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[so called]

james280779 said:

so called said:

Lovely Esprit, one of my all time favourite cars.
I'm a TVR fan and been driving them a few years now.
My Mk1 Tuscan was the car that received the most attention. A few years ago I was parked in an Aldi car park in Germany and loading my shopping into the boot.
From behind I heard a woman's voice say in German "oh what a lovely car".
I turned around to find an old lady covered from head to toe in various shades of purple and lavender, including a purple hair colouring :0
Of course it was the Tuscans colour, purple paradise, that had caused the response.
My navy blue Mk2 Tuscan convertible hardly gets any comments except for the deccated, protech exhausted, glorious soundtrack
Lovely Esprit in any colour.

I actually went shopping for a Tuscan S and ended up with the esprit!
Stupid TVR never fitted ECE plates as standard. that meant I couldnt export it to Australia without the emissions testing which would have cost me about 100k, plus compliance testing at another 20k. - thats without the shipping and taxes! Had a major rethink and bought the Esprit. Next will be either a Tuscan S or an F355 upon return to the UK in the next few years.

Isnt the lack of emissions testing the reason why TVR's are low TAX as they are registered as Private Light Goods. My Tuscan and Chimaera are 215 quid a year road tax.

[james280779]

so called said:

Isnt the lack of emissions testing the reason why TVR's are low TAX as they are registered as Private Light Goods. My Tuscan and Chimaera are 215 quid a year road tax.

Possibly but means its virtually impossible to export them, there is a way round it which is not ideal but I am working on it!

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Isn't everything before 2001ish capped at £215?