I'm that close.......

I'm that close.......

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21TVR

Original Poster:

655 posts

256 months

Tuesday 14th January 2003
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I'm no longer that close.....

I'VE DONE IT, I'VE BOUGHT A KNGIUCF TUSCAN!!!

I keep walking back outside to look at it - just in case it's changed into a porsche or something (but it hasn't ha! ha!)

It's toooootaaaalllly different to my Chim, yup doesn't sound as good - but does it drive well, I love the control and well...ok...

(((((THE POWER!)))))

bought it private off here, big trouble now is it needs a bdolyo service - 12K one. I've looked through the posts (and searched) but can't find a good idea of what this should cost ? (tappets and all ?)

sssssh...I think i'm about to take it up the botty biG time from the dealer who has just quoted me

any ideas Tuscan people ?

many thanks guys 'n guls and all that metal (well GRP)

sp

osullivd

24 posts

265 months

Tuesday 14th January 2003
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Got mine new and the dealer quoted approx £600 for the 6K and approx £1200 for the 12K, basically not much change out of £2K for the first two years ownership...

Pity I have had mine 4 months and already done 3.5K on it! ;-)

21TVR

Original Poster:

655 posts

256 months

Tuesday 14th January 2003
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bbbbllllllluuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrpppppPPPPP!

tuscan_s

3,163 posts

273 months

Wednesday 15th January 2003
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What colour did you go for? Any pictures?

21TVR

Original Poster:

655 posts

256 months

Thursday 16th January 2003
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It's so difficult to marry the right colour(s)
- 16 million true colour!! -
with the right interior colour - some of you guys have some pretty strange specs (to me anyway)
Then you find the right colours but the interiors trashed, or the cars been hammered
On and on and on and on....

In the end rightly or wrongly I went for the 2001 Y plate that was advertised here on the classifieds:-

SAVE £15000 FROM NEW 2001/y
SOLD VIA PISTONHEADS.COM 11 days old
ref: 7286

11,750 miles. GTS BLUE, PORTLAND/NIMBUS LEATHER INTERIOR, DARK BLUE WOOL CARPETS, 18" WHEELS, TRACKER, 6 DISC FACIA MOUNTED NAKAMICHI CD PLAYER, FTVRSH, ONE OWNER

Price: £28,000

It's GTS blue and is completely A1 condition MINT (no that's not the colour..)
There was a time when I was going for an 'S' but then i may as well have bought new and get my own spec
But my head ruled my heart and i couldn't face all that depreciation (sorry people)

I brought it home and the wife and the eldest said 'Oh no! don't like that colour' - KFUC OFF!
(so you can't b****y win)

Took it to a dealer (new to me) for it's 12k service, and there in the showroom was in my opinion the perfect spec Tuscan, new of course so forget that, better to shut your hand in drawer hard

All that said, very, very, pleased with it - very different to my Chim but thats what it is, still love that V8 rumble, then again the weird and varied noises coming from the Tuscan, not to mention the beeps and sh*t, are beyond books and highly entertaining

Mainly I like the drive - it's a drivers car. As to the colour, who knows, maybe one of these nights i'll wake in a panic about that
(but i'm pragmatic about it, so no need for any of you to say 'oh no it's great...(not!)'

i'd better stop ranting! In reality my pathetic spoilt child rant is ridiculous - we must be amongst the luckiest people on the planet (the years I wanted a decent motor and now i'm getting choosy..huh! wnakre!)

Pics will be on there way as soon as i get it back from it's service - after my lie down and heart pills, then i'd better get out there and drive it plenty - DRIVE IT - DRIVE IT - DRIVE IT - DRIVE IT

..and try and meet up with some of you somewhere as well!!

thanks for asking anyway

cheers

sp