can be huge differences between individual cars. Some people keep bad mouthing the marque after having experienced one or a couple that are not so good. Others drive around thinking they've got the best thing since sliced bread in blissful ingnorance that their steed is only showing a fraction of its potential. Sadly, relatively low prices for most models (by bespoke built sports car standards) the bulk of cars getting on a bit as the company's '90s heydays are getting part of an ever more distant part and folks who've got a good 'un often hanging on to their cars as there's no real replacement, mean the majority of ones for sale out there will be in need of some fettling. Oh, and for some reason TVR seemed to have hired Stevie Wonder for setting up cars before delivery anyway, so make one of your first drives the one to a trusted suspension/alignment specialist to ensure all four wheels are pointing in the correct direction.

Get informed, get a good one, drive it, love it, take care of it - and the only regret you'll have is that you didn't bite the bullet much earlier!

Agree with V8 GRF, given the time of year, head to Chatsworth, you won't get a better opportunity to see a TVR and chat to the owners.

Does he sell TVRs? If so he's probably got more Chims to shift than Griffs as they outnumber them by roughly 8:1. Having had our Griff from new I don't get the 'weekend car' thing. If it's luggage you're worried about, we've been to Spa, Le Mans (loads of times), Goodwood and a week in the South of France in ours. Easily fit enough in it. Get a Griff.

As you're in Lancashire I'd suggest you get yourself either to a Blackpool or Lancs TVRCC meet. You don't have to be a member to attend initially although it is appreciated if you join after you've decided the car si for you.

Visit www.TVRCC.com and click on 'regions' to see where and when we meet.

I'm usually found at a Blackpool meet but this month it co-incides with Chatsworth so we'll be meeting there this time.

Tuscan is worth considering (admits a bias ). Roof comes off, but it can be a coupe the rest of the time. Feels more modern inside than Griff and Chims, speed 6 engine is a different animal from the V8 though, so it depends what you like. I love them all, but decided that the Tusc was the car for me. It was down to power and performance (without lots of mods), ability to go roof off but be reasonably civilised in the rain, interior design and exterior looks.

I know a good one with a TVR Power rebuild that will soon be for sale

But with a bugget of 15 he is either gonna get a really good chim or a not so good griff or tuscsn

Mine will be £16k ish with 5 year 100k miles warranty from Power and 12k service just done