New Cerbera Owner

[allyduncan]

Bought a '98 4.5 3 weeks ago and cant stop smiling Its the noisiest, fastest, most exciting thing I've ever driven, and the response I've had from other drivers/pedestrians has always been positive - unlike my previous porsches which usually resulted in a 1 or 2 finger wave.

I have a few questions about the car though:-
1) Sometimes when pressing the start button the starter turns but doesnt seem to engage, I've read the other posts on here about cerberas eating starter motors, but I would like to know if its something that is likely to be done under warranty. I got a scotsure warranty through Logik tvr in Dunfermline when I bought the car.

2) The baffle in the exhaust is rattling, should I replace it with a standard item or go for the sports exhaust? Is the sports exhaust unbearably loud inside the car?

3) How long does the urge to drive with the window down to listen to the "pops" and "bangs" the car makes last? I live in Aberdeen and am worried about catching hypothermia in the coming months

4) I have rattling brake pad syndrome!! A mechanic looked at the pads and said they had been ground down to fit. Is this common? He said there was quite a lot of play in them and thought they might have been ground down too far!! Being non-technical I just nodded and agreed with him. What can I do to fix this - do I need new pads.

[allyduncan]

Thanks for all the replies, it looks like its the sports exhaust route for me

I am planning to take the car to Dreadnought in Callandar in October to get them to look at all the rattles etc and will see about getting the exhaust fitted then. I think I will go for the JP exhaust from Joolz after reading all the posts here it has got good reviews.

The car has just turned 12,000 miles - i've done 800 of them in the last 3 weeks, i've got the petrol reciepts to prove it - are there any cars more thirsty than this one!!!!!

Cerbnut if your ever in the area gave me a shout, there dont appear to be to many cerberas around here, I've only ever seen a couple of others.

Thanks again for the replies

[allyduncan]

Thanks for all that detail williamball. Can you tell me how much you paid to get a new starter motor?

Like the picture of your cerb in the snow - your a braver man than me. I think twice about going out in it in the rain

[allyduncan]

Oh well the passenger side tail pipe fell off at lunchtime So I guess its a good excuse for getting that sports exhaust.

Now where did I put joolz' phone number.......