RE: PH Buying Guide: TVR Griffith
Discussion
Agree with you Matthew. Great to see one of the greatest British sports cars ever built on the home page 
A few inaccuracies in the article that have already been pointed out, I've certainly never seen or read about a claimed 380 bhp from TVR for the 500 !!
Clutches going at 30k ?? I know of many that have exceeded this figure, and as for the rad expiring at 25k ? Not sure where that info was gathered.
Despite those questionable points a very good write up and all in all a good bit of exposure for our beloved cars, about time they got the attention they deserve.
I for one would never consider selling mine for something else. I have yet to find something that comes anywhere near close with regards to performance and sense of occasion.
I've probably spent far too much money
on improvements and upgrades over the
last 3 years to get it to where it is today - exactly how I wanted it. Along with it receiving all the maintenance required to keep it in tip top condition.
Everytime I start it up and take it out for a drive though I know it's been worth every penny
Well done PH, a good start to a well written buyers guide
A few inaccuracies in the article that have already been pointed out, I've certainly never seen or read about a claimed 380 bhp from TVR for the 500 !!
Clutches going at 30k ?? I know of many that have exceeded this figure, and as for the rad expiring at 25k ? Not sure where that info was gathered.
Despite those questionable points a very good write up and all in all a good bit of exposure for our beloved cars, about time they got the attention they deserve.
I for one would never consider selling mine for something else. I have yet to find something that comes anywhere near close with regards to performance and sense of occasion.
I've probably spent far too much money
on improvements and upgrades over the
last 3 years to get it to where it is today - exactly how I wanted it. Along with it receiving all the maintenance required to keep it in tip top condition.
Everytime I start it up and take it out for a drive though I know it's been worth every penny
Well done PH, a good start to a well written buyers guide
Edited by Mr MoJo on Thursday 14th April 13:03
Edmundo2 said:
Absolutely loved mine. With a full engine rebuild, sorted brakes, uprated shocks, new bushes, new tyres, etc..it was bloody great and went/stopped/handled very well! Never broke down + always made me smile. Whole heartedly recommend them but at same time recommend attending/upgrading all the bits essential to getting the best out of any performance car, ( examples of griffs that aren't sorted will scare the sh*t out of you! ).
Absolutely loved yours too!Shame the FGerman guy who bought it off me put it into the back of another car on the way to the ferry - I even gave him a 'proper' driving lesson in it on my work airfield beforehand to show where/how it would bite...
I think it wasn't written off though, although it did seem to me that I could have saved my money on the new front/paint I had put on it before selling
frodo_monkey said:
Absolutely loved yours too!
Shame the FGerman guy who bought it off me put it into the back of another car on the way to the ferry - I even gave him a 'proper' driving lesson in it on my work airfield beforehand to show where/how it would bite...
I think it wasn't written off though, although it did seem to me that I could have saved my money on the new front/paint I had put on it before selling
Hi Si,Shame the FGerman guy who bought it off me put it into the back of another car on the way to the ferry - I even gave him a 'proper' driving lesson in it on my work airfield beforehand to show where/how it would bite...
I think it wasn't written off though, although it did seem to me that I could have saved my money on the new front/paint I had put on it before selling
No way! I can't believe it - that car must have been lovely by the time you'd painted it + sorted the chassis. Whilst I'm enjoying motorsport I really miss the Griff as it really was a great combo of comfort/drama that very few other cars can offer at the money. I will have another one day!
I been a TVR owner for many years and have had many of their fine car’s pass through my hand, cars such as chimaera 400 & 450’s, Cerbera 450’s, 2 sagarisis and a couple of Griff 500’s.
I currently have both an 98 griff 500 HC and an 07 sagaris.
There both truly excellent cars, very different but equally as enjoyable.
In all my years of ownership which thankfully have usually include
one main land European jaunt per year I have never had as much as much as a break down let alone been stranded on the side of the road.
I put this down to excellent servicing (thank you Torque flyte) and keeping the car more or less standard.
At any price a good TVR is hard to beat.
I currently have both an 98 griff 500 HC and an 07 sagaris.
There both truly excellent cars, very different but equally as enjoyable.
In all my years of ownership which thankfully have usually include
one main land European jaunt per year I have never had as much as much as a break down let alone been stranded on the side of the road.
I put this down to excellent servicing (thank you Torque flyte) and keeping the car more or less standard.
At any price a good TVR is hard to beat.
nice oneChilliman said:
'By then, TVR had decided to ditch these engines in favour of a single 5.0-litre V8 motor with 380bhp, which sold steadily throughout the rest of its life.'
Er, you might want to reconsider that statement guys.....
Mine made 276BHP 2 years running at the Griff Growl, and this was considered very good for a totally standard 500 engineEr, you might want to reconsider that statement guys.....
Edited by BJWoods on Friday 15th April 18:18
.I very much enjoyed life with 3 of my four tvr's. The first was a very early 4 litre Griffith 4.0, j541 vvp in brg with grey interior. It smelled of damp and burnt my girlfriends legs as we travelled to France coz the heater jammed on but at full blast with no cats it sounded glorious went well and always drew a photo especially in France. The second 500' l761hoj was a much better built car and always felt quicker. It only ever made 265bhp after a mark Adams rechip. Had a race tasmin which was brilliant (thAnks Richard Moore ) and a Tuscan w772xgc for which I became a tvr development driver. During one of it's very many periods of therapy back at the factory I was lent a factory tvr chimera 4.5. I cam confirm this was faster than the griff500, and had so many trick suspension bits that it was effectively running a race suspension set-up with soft springs- was fab. Unfortunately the Tuscan broke my faith in tvr and I have since bought German - I just needed it to start more often. Griffith 500 was the defining car for tvr and it went backwards from there.
Jb
Jb
Jonathanb48 said:
I very much enjoyed life with 3 of my four tvr's. The first was a very early 4 litre Griffith 4.0, j541 vvp in brg with grey interior. It smelled of damp and burnt my girlfriends legs as we travelled to France coz the heater jammed on but at full blast with no cats it sounded glorious went well and always drew a photo especially in France. The second 500' l761hoj was a much better built car and always felt quicker. It only ever made 265bhp after a mark Adams rechip. Had a race tasmin which was brilliant (thAnks Richard Moore ) and a Tuscan w772xgc for which I became a tvr development driver. During one of it's very many periods of therapy back at the factory I was lent a factory tvr chimera 4.5. I cam confirm this was faster than the griff500, and had so many trick suspension bits that it was effectively running a race suspension set-up with soft springs- was fab. Unfortunately the Tuscan broke my faith in tvr and I have since bought German - I just needed it to start more often. Griffith 500 was the defining car for tvr and it went backwards from there.
Jb
You've just come up with an answer without anyones help Jb
Get another Griff 500 !!
You'll be needing this link - http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=3&...
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