Potential New Buyer.

[mark.rowe]

Hello All,

For cerbs we normally say to budget around £3k per year maintenance. Do you guys have any sort of rough guide for the griffs too?

My friend is really keen on getting a TVR but is a bit worried about running costs.
I suggested a griff might be a good choice as parts/mods etc seam to be a lot cheaper than a cerb, and they don't seam to be as common as chimearas which has always put me off those.

He was wanting one mainly as a weekend car so don't think he'll be clocking up to many miles.

Any advice appreciated.
Cheers
Mark.

[Guillotine]

about £2k all in


watch chassis, electrics.

chassis is the main thing, anything else is cheap to fix (relatively!!)

[RAW-SEWedge]

I'd say anything between 1K - 2K if you include the insurance.

Obviously depends on the age of the car, how many miles it does, how much you can do yourself and how lucky you are

[mark.rowe]

Thanks a lot,

Just noticed another thread there on running costs too.
I'll pass the info onto to my friend and give him a bit of convincing and hopefully he'll get one!

They do seam a fair bit cheaper than the cerbs to run and they're awsome cars.

[richb]

Guillotine said:

about £2k all in watch chassis, electrics. chassis is the main thing, anything else is cheap to fix (relatively!!)

Mine doesn't have a watch, was it an extra? Rich...

>> Edited by richb on Wednesday 13th April 13:17

[catretriever]

I would suggest that you should expect to spend a little more than average in the first year of ownership putting right any problems. After that it should settle down as good ongoing preventative maintenence can often help avoid the bigger bills.

[crankedup]

Griffith = affordable classic junior supercar, for the performance available I doubt if you will find a better buy. A good one will cost a grand a year to keep it good, maybe less some years maybe a tad more others.

Go on spoil yourself and buy mine, I'm after a pre war jobbie that I can rattle along in