Cascade Indigo 4.0 Tuscan Mk1
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Robmarriott said:
Hah that's me, someone forwarded it to me yesterday. Gone viral!Truth is I only took it to Tesco as the 75 refused to start
I haven't been out as much in the TVR this winter as last, given the very cold and wet weather we have had. I decided to send the car into HPC Classics for some cosmetic TLC, as it had picked up a few small stone chips and marks over the last eighteen months or so. A few touch ups, machine polish and ceramic coat, and sorting out a couple of scuffs to the alloys. It is looking pretty special, excited to pick it up.
It continues to be as reliable as it has been since I collected it. It will be going off to Str8Six next month for a 12k / 2 yr service, so fingers crossed!
It continues to be as reliable as it has been since I collected it. It will be going off to Str8Six next month for a 12k / 2 yr service, so fingers crossed!
Photo's popped up on imgur
https://imgur.com/gallery/V9VYcWY
you've got to laugh at the comments from people who have never owned/driven one
https://imgur.com/gallery/V9VYcWY
you've got to laugh at the comments from people who have never owned/driven one
Spinakerr said:
Gosh that looks like its fresh out fo the factory - an incredible looking thing.
Same treatment for the Rover 75 to follow, right?
Hah! If only. Sadly the 75 probably doesn't have another MOT in it, it needs welded and don't think I'll get it done given the other things it also needs. I've in fact committed a great sin and ordered an EV - an MG4 - which arrives just as the 75s MOT is due ...Same treatment for the Rover 75 to follow, right?
Byker28i said:
Photo's popped up on imgur
https://imgur.com/gallery/V9VYcWY
you've got to laugh at the comments from people who have never owned/driven one
I posted a pic on reddit via imgur, and yes the comments are hilarious, I assume mostly from Americans. Mostly about how it is an unreliable deathtrap liable to spit you into a tree at a moment's notice. My favourites include the comment that it was a Dodge Viper underneath, that it's a kit car, that someone wants to buy one to stick an LSx in (already done mate)...,.https://imgur.com/gallery/V9VYcWY
you've got to laugh at the comments from people who have never owned/driven one
king make it up. Waited until the moment my supersonic repellent ran out of battery. Big fService day today. Major service, second year. Total cost - £1716, plus a note that tyres will likely need done within the year. The rears are apparently approaching 3mm - they only went on 2k or so miles ago! There's another 800 quid ...
Nothing major, just little things that add up - boot solenoid, exhaust hanger, two engine mounts (got one of those last year too ...), an oil pipe, handbrake cable...
I justify it to my better half by explaining there is no depreciation. She doesn't understand how the service on the TVR can cost over three times what the 75 did, which she loves!
Nothing major, just little things that add up - boot solenoid, exhaust hanger, two engine mounts (got one of those last year too ...), an oil pipe, handbrake cable...
I justify it to my better half by explaining there is no depreciation. She doesn't understand how the service on the TVR can cost over three times what the 75 did, which she loves!
PrinceRupert said:
Service day today. Major service, second year. Total cost - £1716, plus a note that tyres will likely need done within the year. The rears are apparently approaching 3mm - they only went on 2k or so miles ago! There's another 800 quid ...
Nothing major, just little things that add up - boot solenoid, exhaust hanger, two engine mounts (got one of those last year too ...), an oil pipe, handbrake cable...
I justify it to my better half by explaining there is no depreciation. She doesn't understand how the service on the TVR can cost over three times what the 75 did, which she loves!
Just do the usual 'its not bad if we ownt he car for X years and Y miles, because if you calculate..." until it passes.Nothing major, just little things that add up - boot solenoid, exhaust hanger, two engine mounts (got one of those last year too ...), an oil pipe, handbrake cable...
I justify it to my better half by explaining there is no depreciation. She doesn't understand how the service on the TVR can cost over three times what the 75 did, which she loves!
And remember, the 75 is only one accidental change away from a clutch change, slave cylinder, main cylinder, oh-my-goodness-why-is-it-still-not-working 1k+ bill.
Trevor is becoming a little needier, it seems. A few weeks after the major service, had another oil pressure warning issue. We had been out in it for a few hours, stopped up at a supermarket for a sandwich, and when turned it back on had the red oil pressure warning and it was reading 0 PSI. It had been running fine all day. Spoke to Str8Six and concluded that it was almost certainly the oil sender, given it was running fine, had plenty of oil, no signs of leaks, etc. We were on our way to collect our wedding rings and I would have had a very unhappy fiancee if I suggested waiting in a Tesco car park for hours waiting on breakdown rather than doing that, so we decided to proceed cautiously. We ran it for a minute or two at idle and it ran fine, so did the rest of our journey driving cautiously. The oil pressure went from reading 0 PSI back to normal after fifteen minutes or so. Then later on after another stop was reading 3-8 PSI even under acceleration, which is obviously far so slow. So drove home very gingerly, and decided to get it recovered to Str8Six out of an abundance of caution. My breakdown company would only take it to the local garage, so cost me 175 quid to recover, and took a few weeks. Just heard that the engine is absolutely fine, just the sender has failed. The brand new sender fitted at a cost of 300 quid (not by Str8Six might I add) six months previous. How frustrating. And now I'll need to get it recovered back to me at my expense as no availability over next few weekends to go collect. Bloody thing ... at least it should now (touch wood...) be ready for the summer, with the weather starting to turn!
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