Driving my new Chimaera

[Bob Falfa]

I've driven some fast cars in my time but none quite like this. Everybody's been warning me how dangerous they can be, that I've got to drive them "with respect" and that if I'm not careful in the wet then it will "bite me on the bum!"

An experienced TVR dealer told me that he'd sold one car to a customer, who wiped out the entire back end 1 minute after leaving the dealership, because he'd booted it under some trees that had dripped sap on the road!

So - apart from the usual black ice, cats that run out in front, and trees-heavy with sap, what else should I look out for? Is it mainly the back end that steps out? Or is there anything else I should be watching for?

[Bob Falfa]

leadfootlydon said:

It has been a month since this thread started. And it has been wet.

Have you found out yet?

Well I haven't had it sideways yet. Little bit skittish coming out of a junction the morning after a downpour.

The noise is orgasmic - makes my mates rally spec MkII Escort sound like a teenager with asthma. But what really gets me is the acceleration. There's a short blast of three land motorway between town and where we live. Coming on to the sliproad I nailed it. Before I knew it I was doing over a ton in the outside lane and having to do some fancy manuvering so's not to miss my junction!

Only faults so far are a little bit of vibration through the steering wheel at speed, and the alarm keeps going off. Oh, and people keep asking me how many miles to the gallon it does. I just reply: "0-60 4.8 seconds."