Insurance Question - REd Rose and the 'S'

[slythgoe]

Hi

I'm trying to get a 2000/01 Tuscan at the moment and I've been looking at a few with upgrades and one in Edinburgh which is a W reg 'S' model.

Can anyone tell me where to get the best insurance for a car in london and how/if you declare this information to the insurer?

Also if anyone knows any good examples:

I'm looking for a Tuscan 4.0 with:
under 15k miles
Colour: dark blue, green, silver, or titanium
Max price £26k
ideally Red Rose.

[cdd]

I have mine up for sale in the classifieds section of pistonheads.com.

www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=21067&s=2

I have owned it since June last year and it still has 3 months warranty remaining and you can get extra warranty if required. I have personally never had a problem with it and i have to say do not want to sell except for a young addition to the family.

It had the engine rebuilt by TVR in November 2002 and has had all the early problems sorted out.

It runs beautifully and i have to say the picture does not do the colour combination justice.

I know it is my car but can honestly say that it is a beautiful example and would have no hesitation selling it to a friend as i know that it is a well put together Tuscan.

[j_s_g]

slythgoe said:

I'm trying to get a 2000/01 Tuscan at the moment and I've been looking at a few with upgrades and one in Edinburgh which is a W reg 'S' model.

Given the age, surely that isn't an 'S' then? A Red Rose with 'S' front splitter & rear spoiler, maybe. Were there not chassis changes between the two, as well?

[slythgoe]

yes think you're probably right, but the guy on the phone said it was. Guess he meant it wa a Red Rose upgrade... however following latest phone call, it's not.

The cars is in Edinburgh and it's Graphite and red leather interior - it's about £2k more than another I've seen in blue, but the colours gorgeous, anyone have any thoughts on whether colour helps a car with resale value?

[Colin Gibson]

Probably a genuine mistake as my
2000 model also says Tuscan S on
the V5.

Col.

[j_s_g]

slythgoe said:

yes think you're probably right, but the guy on the phone said it was. Guess he meant it wa a Red Rose upgrade... however following latest phone call, it's not. The cars is in Edinburgh and it's Graphite and red leather interior - it's about £2k more than another I've seen in blue, but the colours gorgeous, anyone have any thoughts on whether colour helps a car with resale value?

Colour generally helps with speed of sale, but not positively with price. Maybe a few hundred quid (especially if it's a chameleon). It can negatively affect price, though. Think pantone violet! Bad colours'll take longer to sell, too. Graphite would be easy-ish to touch up stone-chips on, though...

[j_s_g]

Colin Gibson said:

Probably a genuine mistake as my 2000 model also says Tuscan S on the V5. Col.

Hmmmm, surely you'd know what your car was though, unless you were conned? (False advertising and all)

[j_s_g]

Colin Gibson said:

Probably a genuine mistake as my 2000 model also says Tuscan S on the V5.

Colin, is yours a standard Tuscan, or a Red Rose? My RR says "Tuscan S" on the V5. Anybody else?

It's quite handy, actually, as I plan on having all of the Tuscan S mods done to it, anyway.

[R666 TUS]

No mine is a standard Tuscan as far
as I know, but it does say "S" on
the V5.

Col.

[R666 TUS]

As a matter of interest though what
did the RR have over the standard model.

Col.

[j_s_g]

R666 TUS said:

As a matter of interest though what did the RR have over the standard model.

Uprated brakes, height-adjustable suspension, and the higher-output engine (uprated cams, etc).

Although many non-RR cars have the brakes & suspension mods now, anyway.

[burriana500]

slythgoe said:

and it's Graphite and red leather interior - it's about £2k more than another I've seen in blue, but the colours gorgeous, anyone have any thoughts on whether colour helps a car with resale value?

Question is, do you want to pay 8% more for a drop dead gorgeous colour over a more normal colour scheme? ... I would ... but wouldn't necessarily expect it back when I changed the car.

[powerlord]

yup, I've seen quite a few tuscans in the last few weeks in my hunt for a 2000 one.

All the ones I've seen say 'Tuscan S' or 'Tuscan Sports' in the V5.

It's just what it's been registered with clearly with DVLC. Not an S. As you say, they didn't exist then.

I wouldn't expect RR to appear on the V5, any more than aircon, full leather or 18s.. it's just options. You could, after all get RR retro fitted.