want a giffith

[blackmk1]

can any of you guys point me in direction of info on " buying my first Griffith"

am a gt3 driver, and general petrol head and fancy the " growl of a V8 "

15-20k to spend, whats important? seems like PAS is worth the money? i like the alum turned dash look too.....

any smart advice welcome, or any old threads

cheers

[richb]

Well your on the right place, do a search through the archives of the Griffith forum. Take a look at the TVR Car Club here www.tvr-car-club.co.uk/
And this should occupy you for a few hours! www.thegriffithpages.com/

You should get a good one for the amount. Rich...

[laz11]

also check out the FAQ; click on "this forum" at the top of the griffith forum page

[mrmaggit]

Speak to James Agger, "jamer" on here. And do a search of this forum.

[tgriff]

For god's sake go and take a cold shower and then crush your nuts in a vice, should get you thinking about something else. It will be less painful in the long run and infinitly cheaper.
Steve

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

tgriff said:

and then crush your nuts in a vice,

Is that why most Griff drivers are....err...limp?

and why Mrmaggit is so called?

[red griff 500]

tgriff said:

For god's sake go and take a cold shower and then crush your nuts in a vice, should get you thinking about something else. It will be less painful in the long run and infinitly cheaper. Steve

I dunno, the surgery to get your parts back in working order may cost a bit?

Original poster - you should get a very good 500 for that money - speak to Rob Ingleby to see if he's got any on his books (you'll find his advertisement in Sprint "Findasportscar".

[lig]

Deffo buy the 'bible' (Steve heaths guide from the TVRCC)

It has a useful section on what to look for when buying a griff.

I would recommend not going for PAS as I have driven one with and it felt 'wierd', much better without. But I guess it depends on what you are using the car for (if it will be in town with parallel parking then maybe PAS would be good)??

Drive as many as you can and you will tell the good from the bad!!

Lig.

[richb]

lig said:

I would recommend not going for PAS as I have driven one with and it felt 'weird', much better without. But I guess it depends on what you are using the car for (if it will be in town with parallel parking then maybe PAS would be good)?

You will open a whole can of worms with that statement! When I bought my Griff new in 1999 my wife and I test-drove a few PAS and non-PAS cars (coming from an S3c) and preferred the non-PAS so that's what we ordered. I found the PAS over-assisted, but I am told TVR improved the feel and feedback of the PAS system over the years. The cars I tested were around 97/98 cars i.e. not new and I was testing in summer 98 but my car arrived spring 99. Steve Heath swears by PAS and he points out the Tuscan race cars had PAS so if it's good for the racers it must be good for the road. Also remember that the steering-rack gearing is lower on the non-PAS cars; 2.7 turns lock-to-lock vs' 2.2 with PAS, therefore on the track you can catch oversteer more quickly. I have never had any problems with the feel of my non-PAS car but on occasions (like in France last year) I wish I had PAS but that's probably just me getting old! Try a few and decide for yourself, you can't make a decision based on a chat-forum because on this one there is no right or wrong. Rich...

>> Edited by richb on Monday 27th February 16:25

[bjwoods]

I've had PAS and non PAS. And IF the back end ever lets go, it is SO much easier to catch the back end with PAS... Without it, the steering can get VERY heavy when trying to correct it...

One ditch, non-pas car to prove it, to me

Easier to park to

B

Generally, it won't really cost any more second hand, people generally saying non-pas is better, are usualy trying to sell you a non-pas car...

try both, see what you think.

>> Edited by bjwoods on Monday 27th February 20:06

[richb]

bjwoods said:

people generally saying non-pas is better, are usualy trying to sell you a non-pas car...

mine's not for sale

[esdavey]

I know it makes sense to look around but I just got the cash out & bought the colour/milage/year that suited. My reasoning is Griff's a strong car & shoddy examples are obvious. I bought from James Agger who I liked & trusted his experience.

Maybe I was just lucky ! (BTW - non-PAS !!)

>> Edited by esdavey on Monday 27th February 23:02

[mongoose]

Just to chip in on the debate,i've had a 500 with both pas and manual steering.Although the one i have at present is with pas,i would prefer it without.I just think it suits the griff better imho.Only way to decide is to try both,as usual