20 Years Today

[notaping]

20 years ownership today.



Best 12k I've ever spent. Err! - forget the cost of the resto. Every journey's still a hoot.

Monday's trip. Only grounded it 3 times (on 3 ferries)

[Robscim]

notaping said:

20 years ownership today.



Best 12k I've ever spent. Err! - forget the cost of the resto. Every journey's still a hoot.

Monday's trip. Only grounded it 3 times (on 3 ferries)

Congratulations!!! I'm about 3 months ahead of you!!! In fact there are a number of us on here that bought about 20 years ago.

As to whether it was a good buy - the fact that we still have the car says it all!!!

And if you're ever in doubt, just go for a "gentle" drive!!!

I presume you'll be having a party for the car?

Cheers

Rob

[FarmyardPants]

It'll be 20 years for me next March. I've added 70k smile-filled miles in that time

[porterpainter]

Congratulations!

[Flatplane8]

Congrats, they do tend to stick with the right people. Im 22 years and 95k miles with mine, though it’s currently in bits….

[ukkid35]

I bought mine 14 years ago

I thought I'd bought a car, in fact I'd aquired an all consuming hobby, that rarely worked

But when it does... It's truely sublime

[notaping]

Cheers all.

No party, but I did raise a glass, and many presents throughout the year, including - ACT big bore system, new condenser and recommissioned A/C after a hawk took off from some road kill just as I was passing and smashed the number plate and punctured the old condenser. The Cerb did win the overall battle though. - and finally refurbed wheels.

All in all, she did pretty well this year. So far.

[Granturadriver]

So 20 years ago was a Cerbera thing? Congrats! Bought my T350c five years later...

[Byker28i]

19 years for me in 3 days time

[TR4man]

notaping said:

20 years ownership today.



Best 12k I've ever spent. Err! - forget the cost of the resto. Every journey's still a hoot.

Monday's trip. Only grounded it 3 times (on 3 ferries)

Just being nosy, did you buy it based purely on the eBay advert or did you view it in person? Quite a gamble if you didn’t view it, but luck was clearly on your side if you still have it.

[camel_landy]

I had to go and look on my V5... Apparently it's a little over 15yrs for me!!

Never fails to bring a smile to my face.

M

[SimonKD]

20yrs 3mths 2days for me but who's counting?

Driven 75K miles and spent around £75K on Her in all that time. Looking over past receipts makes an interesting read but every penny spent is absolutely worth it

It's a good job you get as many "Smiles per Mile" as you do in a Cerb

Here's to the next 20K miles and years, if I'm still able to drive Her by then

Simon

Edited by SimonKD on Tuesday 29th July 13:32

[Mr Cerbera]

ukkid35 said:

I bought mine 14 years ago

I thought I'd bought a car, in fact I'd aquired an all consuming hobby, that rarely worked

But when it does... It's truely sublime

So true, Mate

Yup Gordon , Aug 20 will be my 20th year since bringing BlackBeauty © over with me on that fateful EuroTunnel trip.
So much more enjoyable, rewarding and interesting than any other car I've owned.
Even though she's been on Axle Stands for a ? of the life that she's spent with me, we've still clocked 70K together.
Thank you, Peter, for your insanity

Edited by Mr Cerbera on Tuesday 29th July 14:43

[Mr Cerbera]

Oi !

Never, in all my days, have I seen a better excuse for a group of owners to meet up !

Lux or GB ?

[notaping]

That could be quite a journey for those on the edge of the world Paul

But what I'm getting from all these posts is that most long term owners purchased the Cerb with the intention of keeping it for a long time - whatever issues may pop up. It all adds to the drama of owning a Cerbera/TVR. And what a drama!

"Quite a gamble" - the thought never entered my head.

G.

[Mr Cerbera]

notaping said:

That could be quite a journey for those on the edge of the world Paul

G.

Sandweiler -> Strathclyde = 14 hours, Gordon.

Got any circuits nearby ?

The conversations of our journeys there will take care of the first day's nattering

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ETA

Luxair will be introducing a direct flight to Edinburgh next summer
so The Festival sounds a doubly-good excuse

Edited by Mr Cerbera on Thursday 31st July 13:41

[Toadusmodus]

25 years for me come December.

[Gazzab]

28 years of TVRs in Jan this year. 17 years with current Cerbera but 24 years since 1st Cerbera.

[notaping]

Toadusmodus said:

25 years for me come December.

Respect sir. Well done. That raises the question - if the first customer cars were in 1996 - how many of those owners do you think still own the car? It can't be many.

Mine has a chassis marked "6 12 96" which I take to be the date, but it wasn't registered 'til '97. Two more years 'til it's 30th

[Toadusmodus]

notaping said:

Respect sir. Well done. That raises the question - if the first customer cars were in 1996 - how many of those owners do you think still own the car? It can't be many.

I would hazard a guess at not very many/none!