WHY ITS SAFER TO DRIVE A TVR

[Chimpaholic]

Dear fellow TVR drivers.

Follow the link to see why I feel safer driving my TVR than my company car.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

My post is at the bottom of page 2 (Chimpaholic).

Dave.

Edited by Chimpaholic on Monday 8th February 14:48

Edited by Chimpaholic on Monday 8th February 17:45

[WorAl]

Thats the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, there should always be a physical connection between driver and brakes. I'm building a car and thinking of going back to old style brakes with no servo, but, doing the job properly, not with those small pissy little pistons.

[beano500]

In an ideal world - or at least my stupid idea of "ideal world" - everyone on the Queen's Highway would be trained to understand the relatively simple physics involved in driving a car. Such that the simplicity of TVR's build and design philosophy could be the norm, not the exception!

The safety value of a car you can actually hear coming is also undervalued

[Roy C]

Perhaps, as a temporary fix, Toyota should provide a man with a red flag to walk in front...

[beano500]

That's a step forward.

You realise it would have to be a white flag with a red rising sun and a "Tora Tora Tora"....


Ooops - I could be helping to ruin a perfectly good thread. Again.

Why you intending to part with the White Wizzard, Roy?

[NCE 61]

Chimpaholic said:

Dear fellow TVR drivers.

Follow the link to see why I feel safer driving my TVR than my company car.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

My post is at the bottom of the page (Chimpaholic).

Dave.

+1 the brakes and the so called safety system on the Prius are really poor, feel much safer in my Tuscan S.

[so called]

NCE 61 said:

Chimpaholic said:

Dear fellow TVR drivers.

Follow the link to see why I feel safer driving my TVR than my company car.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

My post is at the bottom of the page (Chimpaholic).

Dave.

+1 the brakes and the so called safety system on the Prius are really poor, feel much safer in my Tuscan S.

Excuse me but please dont associate me with the Prius.
I didnt design their safety system
Thanks,
Tony. (So Called)

Edited by so called on Monday 8th February 19:20

[beano500]

so called said:

I didnt design their safety system

Clearly not - you would have designed something better. May be one that actually worked.

Not a "so called" safety system, then.



Doh!

[Targarama]

I agree TVRs are safe, simply because others notice them. When I'm in my TVR as people see and hear me coming. They automatically think I'm going too fast and don't pull out in front of me. Try the same route in my Panda and I might was well be invisible.

Of course this doesn't solve the problem of the numpty that drives into the back of you because they are not paying any attention.

[beano500]

Targarama said:

When I'm in my TVR as people see and hear me coming.

Funnily enough, my experience of a black Griff as a daily driver was that I was the most invisible I have ever been. Incredible number of people just pulled out around town. This was slightly balanced by a good number of times when I strayed into the BMW lane on a M'way and the waves would quite often part.

[Targarama]

beano500 said:

Targarama said:

When I'm in my TVR as people see and hear me coming.

Funnily enough, my experience of a black Griff as a daily driver was that I was the most invisible I have ever been. Incredible number of people just pulled out around town. This was slightly balanced by a good number of times when I strayed into the BMW lane on a M'way and the waves would quite often part.

Hmm, I had the same problem in our black Audi TT (now sold and a bright red Golf GTI in its place). My TVR is bright red too.

[Marpug]

There's a definate theme building up here !!! Had a Black Scirocco some time back and got smacked in the rear twice... the choice of colours for the TVR was heavily influenced on this..." any colour as long as it's not black"

[.Mark]

I second that. My latest company car is black and it's a real numpty magnet. Had it 2 years so far and it has more dings and scrapes than any of my other cars put together.

Perhaps I should strike a black Cerbera off the potential colour list!