Would you recommend one?

[npe]

So... i'm looking at cars i can get in my price range and i really fancy a Tuscan.

Currently i haven't really done all that much research, but, from general TVR rumors I was looking to find out how reliable they are. I've currently got a boxster but fancy something completely different, considering i've never been in a TVR, a Tuscan will certainly live up to that.

Any advice?

[Mark A S]

I bought one in June, i had an EVO 8 previously, and at first i thought i was mad, BUT, once you start to drive it hard, there is nooooooooooo looking back, HUGE fun.
If you read lots about them, reliability etc etc, its possible you’d never touch one, if you get a good one, look after it properly, regular TVR specialist service, then they should be fine. I do not use mine every day though, in fact only about once a week, not sure i would want to use every day to commute etc, but i am sure there are many who do.
Even just parked on your property, they make you smile!!
At the price they are now, nothing else comes close to the thrill

[Whitey]

Test drive one. (in the dry!)

Then you will either want one or not.

There is no inbetween!

[WorAl]

npe said:

So... i'm looking at cars i can get in my price range and i really fancy a Tuscan.

Currently i haven't really done all that much research, but, from general TVR rumors I was looking to find out how reliable they are. I've currently got a boxster but fancy something completely different, considering i've never been in a TVR, a Tuscan will certainly live up to that.

Any advice?

Just get a Tiv, make sure its a good one though (do plenty research, took me 18 month to research everything i needed to know), go out enjoy it and you will have to get your stupid grin surgically removed if you have to be seriuos some time

[so called]

I've been driving TVR's as my daily car for about 10 years now.
I have enjoyed my Tasmin, Chimaera and now my Tuscan.
Non have ever let me down except for flat batteries. (3 or 4 weeks in airport car parks).
Thats not to say they have not spent time in the workshop.
The Tuscan has been by far the most expensive as far as maintenance costs but then I never had an engine rebuild before.
My Tuscan is an early 2000 and so I have thrown quite a lot of money at her in the first year.
The second 12 months have cost much less.

It was painfull to let my Chimaera go but the Tuscan is something else. A privelage to own one.
Judging by the fact that there were only about 1750 made (Mk1) and quite a few have been written off, they are only about 1500 left now.
If you go for one, be careful in your selection (I wasnt) and try to keep a cash reserve just in case.

Good luck,
Tony.

[philmcw]

I bought my Tuscan nearly 2 1/2 years ago as a 2nd car "for dry days & W/E only". I'm finding I'm driving it more and more now as it's just soooooooooooooo much fun. Yeh it's cost me a little bit to keep going - but you just have to open the garage door get in and start up and all the worries in the world just fade away as a HUGE grin crosses your face.

Just get one

You wont regret it

There is nothing like them out there anymore and I wouldn't swap mine for anything.

[stillgrinning]

Yes

[nobody important]

Might be buying one in the next 10 minutes. I'm waiting on the phone call to see if the deal I have offered has been accepted.

[WorAl]

nobody important said:

Might be buying one in the next 10 minutes. I'm waiting on the phone call to see if the deal I have offered has been accepted.

good stuff

[Flintstone]

Four and a half hours later.......


Well?

[Cranky Nuts!]

I went from a Lotus Elise to a Boxter that I was only going to keep for a year.... and 5 years later (2008) hitchecd a lift to Le Mans in a Tuscan....Bought a Tuscan S two weeks later and binned the Boxster... No looking back... perminent grin!! Excellent fun... Had it for a couple of months and tracked it alrady...no going back now!!!!! Get in there!!!

[ian_r]

i had second thoughts, but bought one. All is i can say, is buy one, buy one, buy one. Nothing comes close. im currently a mechanic and work on a good few performance cars, 350z, 500bhp skyline etc nd i assure you nothing comes close to a tuscan, and nothing turns heads like it. in short GET ONE

[Shaolin]

Tuscans are a "geddit" thing, you do or you don't.

I love mine even if it's just in the drive not moving. When I park it I circle around it in the car park to see it from all angles. It thrills me when I fire it up in the garage and it echos off the walls, I love the prowling warm up before I can go beyond 3000 rpm and then it's party time!

The principle purpose of a sports car is to make you feel good and my Tuscan does this in spades. People who don't care about cars talk to you about it, people point, stare and give you the thumbs up. It's like you're looking after something on other people's behalf, something that they appreciate and you get to play with.

Then again I am biased.

[da_murphster]

I love the Tuscan BUT its an enthusiasts car - it needs looking after (for me part of the fun)

Don't expect just to get a standard service once a year and that be it...there will be niggles that require the collective geeking of forums like this (or buckets of money)

Do not forget you are getting supercar performance for new golf money - thats why its takes some love to run it.

[TOV!E]

If you are getting one, get the newest you can afford and USE IT, they hate not being driven, the older low mileage ones seem to have the most problems. IMO..........

[Daston]

I agree with the above they need to be used. I got mine and she had 4 shot shocks only after 20k miles due to lack of use. Now is sitting on Racing Reds and gets used as much as possible.

[Whitey]

there is nothing wrong with low mileage as long as it's also well looked after.

[MarkoTVR]

I think everything said so far is golden advice. You may get a few rattles, you may get a few squeaks, you may have to spend a bit more on servicing and running.......but you will grin like an idiot when you open it up on a nice piece of road, you will drive into car parks with the window down so you can hear it echo, you will leave it running longer than you have to just to listen to it, you will stare at it from your house and lose a minute or two, you will have resist an exceptionally smug grins on many, many occasions.

You're buying an experience.

[nobody important]

WorAl said:

nobody important said:

Might be buying one in the next 10 minutes. I'm waiting on the phone call to see if the deal I have offered has been accepted.

good stuff

I bought it.

[Nick. B]

Had my Tuscan S for 2 years now, used everyday in rain, snow and sun???...Never ever looked back, apart to see who/what i've left behind. Very few other cars offer the speed, looks and noise of a Tuscan in full song or sat ticking away, whilst cooling down on your drive.

They are very individual cars, that require a little more to care for them. As was said above, when you find the right one, you will know it! You'll never forget it and nothing will ever compare, hopefully for the right reasons!!