Should I Buy One?!

[chugger]

Hello all,

Well,usual thing,after a bit of advice on the pro's and con's of buying a Cerb. Have been hunting down TVR's for the best part of 2 months now and flitting back and forth between a Chim and Cerb on what to buy, just can't decide! Help!!

Thanks

Chug

[gazzab]

If it is your first very very very fast car and your first TVR then I would suggest a chimp or even better a Griff as your entry point.
Cheaper to run and easier to live with and easier to sell on.
If you really want a car that will scare you, is totally OTT, will play with your head, wallet and heart then go for a cerb.

[TJW]

Cerb Cerb Cerb Cerb

[dc53]

What he said "CERB CERB CERB CERB "

[chugger]

have any of you found there to be much of a difference in insurance bewtween a Chimp and Cerbera,or are they about the same?

[_DeeJay_]

dc53 said:

What he said "CERB CERB CERB CERB "

Seems the Cerbs will impress the school kids more

I'd listen to Gazza - Cerb's aren't the best first TVR. I'd get a 4.5 Cerb/5.0 Griff, then progress to a Cerb later on if you feel the urge.
If there's any doubt you can't afford 3k per year, then get a Rv8 car.

D

edited to add: Insurance, about the same (Cerb a tad more maybe). That's unless you get an older Chim/Griff which may qualify for classic insurance.

Edited by _DeeJay_ on Thursday 20th July 16:33

[big_treacle]

Have you driven them yet? Aside from the the fact that one's hardtop & the other is convertible, Cerbs and Chims are very different.
Both are a great choice. Remember that Black Cerbs are the fastest though

[gbbird]

go for a Cerb - you know you want to really.

The Cerb was my first foray into TVRs and into fast cars for that matter (having pootled around in a 15 year old Scirocco before), so you will be fine. The car is only scary if you do not drive it with respect.

[oggs]

Chimps are found in a zoo

TVR CHIM is what you should be looking at

[dc53]

my dad only just brought a cerbera because he got bored of the chim and so did i.If you get in a cerb you will see why they are so much better than a chim.
And if you buy either one make sure it's yellow there the fastest TVR's around as my site proves

[Cerb-Zero]

Hi Chug,

I bought my first TVR last year (4L Chim) and IMHO this was the best way to enter TVR ownership. Still swift enough and yet relatively inexpensive to maintain, it provided everything non-TVR owners imagine driving a TVR is about - noise, drama, involvement and fun.

Earlier this year, I moved onto a Cerb 4.5 and how very different it is to. Much, much quicker and nimbler, but also a much more complex, expensive machine to run. The Cerb provides 110% of the good old TVR excitement when driving and for me, is a 'purer' driving machine. It also attracts A LOT more attention

Suggest you go for a spin in both, if you haven't done so already.

Whichever you decide to go for, you won't have any regrets if you really are a petrol-head like me!

Happy hunting,

C-Z.

[_DeeJay_]

dc53 said:

my dad only just brought a cerbera because he got bored of the chim and so did i.If you get in a cerb you will see why they are so much better than a chim.
And if you buy either one make sure it's yellow there the fastest TVR's around as my site proves

It's not really that easy. I did sit in Cerb, every day for about a year (and a Griff before that and a t350c after that...). They're all completed different cars and have pros and cons.

[johnbear]

Yes buy one. But go in with your eye widen open and a stack full of cash in reserve. There's highs and lows but it's still worth every penny or thousands of pennies!

If the cash reserve doesn't exist, save and return another day.

[cossiemetro]

go for it i was lucky as i got a faster blue model

[dc53]

cossiemetro said:

go for it i was lucky as i got a faster blue model

do you have specially developed blue paint,because there is no way that the blue is faster than the yellow

[gbbird]

dc53 said:

cossiemetro said:

go for it i was lucky as i got a faster blue model

do you have specially developed blue paint,because there is no way that the blue is faster than the yellow

Hear Hear!!!

[marcus1970]

chugger said:

Hello all,

Well,usual thing,after a bit of advice on the pro's and con's of buying a Cerb. Have been hunting down TVR's for the best part of 2 months now and flitting back and forth between a Chim and Cerb on what to buy, just can't decide! Help!!

Thanks

Chug

Don't be surprised if it breaks down - so do Astons - ask Prince Charles. Its not a BMW or a Merc or a Porsche - quality wise, but you will always be ten steps ahead performace and style wise. Everybody, I mean every last one of everybody, loves a cerb...trust me ...


MB

[2DOGS]

dc53 said:

cossiemetro said:

go for it i was lucky as i got a faster blue model

do you have specially developed blue paint,because there is no way that the blue is faster than the yellow

There's teflon in the blue paint to stop drag, you must get a blue/magnolia one otherwise it will seem sluggish.

started my tvr life with a 4.5l Cerb and it was an amazing car. I now have a Taraka 500 Chim - also an amazing car in a different way. The cerb was a pain to drive around and park in town but the popping and banging made up for that. The chim is an easier "jump in and drive" car. It depends really on how you are going to use it....

Edited by spants on Friday 21st July 00:05

[headcase]

said:

started my tvr life with a 4.5l Cerb and it was an amazing car. I now have a Taraka 500 Chim - also an amazing car in a different way. The cerb was a pain to drive around and park in town but the popping and banging made up for that. The chim is an easier "jump in and drive" car. It depends really on how you are going to use it....

Edited by spants on Friday 21st July 00:05

Whats a Tarka Chim, is it the same as a cerb only it's a little (H)otter?

Sorry, couldnt resist.

Edited by headcase on Friday 21st July 07:51

Edited by headcase on Friday 21st July 07:52