A place in Ireland to Hire a TVR
Discussion
I drove from Dublin to Killybegs to Balina to Rosslare and the roads scared me and that was in a Sprinter. Very up and down.
Only the dual carrage ways and motorway (s?) seemed any good. Or was it just them roads I was on?
A lot of trucking on A roads seems to be happening so maybe thats why?
Only the dual carrage ways and motorway (s?) seemed any good. Or was it just them roads I was on?
A lot of trucking on A roads seems to be happening so maybe thats why?
My few pences from a topic about Irish roads on Monday 29th July:
"I used to live in Ireland as well and have never seen TVRs there.
A few weeks ago I decided to never ever take a TVR there.
In my area (Co. Waterford) the roads are that bad it makes really no fun with TVR suspension.
Drivers are usually not very carefull so you get all the gravel you need for a nice chiped nose, now it is chipping time.
Fast and careless oncoming lorries push you into the hedges usually covering stonewalls.
All the cattle and sheep dung lasts forever on the lower areas of the car.
Last year I was stopped by cattle on the road and one passing cow managed to sh@t through one open window into the car
Would you like to hear more stories of deep mud, animals, big deep holes and ghosts on Irish roads?
Hell, I love this country."
Anyway, I have heard a Tuscan Racer went to Ireland.
"I used to live in Ireland as well and have never seen TVRs there.
A few weeks ago I decided to never ever take a TVR there.
In my area (Co. Waterford) the roads are that bad it makes really no fun with TVR suspension.
Drivers are usually not very carefull so you get all the gravel you need for a nice chiped nose, now it is chipping time.
Fast and careless oncoming lorries push you into the hedges usually covering stonewalls.
All the cattle and sheep dung lasts forever on the lower areas of the car.
Last year I was stopped by cattle on the road and one passing cow managed to sh@t through one open window into the car
Would you like to hear more stories of deep mud, animals, big deep holes and ghosts on Irish roads?
Hell, I love this country."
Anyway, I have heard a Tuscan Racer went to Ireland.
quote:
these posts are making me a very unhappy chappy!!!waited so long to get one and from what your all saying,its now not really wise.It will be a second car so surely i will get my use out of one?
Me & my S2 lived in Ireland for over 2 years, I don't know what the problem is, we had a fantasic time, quiet roads, lack of police , total lack of camera's, sure she bottomed out a bit, occasionally, but it aways sounds worse than it actually is.
And yes I did travel around, I absolutly loved it when they said you've got to go out of the office, travel for 4 hours etc what a way to start a days work
Journeys that others estimated 4 hours use to take me 3 ..... fantasic, never had so much fun
I wouldn't hesitate taking a tiv to Ireland, so long as you are not planning to commutte into Dublin, that really was a ball ache.
I've taken the Cerbera to Ireland several times. Driving from Rosslare to Limerick, all round Co.Kerry and Co.Clare. As long as you are careful on the narrower and more potholey roads, there is no problem. The A roads, are often very straight and have generous hard shoulders. This, in the dry, allows for an exhilarating journey. The overtaking abilities of a TVR, combined with the aforementioned hard shoulders and lack of traffic mean that substantial progress can be made.
People are correct that there are some crap roads and that there is plenty of poor driving (lorries pushing you into hedges etc), but it's not bad enough to preclude a TVR. OK, so you are going to need a respray from time to time. But it's a TVR, you are going to get that anywhere.
The funniest thing about the Cerb is that the noise and the looks make people run away and hide behind trees
Go for it. As long as you are careful and pick your roads to stretch your legs on (and do stick to 10 mph through the chippings, and maybe, if you can, even wait until there is no opposing traffic) you'll have a blast.
All IMHO
People are correct that there are some crap roads and that there is plenty of poor driving (lorries pushing you into hedges etc), but it's not bad enough to preclude a TVR. OK, so you are going to need a respray from time to time. But it's a TVR, you are going to get that anywhere.
The funniest thing about the Cerb is that the noise and the looks make people run away and hide behind trees
Go for it. As long as you are careful and pick your roads to stretch your legs on (and do stick to 10 mph through the chippings, and maybe, if you can, even wait until there is no opposing traffic) you'll have a blast.
All IMHO
Gotta stand up for my old home here.....I did more than 20K miles in my Griff when I lived in Ireland with about 8K of that holidaying in France/Italy during that time. Yes not all the roads are up to what you regularly find in the UK (bar the many UK roadworks there seems to be now), but most are good. If you travel the regional heavy traffic B roads they can be a bit wallowy, mostly from heavy trucks and there is the infuriating habit (although it seems to be going out now) of putting 'loose chippings' on a new surface and let the traffic bed it down.
But more than compensating are the many glorious driving roads with breathtaking scenery that in the Griff, especially with the top down (no rain!), are magical. And I must admit that my 18 mile travel to work through the Wicklow windy roads everyday is still amongst the best of my 'Griff moments', a fantastic road all the way (which I used instead of the motorway). For me the dynamics of a TVR really come alive thrashing it along roads like that. The mostly straight ones here in the Netherlands don't quite give the same satisfaction......btw, there are many TVRs in Ireland.
But more than compensating are the many glorious driving roads with breathtaking scenery that in the Griff, especially with the top down (no rain!), are magical. And I must admit that my 18 mile travel to work through the Wicklow windy roads everyday is still amongst the best of my 'Griff moments', a fantastic road all the way (which I used instead of the motorway). For me the dynamics of a TVR really come alive thrashing it along roads like that. The mostly straight ones here in the Netherlands don't quite give the same satisfaction......btw, there are many TVRs in Ireland.
I fixed it bloody quickly. 
TravelsVeryRapid said: Fly,
I said the roads were bad in Ireland but if I lived there I would still have a TVR.
Crazy folks we are, we would all do that.
Just got to think of Baerra Coastroad and Healy Pass
- One day I will take the Griff
It is not so far from Blackpool for bringing over the car in boxes afterwards.
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