£10k - £12k Chimaera - will this be asking for trouble?
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QBee said:
Fantastic news.
Just remember your bedroom tactics and avoid the damp patches on the way home.
As said, straight line before booting.
Another geezer I know managed to wrap his car around a lamp post within two weeks of getting it.
Ps the only way of telling whether you have a highlift cam or not is to take the cam out and have it inspected by an expert. Alternatively, take it to a known rolling road and see what BHP/torque it makes, and report back.
Good luck!
Just remember your bedroom tactics and avoid the damp patches on the way home.
As said, straight line before booting.
Another geezer I know managed to wrap his car around a lamp post within two weeks of getting it.
Ps the only way of telling whether you have a highlift cam or not is to take the cam out and have it inspected by an expert. Alternatively, take it to a known rolling road and see what BHP/torque it makes, and report back.
Good luck!
Yep it was chucking it down here for most of yesterday afternoon/evening (I was DJing a wedding all day and it was something of a washout) so it will be a rather sedate journey home today!
I suspected that might be the case, in all honesty it doesn't bother me much it was more out of interest. I would be interested in getting it on a rolling road at some point anyway though. The only thing on my initial to-do list is get the pre-cats removed, but aside from that I just want to get out and enjoy it for the rest of the summer.
plfrench said:
Enjoy! Mine is still at my parent's house whilst my new garage is being built... Can't wait till the 21st Aug when I get it here.
Rolling road session would be interesting to do soon, good indicator of overall health. How about a visit to Powers Performance in late Aug / September?
That could be a plan, plus it would be great to meet up with some of you guys and see your cars! I'd need to check my calendar as we are pretty busy with weddings around then, but it quietens down the second half of september.Rolling road session would be interesting to do soon, good indicator of overall health. How about a visit to Powers Performance in late Aug / September?
Right, off to pick her up, ill report back later!
QBee said:
Squirrelofwoe said:
........., but it quietens down the second half of september.
You sure its a TVR you're collecting? Mine has yet to quieten down at all, if anything it has got noisier..... 
Well I am home! I was actually back with the car by 2pm, but stopped at my parent's place to help out with a couple of things.
I've managed 105 miles in it since mid-day, not bad going I don't think! 60 of which was driving the car back, not quite sure where the other 45 have gone
The drive home included a long crawl through Banbury city centre traffic- with my eyes fixed on the temperature gauge, but it behaved fine- the fans kicked in when they were supposed to and there was no drama. My only minor annoyance (for not picking it up on the test drive) is that the electric mirrors don't appear to work, luckily the drivers side is positioned fine and the passenger side isn't far out at all. In all honesty I hadn't even realised they were electric until I went to adjust one on the way home!
What a drive though, and what a noise, I was grinning like a lunatic the entire journey home! It was also interesting driving it back to my own place in a sleepy rural village, the noise certainly seemed to gather a fair bit of attention
QBee said:
Sounds like fuse 16 (from the left, 6 from the right) might have failed.
Thanks for that Anthony, I'll have a look tomorrow.Out of interest, is there a list anywhere of essential/useful stuff I should be carrying in the car with me? I've always carried a small selection of spanners/sockets/pliers/insulation tape etc in all my older cars, but just wondered if there was an accepted list of useful-but-hope-I-won't-need stuff...
That echoes my experience, i've called them out 5 or 6 times over the last 9 years and they've sorted the problem at the roadside on all but one occasion. The exception being when the alternator packed up on my Starion.
Even then, they got the car running and followed me all the way to a garage, which they had rang in advance and confirmed they could both do the work and had arranged for a courtesy car to be waiting for me on arrival.
Absolute first class service every single time, so im always happy to renew (after a bit of haggling!) with them every year, I wouldnt use anyone else these days.
Even then, they got the car running and followed me all the way to a garage, which they had rang in advance and confirmed they could both do the work and had arranged for a courtesy car to be waiting for me on arrival.
Absolute first class service every single time, so im always happy to renew (after a bit of haggling!) with them every year, I wouldnt use anyone else these days.
ackbullchang said:
Back on topic, Squirrel, congrats on the car. Enjoy the thousands of pleasurable tvr miles, they are like nothing else!
Cheers, I've now done just over 160 miles since collecting on Friday lunchtime! Weather is supposed to stay nice today then we've got a ton of rain coming tomorrow, so hopefully going to get 'a few' more miles in today before wrapping it up tonight. 
They certainly attract a fair bit of attention don't they!
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