New to Cerbera

[dvpeace]

I've just been given a Cerb. as a hire car to replace my crashed Tusc. I was just handed the keys and left to it. Are there any points I should not regarding driving, looking after etc. I have to confess to knowing only a little about the Cerb and do not wish to spoil what looks like a super car.

Anyway any tips or pointer please...

David

[SXS]

Watch it on a bend at high revs, the traction doesnt bed in, it floats, you'll know what I mean.... apart from that, very much a raw beast like your tusc was...
just get used to the flat spots and time the acceleration right, it doesnt have a great throttle response as the Tuscan Speed 6, (I'm assuming this is a V8 cerb).... but when those revs start, you're up in 6 & a half before you can say 'jesus ch'...

Enjoy!

[trooper1212]

I'm sure you're aware of this from your Tuscan, but don't go over 3000rpm until the car is warm and the oil pressure drops to normal.

[al bell500]

Smile. Smile and smile loads more.
May seem lumpy compared to the tuscan and sound like a diesel when cold(as i found out)
You`ll love it.

Al

[dvpeace]

al bell500 said:

Smile. Smile and smile loads more. May seem lumpy compared to the tuscan and sound like a diesel when cold(as i found out) You`ll love it. Al

That sounds like a Tuscan!

Thanks

David

[pies]

Dont try to take the roof of

[dvpeace]

pies said:

Dont try to take the roof of

Too Late, was it not meant to come off?

[dvpeace]

I have uploaded & updated my web site. Now has pics of the Cerb. It's not X1 DVP but still worth the showing.

[J_S_G]

One thing... You should really, really run the Cerb on Optimax (or another 97 ROM+ "super" rated petrol). I know a lot of people run their Tuscans on 95 RON, and this really won't give you a happy Cerb engine (assuming it's a V8).

[focused]

I don't know about other TVRs but with the Cerbera you should select reverse by shifting into 5th first then straight down into reverse. Also expect a lot more girls begging for sex and more crowds drooling over the car, but you soon get used to it.

Sorry, but perhaps you should consider a price you would accept for your Tuscan cause you will be replacing it soon with a Cerbera.

[trooper1212]

focused said:

I don't know about other TVRs but with the Cerbera you should select reverse by shifting into 5th first then straight down into reverse.

Stop right where you are and take your hand of the gearstick!

Doing that is a good way to cause your 5th syncro to balls up. 3rd is better, but better still is to alternate the pre-select gear you choose.

[dvpeace]

focused said:

I don't know about other TVRs but with the Cerbera you should select reverse by shifting into 5th first then straight down into reverse. Also expect a lot more girls begging for sex and more crowds drooling over the car, but you soon get used to it. Sorry, but perhaps you should consider a price you would accept for your Tuscan cause you will be replacing it soon with a Cerbera.

Yep no syncro on the Tuscan either, I tend to use 1st.

Not sure about giving up the Tuscan yet. I'll drive this for 3 weeks first before I pass jugment.

[lake]

dvpeace,

I know that car. Is it the one from CCL? If so I took it for a spin last year. Very nice car.

Hope you enjoy it.

Lake

[sethlj]

trooper1212 said:

focused said: I don't know about other TVRs but with the Cerbera you should select reverse by shifting into 5th first then straight down into reverse. Stop right where you are and take your hand of the gearstick! Doing that is a good way to cause your 5th syncro to balls up. 3rd is better, but better still is to alternate the pre-select gear you choose.

Says 5th in my handbook!?!

[dvpeace]

sethlj said:

trooper1212 said: focused said: I don't know about other TVRs but with the Cerbera you should select reverse by shifting into 5th first then straight down into reverse. Stop right where you are and take your hand of the gearstick! Doing that is a good way to cause your 5th syncro to balls up. 3rd is better, but better still is to alternate the pre-select gear you choose. Says 5th in my handbook!?!

Handbook ? What handbook? lol

[sethlj]

dvpeace said:

Handbook ? What handbook? lol

That little leather binder effort with the service sheets in. You not got one?



S.

[dvpeace]

It's a hire car.......

[sethlj]

Fair point.

S.

[trooper1212]

sethlj said:

trooper1212 said: focused said: I don't know about other TVRs but with the Cerbera you should select reverse by shifting into 5th first then straight down into reverse. Stop right where you are and take your hand of the gearstick! Doing that is a good way to cause your 5th syncro to balls up. 3rd is better, but better still is to alternate the pre-select gear you choose. Says 5th in my handbook!?!

Indeed it does. Hence why a fair number of Cerb gearboxes have had failures of the synchro on 5th.

[J_S_G]

trooper1212 said:

sethlj said: Says 5th in my handbook!?! Indeed it does. Hence why a fair number of Cerb gearboxes have had failures of the synchro on 5th.

Trust trooper1212 on this one.... 5th is the weakest gear and shouldn't really be used before putting the car into first. I use third mainly, sometimes first, and rarely 4th. I always avoid 2nd, too, as it's the gear that you're always changing through so gets more than its share of the work.