TVR 25k

[scottyr]

This is local to me and after about 10 years of interest in buying one of these I seem to have missed the boat as the spike in prices (and noble) have made more difficult to purchase.

I do have 30k hanging around though and it's making fekall in a bank, so considering this as an investment.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

What worries me though is the 'owned 7 years and spent 6k in maintenance to keep pristine.

I had an S5 that cost me double this in 18 months, it seems small change compared to what is normally spent on them..

Anyone know it, or does it seem dodgy?

[MrChips]

Only real way would be to go see the car. If it were me, i'd be asking a whole load of questions where the details aren't in the advert, like details of the engine rebuild, and why if he's owned it has it only done 3k miles in 7years? So the tappets were done 7yrs ago??

In any case, if the details stack up then it's priced fairly i think for an S.

Have a look though www.mytuscan.co.uk as there's a fair amount of info on there, plus search on here for other threads as there's been many many "what to look out for" threads with plenty of help.

Oh, and definitely check the paintwork as a respray in Cascade Indigo is very expensive!

[Speed 3]

Less than £1k per year is very low for a Tuscan over a number of years. TVR's are better being used so I would be levering that in a deal, counterintuitive to normal car buying. As previous poster said, it's critical to see who by / what the rebuild spec was. Tappets aren't going to indicate deterioration in 3k miles so I wouldn't be worried about the extended interval on that, mine has had tappets done every other year but its a bit of overkill at my mileage. However, a 2001 is very much in the danger zone for a Speed 6, even as an S. Condition is everything so go have a look (with an experienced person in tow ideally). On paper its at the right money but could easily turn into a money pit, I wouldn't consider it without £5-10k squirrelled away.

[GazzaM100]

Seems very cheap to me for an S especially with a rebuild. Thought they went for £30k+
Looks nice though and if you can get it that cheap, look at it that you've got £5k+ saved in the bank towards things that might go wrong.

[GazzaM100]

Also Martin at Bespoke is a very nice man who would give you his honest opinion. I'd ring him first before going any further.

[Malcster]

Yup, as above.

For me the biggy is rebuild history / provenance - top end (finger followers) or bottom end (chocolate con rods) or both? And whobdidbit - If its Power / STR8SIX etc thats good.

I wouldnt be arsed over colour \ milage \ s or non-s. As has been said many times, condition, history and provenance is what you're after.

S models now a days are (imho) just waste now:

Nasty stuck on spoilers detracting from the original vision
Better dampers - 17 years on, I'd be suprised if any non-s models arent running uprated setup, better than s-spec).
HIDs - aftermarket kits available for non-s models.
A/C - many non-s models have this.
Aged DAB radio - non-s modles likely upgraed now, if not, many upgrades available (without the crap ariel on the boot).

All you really get is a different map and bigger bore exhaust.... Pretty negligible real-world. Oh, and the letter S on the badge.

Just buy the best condition, most looked after tuscan you can find, evidenced by reciepts not stamps.