Low speed traffic

[julesby]

drove home today and the traffic was slow, quite a beast to drive slow, quite lumpy. is this characteristic of 4.2s. if you crawl at say 10mph its up down up down...........not misfiring but feels like it just wants to go.

[carl_w]

Agreed. It's not the best in traffic. And, on mine anyway, as the temperature gauge heads towards 100 there's always that doubt about whether the fans will come on or not

[julesby]

my fans work fine, and despite reading other postings on here i cannot fault the car in any way...apart from the speed the windows work. my other car is a jag s type with all the gizmos and its seems a world apart, but the cerbie is 300x better to play with.

[carl_w]

My fans work fine too. But the nature of TVRs, the fact that the gauge gets to 100 and the plumes of heat rising from the bonnet always get me worried...

[julesby]

i think its like kids, you love em so much your worried about them getting hurt!! if anyone goes near mine ive a watchful eye......paranoia.. been looking for a cerbie for so long and now ive found a gooden its my baby..

[sethlj]

julesby - I have been lurking on the outside of this forum for the last few weeks and watching the posts.

Reading between the lines of all of your recent stuff you are absolutely loving the whole Cerbera thing.

I am hoping to buy a Cerb in the next few weeks and I just hope that I get the same excitement that you have.

Watch this space!

Seth.

[julesby]

loving is an understatement. i wish i bought one sooner. dont delay mate go get one but look carefully.

[carl_w]

Julesby -- get some pictures of yours in your profile ASAP! We know it's BRG, but what colour is the interior?

Personally, I wanted a light interior but ended up with black and green. I guess it shows the dirt less.

[julesby]

Mine birkdale green outside with full immaculate biscuit leather inside, and full leven gearing which looks sweet as a nut. will photo all at weekend and upload. are there any other cerbies local to me?

[mystery tramp]

I'm in Wellow (nr. Romsey) so not too far.

[julesby]

Brought up in romsey and used to go to the rover in wellow as a nipper, hows yr sp6? do you go out in it much.

[mystery tramp]

I absolutely love the car (swapped my Mini for it a few months ago - credit cards are a marvellous invention) ... try to use it every day but it's often just a few miles on the school run or a quick trip into Southampton.

[julesby]

i intend to use mine everyday and can see the jag going, think they behave a lot better if they use them...tho if it snows i might chicken out and steal the wifes car!!! she'll have to walk

[mystery tramp]

That's pretty much been my philosophy - always take the cerb unless it's raining hard and/or dark or involves driving 100s motorway miles, in which case use wife's dullmobile.

... oh yeah, or if it involves parking somewhere dodgy.

[julesby]

parking......oh yeah. went to the inlaws on way home tonight to pick up my eldest son (aged 8, pulled up...switched off and pressed the cute little door open button....couldnt get out because the kerb was too high and the door wouldnt open....had a little chuckle, restarted and parked by a dropped kerb. need to watch this in future, just another owner trick.

[trooper1212]

anyway, back to the subject

The bucking and hesitation at low speeds is caused by either the throttle pots needing to be replaced, or something is worn in the throttle linkage, or a combination of the two.

Both cheap to fix.

[johnmckenzie]

trooper1212 said:

The bucking and hesitation at low speeds is caused by either the throttle pots needing to be replaced, or something is worn in the throttle linkage, or a combination of the two. Both cheap to fix.

But not cheap alas if the wear is on the throttle shafts passing through the throttle bodies - not an unusual problem. TVR will bush them up at the factory for about £85 so I'm reliably informed but once the labour costs are factored in its another big Cerbera bill.

Regards

John

[trooper1212]

Depends on your definition of cheap I guess. If I can walk away from the garage with change from a grand, I'm counting my lucky stars

Damn Cerberas

[GCerbera]

trooper1212 said:

The bucking and hesitation at low speeds is caused by either the throttle pots needing to be replaced,

Replacing these did the trick for me.
5mph in school traffic it gives some hesitation, but it's fine at 10mph and above now.

As Tropper1212 said, if it's that, it's an inexpensive fix.
Mine cost £39 + VAT + labour.

Go create some weather...
It's a road legal Concorde!
Graham
TCR The Cerbera Register

www.TVR-Cerbera.com

[julesby]

must admit the car was better this morning, think were its not been used for a while it needed a run in, will see over next few days and have a look at the weekend.