I'm giving up

[RedCabbage]

I'm giving up

237 BHP
9,000 RPM
6 Speed 'box
Reliability
Air Con
Electric Roof
Dry Cabin
Dual Airbags
Xenon Headlights
ABS

My car choice was a conflict between head and heart, but it was my ears that won!

The S2000 is going and I'm back in a TVR.

[David Godfrey]

makes sence

what you getting??

[tamore]

TVRs should be class A drugs. once bitten...........

the expression 'watertight' must have been unknown at the factory - don't care
it has the only LCD display i've ever heard of which needs to warm up before i can see it - don't care
the gearstick gets hotter than my kitchen's ceramic hob - don't care
driver's window doesn't meet the rubber seals properly - don't care
you know your wallet's going to take a proper beating at some point - don't care

i could go on, but you get the picture.

[David Godfrey]

All can be fixed, they don't all leak or suffer heat soak.

...

but seriously, what model?

[tamore]

mine's an 02 tamora.

i should have made it clear that these niggles are specific to my car. getting rid of it because of them would be akin to booting kelly brooke out of bed because she'd smudged her eyeliner! in my mind anyway!

[Biggriff]

We've got both and they are very different beasts. TVR for organ swelling fun and S2000 for sensible progress (mind you weven the S2000 is now not the way Honda intended).

[RedCabbage]

David Godfrey said:

makes sence

what you getting??

Got it already, Chimaera 4.0 I will post a pic if the sun comes out.

[puffsorted2]

RedCabbage said:

I'm giving up

237 BHP - per tonne figure?
9,000 RPM - = No Torque
6 Speed 'box = Even less torque
Reliability = Yeah yeah yeah heard it all before
Air Con = Take the roof off
Electric Roof = How stupid will you look when it goes wrong at the traffic lights
Dry Cabin = Thompsons WaterSeal
Dual Airbags = Don't Crash
Xenon Headlights = Replacement blub, how much!!!
ABS = Learn to brake properly


Great decision

[WazzaL]

RedCabbage said:

David Godfrey said:

makes sence

what you getting??

Got it already, Chimaera 4.0 I will post a pic if the sun comes out.

Excellent. Another one to enter into the Chimaera fold..

Had a choice of the S2000 or a Chim myself. Think I chose well as well

[coolcatmaz]

well done, you know it makes sense.

[medieval]

Well done RC - took a similar route myself and the 4.0L is such an easy going car for just tootling, high speed hooning or just sitting in to be honest.

You know it makes sense

[jvr]

Did you get tired of a car being reliable or didn't it have that va va voom

[RedCabbage]

I've had 4 litre cars before in various guises (see my profile) and I did look at 450's and 500's this time round but I wanted to give myself somewhere to go performance-wise in the future.

Also this particular car already had a set of Nitrons fitted so I opted for a good example of the great all-rounder 4.0

[Derek Smith]

Next door but one to me have just got rid of their S2000.

When I got my Chim next door b o said that, nice though my car is, she could not stand the costs of repair. So the obvious question as to why they swopped their ultra-reliable S2000 for an S-reg Merc 280SL was cost of ownership. Servicing beggared them, evidently. To the question of what had gone wrong with my Chim, I mentioned having to clean the stepper and, oddly, having to swop two relays over.

I know it is childish, but it gave me a kick.

Mind you, the Honda's a superb machine and I must admit to liking it. I just prefer my Chim.

[gemini]

[Bomber Denton]

gemini said:

[David Godfrey]

RedCabbage said:

David Godfrey said:

makes sence

what you getting??

Got it already, Chimaera 4.0 I will post a pic if the sun comes out.

cool, what color - you say it has nitrons, how does it handle?
as for a pic - not sure its going to get sunny anytime soon, just take one anyway

[dc53]

well done Duncan!

[.Woody]

I got rid of my Tuscan this year, and bought a Maserati 320GT(Twin turbos on a V8!!!) Very reliable everyday power car, But I still came back for a 4.6 wedge weekend driver