Encouragement reqd
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Its been three weeks since Nizza jnr arrived and there have been hoards of friends and relatives around to see the little diamond. However the response I've been getting to the imminent arrival of the Tuscan has been lukewarm to say the least. Most of the guys cant wait to be taken out for a spin in the beast. However the general feeling I'm getting from a few others has been marginally short of calling me a selfish p"£ck for buying a two seater sports with a young family in tow. Mrs Nizza couldnt be more pleased for me as she knows how hard I work and she wouldnt have let me buy anything else. Its not even like we dont have another vehicle for all the family outings. So I need some encouraging words from all you tivvers with young families before I change my my mind and buy a 4x4.
>>> Edited by nizza on Friday 12th March 13:29
>>> Edited by nizza on Friday 12th March 13:29
Nizza Hi....
You only live once....this isn't a dress rehersal.......
If you can afford it...and it sounds as if you can
If you have the family catered for....and it sounds as if you have.........
care not for the feelings of others....they are not important......
You work hard...you're happy....your wife is happy......
Enjoy........
Just wait till you drive it for the first time....
Jeez....there will be not regrets then.....
............//P//
>> Edited by yellow peril on Saturday 13th March 13:27
You only live once....this isn't a dress rehersal.......
If you can afford it...and it sounds as if you can
If you have the family catered for....and it sounds as if you have.........
care not for the feelings of others....they are not important......
You work hard...you're happy....your wife is happy......
Enjoy........
Just wait till you drive it for the first time....
Jeez....there will be not regrets then.....
............//P// >> Edited by yellow peril on Saturday 13th March 13:27
Nooo - 4x4 
Had the same problems when I was looking for a tiv - my Mrs was supportive also but those nagging voices in my head steered me to the 2+2 V8 cerb variety. I had even got to the stage of agreeing a p/x on a lovely Tuscan.
Sorry thats not much help but you earn it so you spend it - my guess is that the kid won't go without food because of it.
And you need to be able to have a release from the pressure (work, kids, home life ...) so what better way than to tune into the rumble of the twin cans!!
Enjoy.
S.
Had the same problems when I was looking for a tiv - my Mrs was supportive also but those nagging voices in my head steered me to the 2+2 V8 cerb variety. I had even got to the stage of agreeing a p/x on a lovely Tuscan.
Sorry thats not much help but you earn it so you spend it - my guess is that the kid won't go without food because of it.
And you need to be able to have a release from the pressure (work, kids, home life ...) so what better way than to tune into the rumble of the twin cans!!
Enjoy.
S.
Wont it be better for the kids as they are growing up that dad has a cool car rather than a dull roadhog.
Sounds like the negative comments are just jealous ones to me.
Some people seem to get off on telling others how they should lead their lives.
Im not ready for the onslaught of slagging off at all and its already started at work since I booked a day of to go and look at a griff.
The griff is still cheaper than most of their euroboxes though!
Sounds like the negative comments are just jealous ones to me.
Some people seem to get off on telling others how they should lead their lives.
Im not ready for the onslaught of slagging off at all and its already started at work since I booked a day of to go and look at a griff.
The griff is still cheaper than most of their euroboxes though!
sethlj said:
Nooo - 4x4
Had the same problems when I was looking for a tiv - my Mrs was supportive also but those nagging voices in my head steered me to the 2+2 V8 cerb variety. I had even got to the stage of agreeing a p/x on a lovely Tuscan.
Sorry thats not much help but you earn it so you spend it - my guess is that the kid won't go without food because of it.
And you need to be able to have a release from the pressure (work, kids, home life ...) so what better way than to tune into the rumble of the twin cans!!
Enjoy.
S.
loverly car Seth
just remember that these cars cost a hell of a lot to run without any problems, so just make sure you budget for the worst case scenario.
mind owning one gives you a buzz no other car manufacturer can reproduce!!
Was in the same position last Feb when I bought the griff. Gabby arrived in March.
"Not a very practical car for a baby is it"
"It's not for the baby... it's for me."
We have two other perfectly good 2-door but 4-seater cars. We have never had a problem except for being a bit dissapointing that you can't all go out as a family when the sun shines. Even thought of changing to a Cerb, but I know I would miss the convertible too much.
Do it for you, no-one else... and if the wife's supportive, even better
The euphoria that the car will instill in you will ultimately be reflected on the rest of your family and beautiful harmony will abound
"Not a very practical car for a baby is it"
"It's not for the baby... it's for me."
We have two other perfectly good 2-door but 4-seater cars. We have never had a problem except for being a bit dissapointing that you can't all go out as a family when the sun shines. Even thought of changing to a Cerb, but I know I would miss the convertible too much.
Do it for you, no-one else... and if the wife's supportive, even better
The euphoria that the car will instill in you will ultimately be reflected on the rest of your family and beautiful harmony will abound
Who cares what people think!
However...
I continued to run my Griff for a while after our first sprog came along. If we went anywhere as a family, we had to use the "sensible" car. This meant that the times when me and the wife went out in the Griff together became few and far between. I was only really using the Griff for trackdays, and a Griff makes a very expensive trackday toy.
