Pistonheads and TVR
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yi8tvr

Original Poster:

1,105 posts

279 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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I wonder what a potential buyer of a TVR thinks once he or she has read through this site. Makes you wonder if Pistonheads is good for the marque, personally i think Pistonheads put a lot of people off
buying. Cant think of many other marques that have such a negative site as this one.

TVR have a very small market to work with and on top of that there is this site making it smaller by the people who love and own them

Ironic

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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You must be 'aving a G-rafffe!

I was only interest in Jap performance before I found this site. Then I started to realise how much more I could get from other marques out there. Started chasing 944 and TVR S and then eventually through the power of Pistonheads I ended up on the epic search for a Griff.
I wanna say thanks to PH for helping me find just the right car. I didnt realise that TVRs could be so good. In fact I didnt realise that any car could be so good!

N17 TVR

2,937 posts

300 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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Enthusiastic, Honest, Open and helpful are the words I would have used.

Negative - not sure how you derive at that.

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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Not only that but
PH + TVR = efficeint ownership!

Without PH I wouldnt have been able to find out which TVR I really wanted, how I could afford it,what to look out for, how to buy it, where to buy it, where to get it serviced, how to keep it running well and my own small amount of maintenance as well as making it an even better car (IMO!).

Im not done yet, I got another post coming up.

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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And not only that but PH forums isnt what PH is all about IMO. Its what happens when you switch the PC off and go out in the car. You meet up with other PHers and if you go to any PH meet guess what the best represented marque is.

PH is TVRs biggest and most powerful marketting tool. No doubt about it.

(Closely follwed by that beautiful exhaust note).



DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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Can I have a free cap now?

(I really did mean all I said, just read it back though and it sounds like Im on commission!)

N17 TVR

2,937 posts

300 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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DustyC said:


Without PH I wouldnt have been able to find out which TVR I really wanted



And we couldnt have had the tits bored off us, whilst it was all going on

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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And I wouldnt have had so much abuse!

Next question: Is PistonHeads good for Canon Digital SLRs

Buster4.2

487 posts

276 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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I can see your point of view, and in some ways I wonder if Pistonheads might have made me think twice if I had known of it's existence before purchasing. Running a TVR can get very expensive and I think potential owners need to know the pitfalls in order to make a balanced decision before buying into a great marque.

However, I don't know where I would be without a site of this calibre to assist in the running/ownership experience. I constantly search the Cerbera forum for advice & fellow members are always very quick & willing to offer help.

Also, there are plenty of 'been for the drive of my life' type threads to help balance the view.

Pistonheads certainly makes TVR ownership a hell of a lot easier for me!

PetrolTed

34,468 posts

332 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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yi8tvr said:
I wonder what a potential buyer of a TVR thinks once he or she has read through this site. Makes you wonder if Pistonheads is good for the marque, personally i think Pistonheads put a lot of people off
buying. Cant think of many other marques that have such a negative site as this one.

TVR have a very small market to work with and on top of that there is this site making it smaller by the people who love and own them

Ironic



I would obviously disagree.

All forums are full of people having problems with cars - that's the staple diet of discussion.

PH publishes news of TVR around the world. News that would otherwise not see the light of day. Can't see that being a bad thing.

N17 TVR

2,937 posts

300 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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PetrolTed said:

News that would otherwise not see the light of day


keepin' it real !

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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cars = problems = hobbies = fun!

Corin Denton

8,762 posts

297 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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No way!!

Pistonheads is THE major player in me getting a TVR! I wanted the car but was unsure about the running costs but once I had seen the help people get on this community my opinion changed.

Without Pistonheads I'm sure I would have worried about things with no need to and spent a lot more money than I needed to.

catretriever

2,090 posts

271 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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First spotted my Griff in the PH Classifieds...

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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catretriever said:
First spotted my Griff in the PH Classifieds...


and me! I first spotted your Griff there too!

RAW-SEWedge

970 posts

288 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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I think if you asked any member of Pistonheads with a TVR if they would recommend owning a TVR then they would give you a resounding YES!

If that isn’t a good advert for TVR’s products I don’t know what is.

squirrelz

1,186 posts

300 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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I would probably have never bought a TVR if it hadn't been for Pistonheads (oh and Joolz).

sacha

509 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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Im on my fourth tvr, I found pistonheads after buying my second, i really wish i had found it earlier, because it would have avoided the problems i had with the first car.

PH- the ultimate Knowledge for running a tvr and enjoying it! They run hand in hand

count duckula

1,324 posts

303 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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When I joined I was interested in getting a Chim, this site gave lots of people opinions on the cars and opened my eyes to potential problems, would not have taken the gamble on a TVR if I had not gained lots of first hand info from owners on PH.


Malc

DustyC

12,822 posts

283 months

Wednesday 7th July 2004
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The amount of thread son here from new members saying "I have read the forums and Im going to look a t a TVR tomorrow" I think proves the point that PH is good for TVR.

Plus, the owner of TVR (Trevor Whelker?) was on PistonFest FM and I think he approved.

("We dont fit Safety features as they are for shandy drinking Southerners" )