Cat D and C at TVR Dean.......
Discussion
Ive been looking through the classifieds over the last year just having a browse,and it has just come to my attention while looking on ebay over the last couple of months that a few cars that i have been interested in have ended up crashed cat d or c write offs.On every occasion the description of crashes was......taking it steady on the way back from a service.........i think some of these people should take an advanced driving test before they get behind the wheel of a TVR...........Opinions please,or has anyone noticed the same thing as me??..........
There aren't many of us who haven't had a moment. These are very fast light rwd cars with an increasing torque curve and can be a challenge for the best driver. Add into that idiot other drivers, diesel patches, potholes and standing water and it is a miracle any of them are still around. I love it because it is a challenge, but the person who gets complacent..............
I haven't got a large amount of TVR experience but I drove my Cerbera home on a snowy road which was the first time I'd driven one. Since then I've formed an opinion that it's a very predictable and safe car to drive normally. I'd go so far as to say my Cerb would need provocation to lose control of it. Of course it has ample power to kill you, but the pedal will be a long way down and there will be loads of acceleration and noise before it goes. These muppets are just lead footed clots IMHO.
jamieduff1981 said:
I haven't got a large amount of TVR experience but I drove my Cerbera home on a snowy road which was the first time I'd driven one. Since then I've formed an opinion that it's a very predictable and safe car to drive normally. I'd go so far as to say my Cerb would need provocation to lose control of it. Of course it has ample power to kill you, but the pedal will be a long way down and there will be loads of acceleration and noise before it goes. These muppets are just lead footed clots IMHO.
Quoted.....Gazzab said:
jamieduff1981 said:
I haven't got a large amount of TVR experience but I drove my Cerbera home on a snowy road which was the first time I'd driven one. Since then I've formed an opinion that it's a very predictable and safe car to drive normally. I'd go so far as to say my Cerb would need provocation to lose control of it. Of course it has ample power to kill you, but the pedal will be a long way down and there will be loads of acceleration and noise before it goes. These muppets are just lead footed clots IMHO.
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famous last words.
jamieduff1981 said:
Since then I've formed an opinion that it's a very predictable and safe car to drive normally. I'd go so far as to say my Cerb would need provocation to lose control of it. Of course it has ample power to kill you, but the pedal will be a long way down and there will be loads of acceleration and noise before it goes. These muppets are just lead footed clots IMHO.
I'd have said all that before my 'incident', indeed I've even said "how on earth can you lose it going in a straight line?"Well after 7 years driving in all weathers in terrible rain, snow, fog and wind you name it and never having even been close to losing it, I was going backwards before I even knew what was going on and by that time I was a passenger on my way to the Armco.
Hoover. said:
When I got my first TVR 9 years ago (god I sound old), I had issues with getting insurance unless I had experience of rear wheel drive performance cars and this was not with just one insurer but the majority......... it doesn't seem to be the case these days
Same here, I was refused insurance on the tiv because I hadn't in their opinion, enough powerful rear wheel drive experience even though my last car was a 5.3 XJS!Not the same car of course but come on........
phazed said:
Hoover. said:
When I got my first TVR 9 years ago (god I sound old), I had issues with getting insurance unless I had experience of rear wheel drive performance cars and this was not with just one insurer but the majority......... it doesn't seem to be the case these days
Same here, I was refused insurance on the tiv because I hadn't in their opinion, enough powerful rear wheel drive experience even though my last car was a 5.3 XJS!Not the same car of course but come on........
The specialists did say once I've had it for a year to give them a call back.
PS - I'm 42, have zero points/accidents and live in a rural area.
V8 GRF said:
jamieduff1981 said:
Since then I've formed an opinion that it's a very predictable and safe car to drive normally. I'd go so far as to say my Cerb would need provocation to lose control of it. Of course it has ample power to kill you, but the pedal will be a long way down and there will be loads of acceleration and noise before it goes. These muppets are just lead footed clots IMHO.
I'd have said all that before my 'incident', indeed I've even said "how on earth can you lose it going in a straight line?"Well after 7 years driving in all weathers in terrible rain, snow, fog and wind you name it and never having even been close to losing it, I was going backwards before I even knew what was going on and by that time I was a passenger on my way to the Armco.
A900ss said:
phazed said:
Hoover. said:
When I got my first TVR 9 years ago (god I sound old), I had issues with getting insurance unless I had experience of rear wheel drive performance cars and this was not with just one insurer but the majority......... it doesn't seem to be the case these days
Same here, I was refused insurance on the tiv because I hadn't in their opinion, enough powerful rear wheel drive experience even though my last car was a 5.3 XJS!Not the same car of course but come on........
The specialists did say once I've had it for a year to give them a call back.
PS - I'm 42, have zero points/accidents and live in a rural area.
nrick said:
Am I the only one to have had a few moments, down change into a bend almost got me in the Tuscan, should we start a new thread, 'and I made it home?'
If you change to late going in to a bend you will end up arse about face. After performing a nice 720 degree pirouette I know what diesel can do to a TVR at 40mph on a striaght whilst following the wife in her landrover.
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