Chimaera turning circle

[fafnir]

Hello eveyone,

I'm looking at buying a chimaera 400 but needed to know precisely what the turning circle is (some owners seem to complain about it). Could anyone give me the info (standard wheel size) ?

Thanks in advance !

[raceboy]

Can't say I remember anyone actually asking for turning circle sizes but it can be reduced by using a little bit of rightfoot, a little bit of left foot braking and full lock

[ribol]

Can't tell you the size but I have the later std sized wheels 16" F&R and can confidently say it is worse than any other car I have driven.

Ivan

[shnozz]

it is absolute crap. Having said that, my old S3 was no better.

As Raceboy says, its a case of a heavy right foot and some full lock. Then it has a better turning circle than my Mondeo.

[NigeW]

Compares favourable with an articulated lorry I found.

[kdd]

It's a damn site better than the 306 GTi6 we had before.....

[N4 SPY]

It has a turning circle??????? Could have fooled me!

[bobfrance]

Get a wedge then!

My old 400SE had the turning circle of a London Taxi cab, it was brilliant.

For £10K you could get a nice SEAC.

[aaandy]

It isn't the best turning circle in the world but if you were going to let this minor detail get between you and the purchase of a TVR you'd be crazy.

[N4 SPY]

aaandy said:

It isn't the best turning circle in the world but if you were going to let this minor detail get between you and the purchase of a TVR you'd be crazy.

True, who wants to go over the same bit of tarmac twice anyway .......... make every journey a new one!

[cosmoschick]

aaandy said:

It isn't the best turning circle in the world but if you were going to let this minor detail get between you and the purchase of a TVR you'd be crazy.

True!! And I turned a blind eye to the fact that it hasn't got PAS either...not a big deal for you boyz I know but put yourself in my shoes, it's like trying to manoeuvre a lump of concrete when parking

[fafnir]

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately the solutions proposed so far are not applicable in my parking lot so I would really appreciate if any of you had the exact value (I'm even not asking it in cm, though I'am a froggy :-)).

[raceboy]

fafnir said:

Unfortunately the solutions proposed so far are not applicable in my parking lot so I would really appreciate if any of you had the exact value

To be honest if something like this is worrying you I'd seriously think about whether a TVR is the right sort of car for you
You can park a TVR in any space in any car park, it may take a little longer than Mr Micra, but you don't have to do it in one go, I take 2 or 3 shuffles to get in to my spot at work depending where the lorries are parked A TVR will fit around any multi-story car park you may have to back up a few times and take some strange lines to avoid the low sills but it can be done

[cosmoschick]

Turning circle of '93 Chim 400 is 9.80m.

PAS - 2.2 turns lock to lock
Unassisted - 2.5 turns lock to lock

Hope this tech info will now enable you to go ahead with the purchase of your Chim

Can I go to the top of the class


>> Edited by cosmoschick on Tuesday 23 December 15:26

[chimhunter]

I've never had any problems getting into a parking space, apart from my own inability (and that's generally on reverse parking) and the fact that it's a little hard to see out of.

It's certainly far better than the Alfa 156 GTA I tried, supertankers had a smaller turning circle than that thing.

Worst comes to the worst, get the car on a test drive and try it out.

[Big Al.]

cosmoschick said:

Turning circle of '93 Chim 400 is 9.80m. PAS - 2.2 turns lock to lock Unassisted - 2.5 turns lock to lock Hope this tech info will now enable you to go ahead with the purchase of your Chim

You had the tape measure out again?

[cosmoschick]

Ok, ok...I'll go back to painting my nails!!

[fafnir]

raceboy said:

fafnir said: Unfortunately the solutions proposed so far are not applicable in my parking lot so I would really appreciate if any of you had the exact value To be honest if something like this is worrying you I'd seriously think about whether a TVR is the right sort of car for you You can park a TVR in any space in any car park, it may take a little longer than Mr Micra, but you don't have to do it in one go, I take 2 or 3 shuffles to get in to my spot at work depending where the lorries are parked A TVR will fit around any multi-story car park you may have to back up a few times and take some strange lines to avoid the low sills but it can be done

well you should see my parking lot... I hae been driving a Porsche for a while now, and I think I am now rather experienced at.. parking it, at least :-), in this silly garage. My parking lot has a rather strange layout and I can tell you that there is really not much space left - thus my question...
But I feel more confident now that I see (thanks to cosmoschick !) that the chimaera is smaller and turns 'better' than the Porsche (believe it or not !)

[V8 Archie]

cosmoschick said:

...it's like trying to manoeuvre a lump of concrete when parking

You're not supposed to move the bollards. You're supposed to avoid them .

[Big Al.]

V8 Archie said:

You're not supposed to move the bollards. You're supposed to avoid them .