So I built a kitcar and bought an MPV...
However...
I continued to run my Griff for a while after our first sprog came along. If we went anywhere as a family, we had to use the "sensible" car. This meant that the times when me and the wife went out in the Griff together became few and far between. I was only really using the Griff for trackdays, and a Griff makes a very expensive trackday toy.
So I built a kitcar and bought an MPV...
Been there and still there!
Sophie arrived just over 2 years ago & I upgraded from an S2 to a Chim.
Everybody kept asking where are the back seats etc..
They easily forget that my wife Julia has a 4 seater & I have a 4 seater banger to get to work.
Went the Cerb route after one year of parenthood, but still used the other two cars as family transport.
Now back with Chim & Clarke sprog no.2 due e/o June. First thing the mother-in-law said when she saw it was, yes you've guessed correctly, 'where are the back seats?'
Also get asked the same question whenever I bring the TVR into work.
F**k 'em all I say.
Enjoy it, you have obviously worked hard to get it!
Sophie arrived just over 2 years ago & I upgraded from an S2 to a Chim.
Everybody kept asking where are the back seats etc..
They easily forget that my wife Julia has a 4 seater & I have a 4 seater banger to get to work.
Went the Cerb route after one year of parenthood, but still used the other two cars as family transport.
Now back with Chim & Clarke sprog no.2 due e/o June. First thing the mother-in-law said when she saw it was, yes you've guessed correctly, 'where are the back seats?'
Also get asked the same question whenever I bring the TVR into work.
F**k 'em all I say.
Enjoy it, you have obviously worked hard to get it!
To your own self be true !
You work hard, your Mrs appreciates that and is supportive of you so feck whatever everyone else thinks.
If (big word) they are genuine friends they will be happy for you, the only time you have an issue is if the Mrs thinks its impractical.
That problem can easily be resolved by employment of a good divorce lawyer
You work hard, your Mrs appreciates that and is supportive of you so feck whatever everyone else thinks.
If (big word) they are genuine friends they will be happy for you, the only time you have an issue is if the Mrs thinks its impractical.
That problem can easily be resolved by employment of a good divorce lawyer
If people are telling you that you shouldn't have a Tiv because you've got a baby they are IMHO talking bo11ocks.
I've never understood the logic of the man of the house driving a big empty car all week while Mum has to squeeze the sprogs into a supermini (I'm obviously generalising here). Alternatively she might have a people carrier and he has a smaller car in which case the people carrier probably gets used at the weekends so that his car only ever gets driven round with one seat filled!
I got my S3 in August '02 when my daugher was 10 months old (joined 15 months later by her little brother) and it's my everyday car, with my wife having the family car, which we use at weekends. The main disadvantage, as burriana says, is having to leave the Tiv at home on those sunny weekends, but at least it's a TVR you're leaving behind and not some dull-mobile.
Also, I take my daughter to Tumbletots on Saturday mornings in the S (she's been in it far more than my wife) and she loves it, especially when we accelerate with the roof off. In fact, she loves it so much that when she hears me come home in the evening she has to come out and sit in the car while I put it in the garage, and then she sits on my lap and pretends to drive it. 
I think if you were driving round in a TVR and your family was going hungry that would be selfish, but otherwise get yourself the Tuscan and let your wife have the comfortable family car to use during the week.
You know it makes sense...
I've never understood the logic of the man of the house driving a big empty car all week while Mum has to squeeze the sprogs into a supermini (I'm obviously generalising here). Alternatively she might have a people carrier and he has a smaller car in which case the people carrier probably gets used at the weekends so that his car only ever gets driven round with one seat filled!
I got my S3 in August '02 when my daugher was 10 months old (joined 15 months later by her little brother) and it's my everyday car, with my wife having the family car, which we use at weekends. The main disadvantage, as burriana says, is having to leave the Tiv at home on those sunny weekends, but at least it's a TVR you're leaving behind and not some dull-mobile.
Also, I take my daughter to Tumbletots on Saturday mornings in the S (she's been in it far more than my wife) and she loves it, especially when we accelerate with the roof off.
In fact, she loves it so much that when she hears me come home in the evening she has to come out and sit in the car while I put it in the garage, and then she sits on my lap and pretends to drive it. I think if you were driving round in a TVR and your family was going hungry that would be selfish, but otherwise get yourself the Tuscan and let your wife have the comfortable family car to use during the week.
You know it makes sense...
I had 2 seaters for years and ordered the last one a few months before the birth of our first child (i.e. Mrs Tramp knew she was pregnant at the time and was fully behind my choice - she's a bit of a petrol-head too).
After a year or so of young child I found that although we had another family car (Merc ML) I was doing very little driving in my car as we couldn't all fit in it (I work at home full time so don't go out much on my own). The main issue was, come a sunny summer day, want to go to pub/beach/forest with family and have no choice but to either take two cars or just take the family box and leave the interesting car at home.
