Crash?

[flasher]

I'm not sure about whether risking my neck in a car with no side protection AT ALL, is what I call "part of the fun of a TVR" I didn't realise that there was no protection in the Griff/Chim sides until I toured the factory when I was buying the Tamora. In most cases TVR's are very strong in a crash and they look like they have disintegrated because the plastic goes everywhere.But the chassis is VERY strong. However, if you get T-boned you have had it. and as someone else just said, it's not always your fault. I felt a lot more comfortable when I saw how safer the Tuscan and Tamora are than the older cars.....(cerb excepted)

....and you can't die in a Merc at 2mph, they are built like a tank. Lady Di would have lived if she'd had her seat belt on and her Merc was doing 90mph.

[flasher]

quote:Surely a Tomahawk wouldnt do that sort of damage? A Chopper or a Grifter maybe, but no Tomahawk...

very funny Matt......

[thom]

Ok Flasher, whatever you say

[thom]

quote:
Lady Di would have lived if she'd had her seat belt on and her Merc was doing 90mph.

...and if the driver hadn't been stone/drunk.

[flasher]

Yeah, he was French wasn't he Thom.....

[thom]

Yep, the column of the tunnel too
I'm not sure if the photographs weren't all English though

[JonRB]

quote:Ok Flasher, whatever you say

Obviously you're too young to know what a Grifter and Chopper is, Thom.

[flasher]

Yes Thom
Romulard Rat the photographer sounds English to me mate.........

just admit it Thom, you lot killed our Princess....

[flasher]

quote:

quote:Ok Flasher, whatever you say

Obviously you're too young to know what a Grifter and Chopper is, Thom.

Confession, I owned all three as a kid!!!!

[thom]

quote:
Yes Thom
Romulard Rat the photographer sounds English to me mate.........

just admit it Thom, you lot killed our Princess....

Ok I admit; it had been more than 200 years since we hadn't beheaded some blue blood; the occasion was too good to miss

[thom]

quote:

quote:Ok Flasher, whatever you say

Obviously you're too young to know what a Grifter and Chopper is, Thom.

Never heard this in English; expression?
I know what a chopper is but not a grifter...

>> Edited by thom on Wednesday 27th March 16:59

[plotloss]

quote:

quote:

quote:Ok Flasher, whatever you say

Obviously you're too young to know what a Grifter and Chopper is, Thom.

Confession, I owned all three as a kid!!!!

Oooh you spoilt bugger!

I had a Boxer then a Chopper, really wanted a Grifter and then realised about a month ago that all a Grifter was was a Chopper with an upside down frame!

Matt.

[flasher]

I wasn't spoilt, they were all bloody hand-me-downs!!!!
The Tomahawk had different colour forks!!!!

[JonRB]

thom - they are bicycles, available in the UK during the 1970s.

[richb]

Do the Tuscan race cars have side impact protection? R...

[flasher]

Of course they do, they have a full roll cage.

[raceboy]

Well I had Grifter XL, special edition with better colours and a different seat and handlebars, next door neighbours lad has it now, wonder if its a classic yet?

[MEMSDesign]

I used to have a Grifter. Built like a bloody tank, and about as easy to pedal uphill.

[d_drinks]

Bright yellow Tomahawk and a metalic purple Chopper (hand sprayed umm... nice !! ) though did anyone else have the problem of knocking the Chopper from 3rd to 1st gear when peddling as fast as you could???!!!

[yertis]

Oh yes I remember that twist grip gear change well - on a Raleigh Commando actually which I prefer to think was the spiritual forebear of the Grifter. I saw one in a junk shop the other day and it was much as I could do to stop myself buying it...