Nice bill for 2 weeks of fun!!
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Ok, don't know if you have been following my progress through first fortnight of TVR ownership which I was nervous about to start with. So she is back in her native Blackpool and being fitted with a recon gearbox, new rear oil seal, slave cylinder, new clutch and bearings oh and starter motor......so that adds up to about £1500 per week not including fuel and purchase of the car! Oh aren't we having fun, just have to break the (about that holiday you wanted to go on) news to her indoors now! Wish me luck
Sounds just like my early days. 
It did improve and like others have said, hang in there
as once sorted, you won't want anything else!
Go create some weather...
It's a road legal Concorde!
Graham
TCR The Cerbera Register
www.TVR-Cerbera.com
It did improve and like others have said, hang in there
as once sorted, you won't want anything else!
Go create some weather...
It's a road legal Concorde!
Graham
TCR The Cerbera Register
www.TVR-Cerbera.com
BigBazza said:
So she is back in her native Blackpool and being fitted with a recon gearbox, new rear oil seal, slave cylinder, new clutch and bearings oh and starter motor......so that adds up to about £1500 per week not including fuel and purchase of the car! Oh aren't we having fun, just have to break the (about that holiday you wanted to go on) news to her indoors now! Wish me luck
TVR Cerbera 4.5 1998 (S)
43,000 miles. 420bhp, Starmist grey, CD, Sports exhaust, Air con, claret and cream leather interior, subwoofer, tracker, 17" alloys, new Bridgestone SO3 tyres, clutch, MOT, FTVRSH, Just had 42k service at APM, loads of receipts, may part ex. No time wasters or canvassers.
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Bazza,
I've added the PH Ad that I think was the car you bought.
If it was, then I have 2 points ;
1. It's 'just had 42K (major ?) service at APM'. I thought Garages had to guarantee their work for a period of time ?
2. The Ad says its just had a new clutch fitted. Unless your recent gearbox fault (severely) damaged the clutch, then why 2 new clutches in a matter of weeks ? (see point 1)
3. Is the previous owner a PH'r and does he/she have any input on this situation ?
4. I know, I only said 2 points, but I'm Numerically dyslexic!
BigBazza said:
Cheers DJ, thats wot i am telling myself and anyone else who will listen!! At the end of the day its an extreme machine, you can't expect it to run and cost the same as a micra!
Baz - there's also a reasonably priced recon gearbox in the classifieds. Presumably you got a good deal on yours?
Great reply tonto, cheers, yes thats her, the clutch is 2/3 worn, pointless leaving it then having it let go on a crucial journey and gearbox out again! the "Just" had 42k service was in mileage terms not time so it was over 6 months ago, all of which I knew but was blinded by her beauty!! lol
Anyway I am looking on bright side, going away for a few days and yippee have to take the wifes diesel Nissan X-trail....I just hope I don;t see any Cerbies out playing while i'm away
Anyway I am looking on bright side, going away for a few days and yippee have to take the wifes diesel Nissan X-trail....I just hope I don;t see any Cerbies out playing while i'm away
BigBazza said:
I am trying to find the details for the seller, it deffo does say new clutch in ad, but other than that I am on my own with the cost i think!
I wasn't intending to imply that the seller hadn't replaced the clutch or he/she was to blame in any way. However, I would imagine that given the elapsed amount of time and the miles covered the garage that installed the clutch may be able to contribute to the replacement (perhaps it was a dodgy batch of clutches or that one wasn't fitted correctly?).
BigBazza said:
I am trying to find the details for the seller, it deffo does say new clutch in ad, but other than that I am on my own with the cost i think!
Bazza
did you buy the car from a guy with a garden centre/nursery just north of Watford near junction of M1 and M25? If so, I think I looked at this one before I bought mine...
cheers
sean
PS I use APM for mine, and Andy's a top bloke. Worth giving him a call as he'll probably remember the car and might be able to shed some more lght on its condition when he had it in last. He's on 07740 723673
Thanks Beemer, this guy was from near Maidstone, I rang Andy @ APM before I bought the car, he said from his recollection it was a good honest car but he had only seen it once to service it at 42k All the history for the car is at home so i'll have to wait till then to look up the clutch fitters....despite it all I love the car to bits, she is one seriously sexy animal....my Mrs asked me if I was turning into the devil, and I replied that I probably was!! 
>> Edited by BigBazza on Wednesday 29th October 15:01
>> Edited by BigBazza on Wednesday 29th October 15:01
TBH £20k was too much for me for a private sale. I worked on the basis that I would have to sell my car privately rather than PX it, with the associated hassle and length of time, get a WH warranty (~£500) and an inspection, and still there would be no comeback on the seller if there was anything wrong.
I was happy with £20k from a dealer, or around £18k private and the one you've bought was just too much.
I was happy with £20k from a dealer, or around £18k private and the one you've bought was just too much.
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