How long

[mrandy]

did it take you guys to save for your griffs ?
and was it worth the wait,i am saving hard but it will be next summer before i can seriously afford one

[NicBowman]

20 years! Had to buy a house first.

Nic

[mrmaggit]

11 years.

[antonyj]

mrandy said:

did it take you guys to save for your griffs ?
and was it worth the wait,i am saving hard but it will be next summer before i can seriously afford one

Bought a TR6 first, in '94, kept that for nearly 9 1/2 years then traded up for my beast ,sorry griff.

Keeping the 6 that long allowed me to keep the money in it and trade on.

[powelly]

I didn't have the money to buy mine... so called the bank!!!!!!!

[mf68]

would say around 8 years for the griff, was going to by a vixen about 10 years ago for £4500.00 as could'nt afford a griff then, went of the idea in the end decided to buy the audi coupe, brought the griff two years ago and can say welllllllllllllllllllll worth the wait
martin

Edited by mf68 on Friday 16th June 22:10

[Phil Dicky]

powelly said:

I didn't have the money to buy mine... so called the bank!!!!!!!

Worked for me too.

[mrandy]

my god theres dedication for you i will stop moaning and get me coat
we are going to have a cracking summer and i realy want a griff

[Green Meanie]

Saved for 5 years and bought my first TVR for my 30th Birthday, this was a wedge it was fantastic,had it for 4 years .In the meantime along can my son so sold the wedge.and built Hot Rods as funds were tight promised myself another TVR for my 40th,but this was not to be.Told myself and everyone else I would have one for my 50th managed to get a griffith at 46, was it worth the wait YOU BET IT WAS.So just get one no matter how long you have to wait it WILL BE WORTH IT.

[Griffter]

I got lucky and used a voluntary redundancy payment to buy a 'project' car, then over-mortagaged to free up a restoration budget. Now the car's all sorted, it just running costs to contend with - same as any other car.

[Horse_Apple]

Started saving when I was 10 for a sports car. By the time I was 21 it was a 100% no brainer as to what wagon I was going to invest in. 12 years on still laugh when I drive the thing.

[rodbloke]

Same as Griffter above, used severance cash to get mine...haven't had to remortgage for anything yet though...

[b19 rus]

powelly said:

I didn't have the money to buy mine... so called the bank!!!!!!!

DITTO

[LastLawyer]

bought my first tvr with the age of 31. an S1. great car and a true classic. still own it. 150 hp is still a fact even on german motorways. and 216 or so topspeed is still a class of its own. but the sound is still the best i´ve ever heard of a 6-zylinders car with a "bullshit-traktor-engine" like the fort v6. still wondering about the fact how tvr could make this.

bought my griff 4.3 with 33 then. simply a supersportscar an still able to beat even the new porsche boxter S (did that today). But nowadays not the real beast anymore - there are other cars around now. but - thats a griff - in my perosonal opinion no other car will ever have this attitude.

it has been my dream - and i could afford it very young. but there is still no other car which could match my dream more than a griff.

Cheers

Jerko