Offord TVR Event 13th October 2012

Offord TVR Event 13th October 2012

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trevor.j

Original Poster:

63 posts

216 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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beerDon't forget Offord TVR are having an open day on Saturday 13th October.
There will be a 350 race car and a Tuscan Racer there, and lots of TVR's
This is a new set up Run by PHIL and Ben They are realy pulling out all the stops to help people and get back to a Tvr supply and service centre.

it will be open all day with breakfast barbicue the Pub oposite will be helping with the food and you will be able to use the Pub car park.

They have been a great help to some local TVR owners and they areas pleased as punch.

come along it should be a great day.

Aandytvr1

142 posts

153 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Being the ex owner of
PJ52 FLA / T666 SPY
And the current owner of K377 DPP

Well I have been saying it for many months if not years these guys have provided me with the greatest of respect and i would not dream of going any where else .

The commitment shown and felt has always provided me with great assurance and I would throughly recommend to all and every one .
Both Phil and Bens knowledge of my cars and thier individual needs has always been a pleasure , I can assure you I don't give the keys to my cars and garage to just any one .

Can't wait to see TVRs back in Offords in great numbers .

See you all there ( well if not raining/ private joke to some)

Long time coming , but well deserved .

Andy



Zippee

13,442 posts

233 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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I wish them all the best and sincerely hope the new management team can turn the business around, but for me the damage was done an age ago and despite living just 5 mile away I'll always choose a round trip of 100 miles to get my car serviced - once bitten twice shy and all that.
May pop along Saturday though to have a nose and chat....

sonnylad

1,155 posts

224 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Zippee said:
I wish them all the best and sincerely hope the new management team can turn the business around, but for me the damage was done an age ago and despite living just 5 mile away I'll always choose a round trip of 100 miles to get my car serviced - once bitten twice shy and all that.
May pop along Saturday though to have a nose and chat....
I can echo the same as above (once bitten twice shy), although will pop along as you never know we may hear a public appology for the problems they created for owners that used them in the past.

trevor.j

Original Poster:

63 posts

216 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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They have helped a good few of us out in the last 3 or 4 months and quickly / cost efective and the cars have been spot on, Andy Tank , Andy Hills , David Cooper , and myself and so on I think you need to talk to them,
Phil and Ben are trying to rebuild people confidence again now they are on there own.

It would be good to have a TVR Repair centre again even if it is not for service but emergency or small repairs or MOT.soapbox

tonyvid

9,869 posts

242 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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I'm obviously not paying attention at the back! What happened to the original team?

My SAAB came from them and they were always very helpful(some fun old SAAB courtesy cars as well if you got a tweaked one).

Naybr

209 posts

165 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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I've had mixed experience of Offord in the past too - some good and some not so good...

On balance though, I don't think the TVR community can afford to be too sniffy about this. The number of dealers is steadily declining and those that remain will need to keep their businesses viable. If Phil and Ben are genuine about a new start, then good luck to them...

PYNEY

1,048 posts

217 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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hi all

what time is this due to start on saturday ? If i can make it it will have to be an early one for me

Zippee

13,442 posts

233 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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trevor.j said:
It would be good to have a TVR Repair centre again even if it is not for service but emergency or small repairs or MOT.soapbox
In a way I do agree with you but as already stated they really need to apologise to once loyal customers who had their fingers badly burned and suffered very poor workmanship and service, I realise they'd be making amends for the old management team but it's still the name and stigma surrounding it.
I agree with the concept of it being a handy place for small niggles whereby a long round trip would be a bit of a headache but they do have an uphill climb to rebuild their reputation.
As already mentioned I may pop along and say hello, see what they have to say/offer but I know I won't use them for routine servicing and major work.

Out of interest how has this been advertised as prior to your post there's been nothing on PH which consists of a vast number of TVR owners.

alex_gray255

6,313 posts

204 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Hi Tony

Fliers were put out at the Mini-BSG and various TVRCC people have been distributing the invite to email groups
and TVRCC forum etc.

Plus there have been other threads on here about the event I've seen.

Cheers!

Aandytvr1

142 posts

153 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Like all things in life , we are all only as good as what we did yesterday , feel assured what these guys have been up to over the last many days is a credit to any garage let alone a TVR one .

If you guys are reading this , then it's a big well done from this loyal customer .

To see the Offords full of TVR s again is just exciting without a doubt ,


See you all there

Andy

trevor.j

Original Poster:

63 posts

216 months

Friday 12th October 2012
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starts 9.30am onwardsbeer

Mr Sheen

1,346 posts

263 months

Friday 12th October 2012
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trevor.j said:
starts 9.30am onwardsbeer
See you then thumbup

Aandytvr1

142 posts

153 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Great day

combine

3,114 posts

228 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Excellent day , lots of nice tvr's and noise , especially the blue tuscan with the stripes , thank you Offord for your kind hospitality , one day I will get another tvr !

Pupp

12,206 posts

271 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Very pleasant way to spend the afternoon... good to see a couple of old chums and say hi to some new ones whilst amongst some lovely motors. Appreciated the BBQ too; just the job lick

tuscan 22

75 posts

252 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Top day out at Offord.
Very nice BBQ too!
Good to see a nice mix of tvrs.

trevor.j

Original Poster:

63 posts

216 months

Monday 15th October 2012
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beerI would just like to say thanks for everyone who turned up to the day, it was very good for them.

There were 45 plus TVR's turned up throughout the day, the whole area was filled with TVR's it was a great responce from TVR owners far and wide, plus Phil / Ben and Ant put on a great Barbicue good luck guy's for the future.

Mr Sheen

1,346 posts

263 months

Friday 19th October 2012
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If anyone is interested, I've uploaded some photos from Saturday

http://myfavouritephotos.com/rvsindex.php?/photoga...