Irish TVR drivers?

[wrightj100]

Are there any of you out there who own and run a Griff in Ireland. Am in hants at the moment, but will be moving to Dublin in the not too distant future and wondering what to do with the Griff.
Are there specialist TVR dealers or recognised(David Battie type!)TVR service guys over there?

thanks in advance for any replies.

[beano500]

wrightj100 said:

Are there specialist TVR dealers or recognised(David Battie type!)TVR service guys over there?

Bejabers - that'd be a leprachaun, then?









Oh, sorry you meant quality of workmanship - not height?


Edited to add - my seat squab is out because I find it easier to get a comfortable position at 6'3". Graham and I were larking around suggesting he wouldn't see over the pod. Later he expressed the same view! Graham suggested a Blue Peter periscope for him when he took it for a test drive..... sorry I'll hand the thread back now...

>> Edited by beano500 on Thursday 18th November 20:00

[gingerprince]

From what I understand from an Irish friend, running a TVR in Ireland will be VERY expensive.

For example, road tax is based on size of engine. Anything over 3 litres will cost you about 1300 yoyo's/year.

https://www.motortax.ie/mtoapp/pdf/motortax_rates_2004_en.pdf

Also you have to pay VRT, initial tax to register the car in ireland, which according to: -

www.oasis.gov.ie/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/importing_car_into_ireland.html#id3117549

which on for example a 5 litre tvr worth 18000 will be the equivelant of 2400 quids.

And then there's insurance - all car insurance in Ireland is astronomical. My friend drives an FTO (as I used to) and his insurance is in the thousandS.

Afraid to say it will be an expensive job. And that's before you've found someone to work on it!

[golf bandit]

As an Northern Ireland Griff driver you would be very welcome across the pond. At present I believe their are 4no Griffs in the north and 2/3 in the south. You should make contact with Gerry and Jackie who run the souths TVR car club (Details in the last few issues of sprint) I know you will be made very welcome and this year the guys and girls from the north and the south met up for a weekend together. It was great crack and a few pints of the black stuff were consumed. Parkgate are the new TVR dealers in Ireland and they are based in Belfast.

[markh]

I use David or Greg Connolly in Ballygowen ([phone]) they are a factory appoved service centre. They always have a few Giffs,Chimaera's,Cerbera's etc in, really helpful people who now TVR's inside and out.

Good luck in Dublin, I had my Chimaera down there for 18 months. With Dublin traffic I would make sure your coolingg system is up to scratch, as the traffic jams are mad.

Mark

[starmist]

You will also have to budget for softer suspension to cope with the terrible roads!

[markh]

My Nitrons seem to cope pretty well

starmist said:

You will also have to budget for softer suspension to cope with the terrible roads!

[starmist]

How about your fillings?

[markh]

Great road from Dublin to the boarder (apart from the toll booth) can get stupid speed along it. But over on the west is another story, could park the Chimaera in some of the pot holes

[mrmaggit]

markh said:

Great road from Dublin to the boarder (apart from the toll booth) can get stupid speed along it. But over on the west is another story, could park the Chimaera in some of the pot holes

Agree with that about the roads in the west of Ireland. Went over a couple of years back on the bikes, and on two ocaasions, the only points of contact between me and the bike were my hands clinging to the handlebars. Thing was, I was doing less than 30mph both times!