Drive the damn car !!

[NHyde]

I am now on my fourth TVR .

4.0ltr Chimaera 46k in two years ,sold it with 85k on the clock

400SE wedge 15 k in 18 months

#1 420 SEAC , 18k in 16 months .

Now 4.2 Cerbera , 3000 miles in eight weeks , including yesterday , Cheshire to LHR and all the heat !

The only time I have been let down is the Chimaera at 75k, when a fuel pump failed .

All the cars have been used every single day !

Too many people buy the cars , only want to get them out at the w/e or if it's sunny !!

Use them , maintain them , and they are as reliable ( More so in some cases) than some .

Just enjoy the cars !!

[pwig]

I fully intend to use my Dax everyday

[Mutant Rat]

Sounds like good advice.

A hell of a lot of problems exacerbated by underuse, and it it does wear stuff out and break down, at least you've enjoyed doing it!

[NHyde]

Good job you're not relying on an Alfa

[NHyde]

Is a DAX a new type of hairdressers car ?

[Tyre Smoke]

pwig said:

I fully intend to use my Dax everyday

That'll be a rain coat for the older person then?

[pwig]

NHyde said:

Is a DAX a new type of hairdressers car ?

What would you know about hairdressers anyway? You aint needed one in years

[Sam Gamgee]

NHyde said:

Good job you're not relying on an Alfa

Had a few older alfas with few problems,really....still got bit of a soft spot for em.

[SharkyTVR]

NHyde said:

Use them , maintain them , and they are as reliable ( More so in some cases) than some . Just enjoy the cars !!

Too right, Mr Hyde. Tivs, like most types of machinery like to be used. I have always found far fewer problems with well-used cars (of all makes), when combined with regular servicing, and good quality lubricants etc.

[MarkoTVR]

NHyde said:

Too many people buy the cars , only want to get them out at the w/e or if it's sunny !! Use them , maintain them , and they are as reliable ( More so in some cases) than some . Just enjoy the cars !!

As I said in another thread, "it's not an ornament". These things don't come cheap, so get your money's worth!!

They were built to be enjoyed, and believe it or not, you can actually get enjoyment from a car BY FG DRIVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think all sports cars should be fitted with a special module, that detatches itself from the car after one week without use, hunts you down, and repeatedly slaps you around the face until you reach for the keys..............

>> Edited by MarkoTVR on Saturday 25th June 17:57

[CerbyT]

NHyde said:

I am now on my fourth TVR . 4.0ltr Chimaera 46k in two years ,sold it with 85k on the clock 400SE wedge 15 k in 18 months #1 420 SEAC , 18k in 16 months . Now 4.2 Cerbera , 3000 miles in eight weeks , including yesterday , Cheshire to LHR and all the heat ! The only time I have been let down is the Chimaera at 75k, when a fuel pump failed . All the cars have been used every single day ! Too many people buy the cars , only want to get them out at the w/e or if it's sunny !! Use them , maintain them , and they are as reliable ( More so in some cases) than some . Just enjoy the cars !!

Couldn't agree more. Had TVRs for the last 8 yeras or so, 350 (40k ish on clock), 400SE (40k ish), Chimaera (30k +), 4.5 Cerb (47k) and now Tuscan S (now 7k). Never had a problem with any of them when used regularly. The chimaera after a 3 month enforced layoff, due to one of Her Majesty's enforced Bosnia holidays, was the only one ever to break down on me...........and that was just a leaky clutch master cylinder. Just done 1500 miles or so in France in the last 10 days in the Tuscan and ran faultlessly (well apart from me dinking the front splitter into a rock at parking speed! My own stupid fault!)

>> Edited by CerbyT on Saturday 25th June 22:08

[NHyde]

Have to hold my hand up to one thing !


Like many others , I have a real soft spot for Alfa's , for stylish everyday motors they are very hard to beat , despite their service regime ...........PWIG !!!!

[Guillotine]

NHyde said:

I am now on my fourth TVR . 4.0ltr Chimaera 46k in two years ,sold it with 85k on the clock 400SE wedge 15 k in 18 months #1 420 SEAC , 18k in 16 months . Now 4.2 Cerbera , 3000 miles in eight weeks , including yesterday , Cheshire to LHR and all the heat ! The only time I have been let down is the Chimaera at 75k, when a fuel pump failed . All the cars have been used every single day ! Too many people buy the cars , only want to get them out at the w/e or if it's sunny !! Use them , maintain them , and they are as reliable ( More so in some cases) than some . Just enjoy the cars !!

use them properly!!!!!!

nurbergring ( 100+laps )
imola
dijon
A1 ring
spa
Brno
Le Mans (bugatti)

+ most UK stuff...



with Dijon / Magny cours to come in July

thier even more fun if you use all they're capable of, and you can't do that on the road!!!!!!

andy
www.ballisticbanana.co.uk/tvrmonster.htm

>> Edited by Guillotine on Sunday 26th June 11:12

[Extra 300 Driver]

My Cerb has just over 60K, I have had the odd problem but that was just after I got it from my brother in law and it spent only a few days a month on the road.

I use it as much as I can, at least once a day.

[jellison]

Yep agree - 2.2k in just over a month on my moddied one - gets any bugs out. Those who do super low mileages should have there cars removed by some DVLA edict!

[taimar78]

I'm in full agreement, Mr. Hyde, well said. In all my TVRs in the past 30 years I have found that the less you drive them, the more goes wrong.