http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/tvr/cerbera

[gutu12]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...

Don't want to be too harsh but

Edited by gutu12 on Wednesday 3rd April 21:01

[jackwibble]

Colour ok but lose the spoiler please! Very cheap ?? WHY ??
I would be very wary it needs a thorough check out.

[450Nick]

Looks like a great deal to me?? Would only cost a couple of quid to remove the wing and the rest looks great..

[Supateg]

A cerbera is like an iceberg

1/3 looks pretty that everyone sees
2/3 hidden & does the damage! - to the wallet in the cerbs case

Chassis pic's ?

[aww999]

Random engine rebuild at 16,000 miles? Is that usual on a V8?

[jamieduff1981]

No it's not usual for a V8. Sometimes accidents happen though. It's probably an alright car overall, but I think you'd need to assume that the car was going to cost you £14k like all the other good ones in the end.

Just look at the Wheeler Dealers one which also cost around £8k. Tur8o's was advertised at £8k with known outrigger problems but everything else in good nick. Similar timescale for a sale as the WD car too - "I'm out of the country this week so buy please!"

In the absence of some song and dance about how good the chassis is, I'd assume it needed work. Same goes for the springs and dampers. If they're original, they'll be goosed. If they were replaced, you'd tell someone. If the car was not already a Cat D I wouldn't mind taking a risk on it knowing that it will probably need cash spent, but whilst being an insurance loss or not isn't the be all and end all there's still a stigma to it so I'd rather spend that on one without a marker on the VOSA/DVLA databases personally.

[GT6k]

You really can't tell without going and having a look.

[cerb4.5lee]

aww999 said:

Random engine rebuild at 16,000 miles? Is that usual on a V8?

Fairly I would say I had mine done at 19,000 miles aswell.

[Byker28i]

Easy enough, you've got the registration, call Austec.

Could be the bargain of the century

[h16abl]

i wish my 4.2 did 198mph and 0-60 in 3.8sec

[FUBAR]

I wonder if this is the one that had the shocking green interior (as there are no shots of the inside in the ad). Austec had that one in and out a few times. Would the early chocolate cranks have made it as far as 1998?

Great colour though (although confirms my thoughts that I don't like black wheels on yellow cars)