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You'll love it. I've had my MY 03 since October 2002, Midnight Blue, also with Carrera 18". I've just driven home from work and as I was putting the car away in the garage I again found myself thinking that this is definitely my favourite car out of all that I've owned (4 TVRs previously!).
Re running in, ask your dealer what they recommend. From memory AFN told me to keep below 3K for the first 500 miles, and below 4K for the first 2000 miles. Look forward to accelerating hard from 4K to 7K in 3rd gear in a couple of months time!
Re running in, ask your dealer what they recommend. From memory AFN told me to keep below 3K for the first 500 miles, and below 4K for the first 2000 miles. Look forward to accelerating hard from 4K to 7K in 3rd gear in a couple of months time!
Right.
The manual has got the proper advice on running in. Keep it below 4K for 1800 miles. That's a minimum. I tried to keep it below 3 to 3.5 K for the first 500....BUT
DO NOT LET THE ENGINE "LABOUR".
After the official running in period I tried to open it up slowly. I am now at 3300 miles and no problems at all. I am now quite happy to take it up to the red-line - but try to do so only occasionally rather than thrashing the poor bugger. After I've got 4K under its belt I will (personally) be happy to take it on track.
TVR owners are more vigilant than that - but there you go...
Enjoy your car.
And also: if you are new to performance motoring for Christ's sake take it easy for a bit, eh? I've heard far too many horror stories about prangs in the first few weeks for my liking. Far worse amongst TVR owners who have more power and less electronic and mechanical help at their disposal but just the same....enjoy your car...and for as long as possible.
Hope to see you at a meet this year...
ENJOY!
The manual has got the proper advice on running in. Keep it below 4K for 1800 miles. That's a minimum. I tried to keep it below 3 to 3.5 K for the first 500....BUT
DO NOT LET THE ENGINE "LABOUR".
After the official running in period I tried to open it up slowly. I am now at 3300 miles and no problems at all. I am now quite happy to take it up to the red-line - but try to do so only occasionally rather than thrashing the poor bugger. After I've got 4K under its belt I will (personally) be happy to take it on track.
TVR owners are more vigilant than that - but there you go...
Enjoy your car.
And also: if you are new to performance motoring for Christ's sake take it easy for a bit, eh? I've heard far too many horror stories about prangs in the first few weeks for my liking. Far worse amongst TVR owners who have more power and less electronic and mechanical help at their disposal but just the same....enjoy your car...and for as long as possible.
Hope to see you at a meet this year...
ENJOY!
thanks for all the advice guys, will def have to make one of the meets in the not too distant future.
i luckily stumbled on a cancelled order (with almost exactly the spec I wanted). we went in there to buy a 7mth old silver 02 model but it had already been sold, they did however have an 03 artic silver cancellation with metropole blue hood and...
full leather (metropole blue)
sports seats
heated seats
6cd
prof stereo
sat nav
PCM
aluminium bits
wind deflector
turbo alloys (changed for carreras)
painted roll bars and a few other comestic bits
pick it up in 20 mins. and its a sunny sunny day.
now where is that roof button....
i luckily stumbled on a cancelled order (with almost exactly the spec I wanted). we went in there to buy a 7mth old silver 02 model but it had already been sold, they did however have an 03 artic silver cancellation with metropole blue hood and...
full leather (metropole blue)
sports seats
heated seats
6cd
prof stereo
sat nav
PCM
aluminium bits
wind deflector
turbo alloys (changed for carreras)
painted roll bars and a few other comestic bits
pick it up in 20 mins. and its a sunny sunny day.
now where is that roof button....
just driven back home (the long way of course) and the car is absolutely brilliant, can't wait to get the tyres and brakes bedded in and the engine run in.
will take some photos later today, how good a day was this to pick it up, roof down of course.
anyone else taken out the porsche gap insurance that will pay you the difference between the new car cost and the amount the insurance company pay out if the car is a write off or stolen, all for £450 for 3yrs! (i.e. if the car is stolen in 2 1/2 years, then we still get the full car value when NEW! Excellent idea.
will take some photos later today, how good a day was this to pick it up, roof down of course.
anyone else taken out the porsche gap insurance that will pay you the difference between the new car cost and the amount the insurance company pay out if the car is a write off or stolen, all for £450 for 3yrs! (i.e. if the car is stolen in 2 1/2 years, then we still get the full car value when NEW! Excellent idea.
rsvr1000, in your MEMBER PROFILE there's a field called 'Car Picture URL' enter www.aaron.brewer.btinternet.co.uk/my_porker.jpg and it should work!
Got to admit it looks good and thats why we buy them
I dont like silver as its common but I suppose its common because its the best colour in theory.
I wanted to be differant so I ordered yellow. as there arn't as many as silver.Those 18s look the best but what about the ride is it hard so as i'm on a tight budget i got 17s So go get some miles on it and enjoy it you lucky *******Im still waiting
I dont like silver as its common but I suppose its common because its the best colour in theory.
I wanted to be differant so I ordered yellow. as there arn't as many as silver.Those 18s look the best but what about the ride is it hard so as i'm on a tight budget i got 17s So go get some miles on it and enjoy it you lucky *******Im still waiting
18" ride
got to say that i don't think it is hard at all, seems very comfortable and soaks bumps up well, it does try to track the road sometimes but then thats the idea with all that rubber, the idea is its a sports car on sports rubber and may need a little more driving than the fiesta. I love it. Can't wait for tomorrow and when the car gets run in.
A bunch of us are off to the nurburgring soon aswell, should be a top laugh. Anyone?
got to say that i don't think it is hard at all, seems very comfortable and soaks bumps up well, it does try to track the road sometimes but then thats the idea with all that rubber, the idea is its a sports car on sports rubber and may need a little more driving than the fiesta. I love it. Can't wait for tomorrow and when the car gets run in.
A bunch of us are off to the nurburgring soon aswell, should be a top laugh. Anyone?
rsvr1000 said:A bunch of us are off to the nurburgring soon aswell, should be a top laugh. Anyone?
Glad to see you're enjoying your new car. You'll enjoy it even more when it's completed it's run in period.
I'm at the ring 22nd to 25th May, with a load of mates a few of which I've met through Pistonheads (For clarification this is not a Pistonheads organised or sanctioned event). Anyway when are you going, how many in your group, have you been before, know what you're letting yourself in for?
DAZ
>> Edited by dazren (moderator) on Monday 17th March 09:23
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