Does anyone know this Cerbera?

[gtrust]

Seems to have been up for a while thinking of going to take a look at it.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

[Alistair H.]

Not seen the car, but I do know the seller. James only has top notch cars so I doubt you will be disappointed.

Top lurking by the way..1 post in 105 Months!

[RAFsmoggy]

Price is a bit steep, what is the mileage of the total car besides the engine ie G/box, diff ,clutch etc?

[gtrust]

Thanks, lurking for a long time as I was on the lotus forums but that love affair has ended, now looking for the replacement

[TheRainMaker]

Probably just down to the bonnet tbh.

[gtrust]

What's wrong with the bonnet?

[Jhonno]

The scoop..

That has or should have a fresh chassis on it as well.. Was up for 10k before (from the same seller) needing the chassis sorting. A quick glance at the description I am surprised there is no mention of a fresh fully sorted chassis.

[RFC1]

Jhonno said:

The scoop..

That has or should have a fresh chassis on it as well.. Was up for 10k before (from the same seller) needing the chassis sorting. A quick glance at the description I am surprised there is no mention of a fresh fully sorted chassis.

you not thinking about this one Jhonno..
.http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/classifieds/used-cars/tvr/cerbera/tvr-cerbera-4-5/2217838

[Jhonno]

Oops.. Yup! My bad..

[shake n bake]

That scoop makes me a sad panda.

[robsco]

RAFsmoggy said:

Price is a bit steep, what is the mileage of the total car besides the engine ie G/box, diff ,clutch etc?

Not really, a dealer sold car with the flagship engine, recent engine rebuild and full retrim? If the chassis is solid, it's too cheap.

[Tirus]

Wonder why its not been "Snapped" up & still for sale then ???

I see a few still hanging around that are no doubt Good cars just overpriced , or they would be sold

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

Was a forum memeber , good car but they (Shmoo) are to optimistic, it will sell but not at these price's.


Mine went but took awhile , I guess the dealers have the benefit of offering finance where needed Plus a warranty...

Edited by Tirus on Sunday 1st June 12:23

[Jimbolian]

Don't know the car, but James resells cars from Central TVR. They have certainly done most if not all of the work ( certainly the scoop ) give Adrian a call, he's bound to know the history.

[robsco]

Tirus said:

Wonder why its not been "Snapped" up & still for sale then ???

I see a few still hanging around that are no doubt Good cars just overpriced , or they would be sold

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

Was a forum memeber , good car but they (Shmoo) are to optimistic, it will sell but not at these price's.


Mine went but took awhile , I guess the dealers have the benefit of offering finance where needed Plus a warranty...

Edited by Tirus on Sunday 1st June 12:23

Waiting for the right buyers I suppose, they are not Fiestas. I suspect that the silver isn't helping the 4.2, I think a lot of potential TVR buyers like a lairier colour.

[gtrust]

I'm sure this has been done to death but buying without a rebuilt engine and paying 23-25k from shmoo or str8six does that make any sense? If the 4.2/4.5 is a late model and well maintained is that something that can be relied upon? Same question goes for no clutch upgrade or exhaust headers. Str8six seems to suggest most of the issues had been ironed out of the later vehicles.

[gtrust]

Like everyone I guess I'm looking for a car that has been properly sorted so the chances of big bills are reduced, although I'm not naive enough to think any car will be cheap to run. I'm happy to pay a premium for the privilege but struggling to understand the mkt pricing. The tvr mads one has a rebuilt 4.5 but is £21, the schmo and str8six are more but with original engines.

[TheRainMaker]

You are paying for the warranty on the Stri8six car.

Which btw would be honoured if you needed it.

[gtrust]

Makes sense but would I be better with a rebuilt engine that should last longer than a factory engine ever would.

[jackwibble]

Knock two grand off to replace that carbuncle bonnet looks like a bloody Scooby it's just wrong sir!

[TheRainMaker]

gtrust said:

Makes sense but would I be better with a rebuilt engine that should last longer than a factory engine ever would.

Don't know if this will help you but, my Cerb is a 2002 with 62000 miles on it now.

It has not had the engine rebuilt.
It has only had one clutch @45000 miles.
It does not have any clutch upgrades.
It is still on the original exhaust headers.
It has had a set of Nitrons.

The car is looked after by stri8six and everything they put on the list of things to get sorted gets done.