Bloody Kids!
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Mark.

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11,104 posts

302 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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So there I was in the Cerbera, burbling along enjoying some late afternoon sun when I pass a bunch of school kids.

TVR! Shouts one of them, I have a wry smile to myself

TUSCAN! He follows up with rage

FFS - what DO they teach kids at school these days!?

Macey

1,326 posts

219 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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tongue out. biglaugh

Don1

16,635 posts

234 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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50%. Must try harder. hehe

Andy Pandie

1,165 posts

235 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Unforgivable, must be that south coast education system, either that or he was telling you what you should have bought wink

QBee

22,289 posts

170 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Are you quite sure you heard Tuscan, not Tos###? ears

330p4

668 posts

256 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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They must do better Tuscan much better looking LOL
Ian

Mark.

Original Poster:

11,104 posts

302 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Bloody hell, spiteful lot in tonight! hehe

QBee

22,289 posts

170 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Nah, just jealous. My Chimaera is away having some mods done, and my ideal TVR would be a Cerbera convertible. All that fresh air, and so much less likely to swap ends on track days thanks to the longer wheelbase.

Mark.

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11,104 posts

302 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Been using it as a daily this week and it's been really nice.
Such a pussy cat if you need it to be, will purr along at 30 in 5th so traffic is easy, also will roll along in first on tick over sweetly too, but when the gap develops it's off like a raving loon, unlike the Chimaera which seems to need a little more coaxing at slow speeds and with the lazy V8 sort of wakes up wondering what's going on when you hit the loud pedal before howling off in to the distance.

QBee

22,289 posts

170 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Mine's a 300 bhp/330 torques V8D 5 litre with a stealth cam, so takes off in any gear like someone just stabbed it in the arse. I was driving back from seeing a friend in Shropshire with a 6 litre LS Griff yesterday. I was in my sure footed Audi, and came over the Cat and Fiddle and through the Peak District, and kept seeing Chimaera sized overtaking spaces.......felt like I would have been home half an hour quicker in the right car. driving

Mark.

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11,104 posts

302 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Yes I know your is quite different to mine, a real beast. Must be so much fun having that power in a car like the Chimaera. Mines just standard 4.0 so not really quick at all by modern standards, but with the roof down on the right day it can't be beaten. Don't think I could be without it now.

QBee

22,289 posts

170 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Mine was a 4 litre originally. Loved every minute in it. Great car. If I didn't do track days I wouldn't have changed it. Nothing quite like a Chimaera, roof down, sunny day.

Alun450

12,424 posts

175 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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But there's nothing on earth as good looking as a Cerbera.

Anthony it'll soon be back,another mod ticked off the list!

I was like a dog who'd lost his bone when my car was being operated on !!

Kids, there's a teenager who works in the local chippy, always asks me about Tvr's

I always get a good portion with a nod and a wink. Lol.

Question Cerbera owners,
Does it get really hot in the summer.
I just take the top off but I've often wondered how you guys get on.
Ok another question do you stay dry, do you have soggy carpets.
I'm not sureTvr could seal a puncture, I thought they leaked even with a solid roof?

Cerbera ultimate Tvr and history will prove it. Definitive!

Did I say I like them. !!!! Lol


bad company

21,740 posts

292 months

Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Alun450 said:
But there's nothing on earth as good looking as a Cerbera.
Except of course a Chim which we all know is much prettier. whistle

Mark.

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11,104 posts

302 months

Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Alun450 said:
Kids, there's a teenager who works in the local chippy, always asks me about Tvr's

I always get a good portion with a nod and a wink. Lol.
The local chippie by me was run by a kid who was always telling me his mates VW Golf was much quicker than my TVR as he had spent 10k on the engine. It kind of made the queue laugh what I said - Maybe it is, but it cost him 10K and you can't polish a turd.

Alun450 said:
Question Cerbera owners,
Does it get really hot in the summer.
I just take the top off but I've often wondered how you guys get on.
Ok another question do you stay dry, do you have soggy carpets.
I'm not sureTvr could seal a puncture, I thought they leaked even with a solid roof?
Not sure about summer temps - if it's a warm day I always take the Chimaera wink
And on crisp winter days the Chimaera comes out too
But it doesn't leak at all.



QBee

22,289 posts

170 months

Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Catching the 10.55 train to go and fetch my car back. Sensible option would have been to go on Saturday. Sine when has sensible been in the same sentence as TVR? Can't wait until Saturday.

robsco

7,875 posts

202 months

Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Mark. said:
So there I was in the Cerbera, burbling along enjoying some late afternoon sun when I pass a bunch of school kids.

TVR! Shouts one of them, I have a wry smile to myself

TUSCAN! He follows up with rage

FFS - what DO they teach kids at school these days!?
I had the complete opposite Mark, heard a pal tell his mates "look at that, a TVR Cerbera!", when I was in the old Tuscan. At least they still know TVR; the knowledge can be fine tuned through experience but the foundations are there!

Mark.

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11,104 posts

302 months

Thursday 23rd January 2014
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robsco said:
I had the complete opposite Mark, heard a pal tell his mates "look at that, a TVR Cerbera!", when I was in the old Tuscan. At least they still know TVR; the knowledge can be fine tuned through violence experience but the foundations are there!
Fixed that for ya! biggrin