CHEAP????
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ar0u2211

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184 posts

229 months

MuffDaddy

1,507 posts

236 months

Thursday 7th August 2008
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Cheap with a full inspection yes. If you were budgeting more then put the surplus in a safe place just in case.

blujay10

583 posts

261 months

Thursday 7th August 2008
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Mileage?

StreetDragster

1,575 posts

249 months

Thursday 7th August 2008
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47k, its to the left of the price at the top

Matt

V8 Animal

6,015 posts

241 months

Thursday 7th August 2008
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Unfortunatly for all of us it's too cheapfrown
Bet someone will still try to knock the price down.
V8 Animal

blujay10

583 posts

261 months

Thursday 7th August 2008
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StreetDragster said:
47k, its to the left of the price at the top

Matt
Ah yes well spotted!
It certainly looks very cheap, maybe there IS such a thing as a cheap TVR after all! getmecoat

Jasandjules

72,680 posts

260 months

Thursday 7th August 2008
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Holy c**p, that's very cheap if it stands up to an inspection.

mchenryg

117 posts

219 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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I believe there is such a thing as a cheap Chim, espec in this economic climate and if you buy from a garage who have taken as PX.
I am picking mine up today (yeaaahhh!!), full history etc really great and i managed to knock them down £2 to get it off their forecourt.
It is really worth reading up on how to haggle and just be ballsey!!
Giles.

blujay10

583 posts

261 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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mchenryg said:
I believe there is such a thing as a cheap Chim, espec in this economic climate and if you buy from a garage who have taken as PX.
I am picking mine up today (yeaaahhh!!), full history etc really great and i managed to knock them down £2 to get it off their forecourt.
It is really worth reading up on how to haggle and just be ballsey!!
Giles.
Hi Giles, good luck and welcome to the fold!
Great colour by the way, and the fastest....thumbupgetmecoat

Red V8

873 posts

258 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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mchenryg said:
I believe there is such a thing as a cheap Chim, espec in this economic climate and if you buy from a garage who have taken as PX.
I am picking mine up today (yeaaahhh!!), full history etc really great and i managed to knock them down £2 to get it off their forecourt.
It is really worth reading up on how to haggle and just be ballsey!!
Giles.
Blimey... a £2 knockdown???

Ozmira

1,175 posts

220 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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i picked my 5ltr up recently for £8500 and its been perfect, full history etc... but what mchenryg said about the econonic climate is true. the price of petrol is thru the roof for the high octane stuff, so people just want to get rid of their fast gas guzzeling cars rather than just wait and hold out till the price drop. you should praise the people who hold on to these types of cars and to the people who are still buying them.clap

pilgrim13

103 posts

220 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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And this must be the most expensive one
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/571245.htm

Ribol

11,995 posts

289 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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It is either a bargain, a dog or a scam.

Can someone please buy it and post on here which it turned out to be smile

900T-R

20,406 posts

288 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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Sh*te, that's about 20% of the price of the Iris Blue '99 4.0 (LHD) that I popped my TVR cherry in back when it was new and which is now for sale at the importers'... yikes

Edited by 900T-R on Friday 8th August 20:45

brhobfm

14 posts

233 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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Ribol said:
It is either a bargain, a dog or a scam.

Can someone please buy it and post on here which it turned out to be smile
Definitely not scam. Car was used as follows http://www.gtclassictouring.co.uk/ 'cause I intended to hire it for a day or two last year but never got round to it.

It's now for sale. I am hoping to check it out next week if it has not already been snapped up!! I think it's a bargain, and hopefully not a "dog" which would mean a long wasted journey for me!

Ribol

11,995 posts

289 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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brhobfm said:
Ribol said:
It is either a bargain, a dog or a scam.

Can someone please buy it and post on here which it turned out to be smile
Definitely not scam. Car was used as follows http://www.gtclassictouring.co.uk/ 'cause I intended to hire it for a day or two last year but never got round to it.

It's now for sale. I am hoping to check it out next week if it has not already been snapped up!! I think it's a bargain, and hopefully not a "dog" which would mean a long wasted journey for me!
An ex hire car then?

brhobfm

14 posts

233 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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Yeah guess so. But it's not exactly Avis is it! And just how many customers took the car out is another matter. Not that many I would think, bit of a niche market, and from reading the PH forum it seems that one of the best ways to keep a chim on song is to use it rather than store it! If only it was a bit closer to Bristol!

Zippee

14,149 posts

265 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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Ribol said:
brhobfm said:
Ribol said:
It is either a bargain, a dog or a scam.

Can someone please buy it and post on here which it turned out to be smile
Definitely not scam. Car was used as follows http://www.gtclassictouring.co.uk/ 'cause I intended to hire it for a day or two last year but never got round to it.

It's now for sale. I am hoping to check it out next week if it has not already been snapped up!! I think it's a bargain, and hopefully not a "dog" which would mean a long wasted journey for me!
An ex hire car then?
Can't comment on this one but I know I would rag the heck out of a hired sportscar.
One of THE most important things to do with a TVR is to warm her up before putting your foot down. Is any hirer going to bother doing that? Is the hire company going to have bothered with chassis treatment?
Personally I'd rather spend a couple of grand more and get one I know has been cared for. Like mine when she comes up for sale late this monthwink

V8 Animal

6,015 posts

241 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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TVR Moneypit said:
ar0u2211 said:
I cant see what the price is, as on my computer, the first figure is a ?.

Would someone care to enlighten me?
7k

Cider Andy

1,889 posts

256 months

Friday 8th August 2008
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There are bargains to be had out there if you're prepared to go check them out.

I went to look at a '99 450 advertised on eBay with a ridiculously low 'Buy It Now' price. The car was 200 miles away, I turned up unknown in a white Transit and was allowed to test drive it alone! I bought the car and 30,000 miles and more than three years later it's still worth what I paid then. Have a look here at what was said about the car at the time (the one that gf350 provided a link to eBay for).

I'm a believer in 'if it looks too good to be true it probably is', but it's better to go find out than always wonder 'what if?'.