c5 - ride height

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PrinceRupert said:

PrinceRupert said:

Was gonna go see the blue vet this weekend but wasn't able to organise it; pencilled in to get Saturday morning. However in the meantime I am trying to man maths my way into a chromaflair TVR Tuscan at 28k ...

So, the blue vette seller ended the auction early today before I had a chance to see it. Apparently he sold it for 10k. I'd have had it for that ...

Damn, that's very frustrating.
Maybe sellers are holding off until spring to get their on the market? Hopefully you'll start seeing more come up.

[daniel-5zjw7]

Yea sure more cars will be coming up after lockdown, it is pretty pointless putting a car up for sale atm. Guess the problem is although there will be more cars there will be more buyers too.

[PrinceRupert]

To round this off...going to put down a deposit on the tuscan in the morning :-)

[daniel-5zjw7]

Wow congrats, I had a brief look at the spec and it looks like a lovely car, very special!

[Benbay001]

The purple one?
Damn, thats lovely! Im sure you will be very happy with it.
Congrats!

[PrinceRupert]

Yes the purple one. Thanks guys gonna be an exciting wait for the next few weeks till it is with me!

[300bhp/ton]

Very nice indeed. Always been a TVR fan, although a 4.2 V8 Cerbera is the one I've always wanted. Sadly probably beyond my means now.

I assume a bit of price creep went on considering you were looking at 12-15k Vettes?

[PrinceRupert]

300bhp/ton said:

Very nice indeed. Always been a TVR fan, although a 4.2 V8 Cerbera is the one I've always wanted. Sadly probably beyond my means now.

I assume a bit of price creep went on considering you were looking at 12-15k Vettes?

Yes a bit of man maths was required

The salesman promised me tuscan values will go the same way as e types...

They sold a lovely cerbera this morning, blue, but 40k :-o

[300bhp/ton]

PrinceRupert said:

Yes a bit of man maths was required

The salesman promised me tuscan values will go the same way as e types...

They sold a lovely cerbera this morning, blue, but 40k :-o

40K!!

Didn't realise they were that money. It wasn't all that many years back you could get a Cerbera for £8-12k, unless I'm remembering wrongly.

[PrinceRupert]

300bhp/ton said:

40K!!

Didn't realise they were that money. It wasn't all that many years back you could get a Cerbera for £8-12k, unless I'm remembering wrongly.

This is red rose version, was very nice, and from Str8Six - there are sub 30k cerberas advertised on ph/at.

Prices are definitely up though, previous owner of my car paid 18k in 2015 - though spent probably 20k on maintenance between then and now (with engine rebuild and respray!).

[PrinceRupert]

daniel-5zjw7 said:

Wow congrats, I had a brief look at the spec and it looks like a lovely car, very special!

Got the C5 up for sale again?

[daniel-5zjw7]

Yes I have, the indecision continues! Will see what happens this time.

How is the TVR??

[PrinceRupert]

daniel-5zjw7 said:

Yes I have, the indecision continues! Will see what happens this time.

How is the TVR??

Good luck!

It's superb. Rapid, noisy, turns heads like nothing I've ever seen. It's also surprisingly easy to drive slowly, though you can definitely feel the infamous twitchy steering at high speeds - even crossing cats eyes on the motorway can feel a bit nervous!