Gave in and bought a Cooper-S for a short time which solved the problem but missed a proper car too much. After about 6 months, traded in Mini for Cerbera and everyone's happy. I get to have the interesting car (which Baby Tramp loves) AND we can all go out in it together.
(I love the Cerb but would really rather have had a Tuscan as I have always preferred something you can take the roof off. However, I know now if I did go that route I would rarely get to drive it, particularly on the occasions when I would most want to.).
After a year or so of young child I found that although we had another family car (Merc ML) I was doing very little driving in my car as we couldn't all fit in it (I work at home full time so don't go out much on my own). The main issue was, come a sunny summer day, want to go to pub/beach/forest with family and have no choice but to either take two cars or just take the family box and leave the interesting car at home.
Gave in and bought a Cooper-S for a short time which solved the problem but missed a proper car too much. After about 6 months, traded in Mini for Cerbera and everyone's happy. I get to have the interesting car (which Baby Tramp loves) AND we can all go out in it together.
(I love the Cerb but would really rather have had a Tuscan as I have always preferred something you can take the roof off. However, I know now if I did go that route I would rarely get to drive it, particularly on the occasions when I would most want to.).
buying an expensive sports car...
marrying the right partner...
buying a house....
having kids....
so I'm presuming that you consulted these "friends" before you picked the missus, took them to every house you were going to buy and got their opinion on it and had the wife vetted before you tied the knot - no ? that's right - tell them to bugger off amd mind their own business real friends would be glad for you that you can have these things...
marrying the right partner...
buying a house....
having kids....
so I'm presuming that you consulted these "friends" before you picked the missus, took them to every house you were going to buy and got their opinion on it and had the wife vetted before you tied the knot - no ? that's right - tell them to bugger off amd mind their own business real friends would be glad for you that you can have these things...
and my old mum (bless her) asked me when I turned up in a Purple Cerbera "what do you want a car like that for?" 
... Buy *my* Cerb 
Baby Jam1et is 3 weeks old and has already been in the Griff twice. We have a 4x4 as well though. Lot of people say it isnt practical and ask when I'm going to change the TVR and I usually say "when I can afford a cerb". I drive it quite a bit on my own but it is frustrating when you go out as a family on a nice day and have to take the 4x4. My bro-in-law followed the same route from griff to cerb when his baby arrived and I'm definitely doing the same when the daughter is old enough to fit in the TVR child seat.
Slightly off topic, but can people please stop slagging off 4x4's for no valid reason. They are not really any more enviromentaly damaging than a TVR and take up no more road space than a large saloon. I regularly use it to transport any or all of the following: a family, two dogs, mountain bikes, surfboards, kite buggy, and mountaineering equipment - I couldnt even fit half of that in a people carrier or an estate let alone go off road, so please, lay off.
>> Edited by jam1et on Friday 12th March 15:57
Slightly off topic, but can people please stop slagging off 4x4's for no valid reason. They are not really any more enviromentaly damaging than a TVR and take up no more road space than a large saloon. I regularly use it to transport any or all of the following: a family, two dogs, mountain bikes, surfboards, kite buggy, and mountaineering equipment - I couldnt even fit half of that in a people carrier or an estate let alone go off road, so please, lay off.
>> Edited by jam1et on Friday 12th March 15:57
Jake arrived 5 weeks ago. I've had the Griff for 3 years, Mrs Dan has said she would never make me sell it for the sake of jnr. (bless her).
I have thought about been sensible, and still do have the odd bad day when I think and M5 or S4 Avant might be more suitable (well sort of), however whenever I take the Griff out for a blast I remember why I bought it in the first place, and if it ever does go it will be replaced by a T350 or Sagaris.
My Dad sold a sportscar just before I was born, and while he is still happy he made the right choice (it was their only car at the time), I have never forgiven him!!
I have thought about been sensible, and still do have the odd bad day when I think and M5 or S4 Avant might be more suitable (well sort of), however whenever I take the Griff out for a blast I remember why I bought it in the first place, and if it ever does go it will be replaced by a T350 or Sagaris.
My Dad sold a sportscar just before I was born, and while he is still happy he made the right choice (it was their only car at the time), I have never forgiven him!!
Nizza, I felt that way once a few years back and decided to get responsible. I told my wife that I was going to go into the company car scheme and get a 3 series or something sensible like that (we've got three kids), giving up the Alfa coupe I had at the time.
She looked at me and said 'If I'd known you wanted to drive around in a boring car I wouldn't have married you, and if you get it I'm not coming out in it'. A few years on I've got a Griff that she paid the deposit for as a b'day present.
If your wife loves you driving a Tuscan, then drive a Tuscan and sod everybody else (and count your blessings for having found a real soulmate
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She looked at me and said 'If I'd known you wanted to drive around in a boring car I wouldn't have married you, and if you get it I'm not coming out in it'. A few years on I've got a Griff that she paid the deposit for as a b'day present.
If your wife loves you driving a Tuscan, then drive a Tuscan and sod everybody else (and count your blessings for having found a real soulmate
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