I've got balls of steel, apparently
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Called into a "Specialist Cars" garage yesterday as I was passing to see what specialist cars they might have for sale.
Turns out that other than a modern version of the 911 in the window and an SLK type thing, the rest were mainly big 4x4s, overweight German saloons and estates etc.
Turning to leave, the young(ish) sales guy came out offering assistance. I said I was more into Lotus, Caterham and TVR and he set off on a tirade of abuse about TVR, how they were unreliable, needed regular engine rebuilds, badly made and he couldn't see the point in such a dangerous car that would spin its wheels at 60mph.
So then I said I had owned 3 of them in the past.
Response "Well you must have balls of steel"
I left, not sure whether to laugh or cry at the ignorance and his idea that the overweight, over priced barges on his forecourt were special.
Turns out that other than a modern version of the 911 in the window and an SLK type thing, the rest were mainly big 4x4s, overweight German saloons and estates etc.
Turning to leave, the young(ish) sales guy came out offering assistance. I said I was more into Lotus, Caterham and TVR and he set off on a tirade of abuse about TVR, how they were unreliable, needed regular engine rebuilds, badly made and he couldn't see the point in such a dangerous car that would spin its wheels at 60mph.
So then I said I had owned 3 of them in the past.
Response "Well you must have balls of steel"
I left, not sure whether to laugh or cry at the ignorance and his idea that the overweight, over priced barges on his forecourt were special.
What is the difference between driving the modern German sports cars (911, SLK) and a TVR?
The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
TopVpowerRoadste said:
What is the difference between driving the modern German sports cars (911, SLK) and a TVR?
The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
With ref to your comment on driving skills, I take it you've never driven a rear wheel drive 911 turbo?The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
TVRMs said:
TopVpowerRoadste said:
What is the difference between driving the modern German sports cars (911, SLK) and a TVR?
The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
With ref to your comment on driving skills, I take it you've never driven a rear wheel drive 911 turbo?The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
DonkeyApple said:
TVRMs said:
TopVpowerRoadste said:
What is the difference between driving the modern German sports cars (911, SLK) and a TVR?
The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
With ref to your comment on driving skills, I take it you've never driven a rear wheel drive 911 turbo?The first ones: you drive them.
The TVR: you have fun driving them and you improve your driving skills. Above all, you can service them yourself (at least the series S and chimaera, no fency electronic devices needed) at reasonable costs.
TVRMs said:
LOL, missed the word modern...but it's a relative term. A 2006 996 GT2 Turbo is lots of fun without the spoily bits !! I was refering only to the driving bit too and not the home servicing
I drove the turbo version that came after the 993(if that was the model that's the last of the air cooled?) back from Germany. It was a monumental car. Amusingly the 4.3bv Griff was quicker off the lights (more because I'd had the Griff a decade and pretty much perfected the traffic light GP, but after 60 the 911 just marched away with no respite. It was as startling to drive in terms of just how utterly forgiving and grippy as well as performance as an M5 I hurled through France a few years back.
The conclusion I did come to with both cars though was that firstly there was absolutely no emotion felt when you opened the garage door and gazed upon such a mass produced, robot built lump of amazing engineering but secondly, both were just too fast to have the kind of fun on UK roads that you have with a Tiv. Oh, and thirdly, dreading the kind of greasy scrotes you'd have to converse with when the car needed a service or repair.
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