That good weather is just around the corner (a 10wk corner)
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Seeing as we've had a few dry days, I brought my Chimaera out of it's winter hibernation and gave it a short run up and down my street to keep all the fluids fluid and the tyres round.
Although it still seems like the deepest , darkest part of winter, those early glimpses of good weather that we seem to get mid march are actually not so far away now
Damn, I hate the winter !
Although it still seems like the deepest , darkest part of winter, those early glimpses of good weather that we seem to get mid march are actually not so far away now
Damn, I hate the winter !
The weather and road conditions have been near-perfect for the last week or so.
A couple of weeks before Christmas there was a cold snap that prompted some gritting and salting, and since then we've had mild weather and some rain to wash it away - but no rain in the last week or so. The roads have been clean and dry (at least in the south), so I've been driving the TVR a few times recently.
However, this weekend and the coming week will see the temperatures dipping below zero at night, so councils might be tempted to salt the roads again.
A couple of weeks before Christmas there was a cold snap that prompted some gritting and salting, and since then we've had mild weather and some rain to wash it away - but no rain in the last week or so. The roads have been clean and dry (at least in the south), so I've been driving the TVR a few times recently.
However, this weekend and the coming week will see the temperatures dipping below zero at night, so councils might be tempted to salt the roads again.
Guys,
No offense to anyone, but my view is: if you really love your TVR (and have some balls), you use it all the year around....
Of course it is defo nicer with the roof of, but the way I see it is if you are planning to go somewhere in the TVR and if the weather gods are not with you, swapping the car is not the solution...
Personally my first year of ownership i went to Strasbourg from London and back in December, rain all the way that's 800 kms one way (in the 450), late in December many of us went to Goodwood for the last piston head meeting of the year (Dave and I had the red "ice warning light" on all the way) and I hooted to Wales and back over christmas and to the the Costwalls over NYE, all under not such good weather, and guess what: I am alive, the TVR too and as far as I know all the ones who went to Goodwood a few weeks back are alive too and still have cars....
I guess there are 2 types of TVR drivers... the all weather drivers and the .... oh, and there are also the one who spend more time making it shine that actually driving it....
Here we go, i had my moan about the "winter is finished, i'll get the car out" bit...
Now you fair weather boys can come back at me... bring it on!
No offense to anyone, but my view is: if you really love your TVR (and have some balls), you use it all the year around....
Of course it is defo nicer with the roof of, but the way I see it is if you are planning to go somewhere in the TVR and if the weather gods are not with you, swapping the car is not the solution...
Personally my first year of ownership i went to Strasbourg from London and back in December, rain all the way that's 800 kms one way (in the 450), late in December many of us went to Goodwood for the last piston head meeting of the year (Dave and I had the red "ice warning light" on all the way) and I hooted to Wales and back over christmas and to the the Costwalls over NYE, all under not such good weather, and guess what: I am alive, the TVR too and as far as I know all the ones who went to Goodwood a few weeks back are alive too and still have cars....
I guess there are 2 types of TVR drivers... the all weather drivers and the .... oh, and there are also the one who spend more time making it shine that actually driving it....
Here we go, i had my moan about the "winter is finished, i'll get the car out" bit...
Now you fair weather boys can come back at me... bring it on!
I'd agree with Frenchie 100% if it weren't for one factor: salt.
Bad weather doesn't discourage me from using my TVR. I'm not precious about getting it wet and/or muddy. If it's kept where air can circulate around it then those won't significantly speed up corrosion, but salt does - massively.
Maybe in Frenchie's homeland they don't use much salt on the roads in winter (I don't know), but unfortunately they do here.
No offence to Frenchie, but anyone who loves their TVR will try to avoid exposing it to salt.
Bad weather doesn't discourage me from using my TVR. I'm not precious about getting it wet and/or muddy. If it's kept where air can circulate around it then those won't significantly speed up corrosion, but salt does - massively.
Maybe in Frenchie's homeland they don't use much salt on the roads in winter (I don't know), but unfortunately they do here.
No offence to Frenchie, but anyone who loves their TVR will try to avoid exposing it to salt.
I could understand the salt argument if these were concours condition E-type Jags or similar, but they are cheap cars with plastic bodied shells sitting on a steel chassis made from off the shelf standard tubing - no hard to source bits here. If it rots chop it out and replace.
If your powder coating has dropped off and you have bare metal then you need a chassis refurb anyway. With good condition powder coating, then salt isn't going have much of an effect.
Just drive the funking things
If your powder coating has dropped off and you have bare metal then you need a chassis refurb anyway. With good condition powder coating, then salt isn't going have much of an effect.
Just drive the funking things
Ive got to admit a bit to admiring you for wanting to drive your chimaera all year round, however in my opinion it's not a great winter conditions car, and I find it suits the occasional warm/dry day role far better than trying to grind out journeys through towns in ice, snow, or wet greasy conditions.
I'm probably fairly typical of TVR owners in that I cover around 4-5k a year in mine, and generally only in the warm and dry where I can. For me it's a toy that I cherish and not a mode of transport. I've a day to day fun car for that.
However, everyone's entitled to get whatever they want out of their cars, so you enjoy yours all year in all conditions and I'll keep mine for good weather
life would be boring if everyone was the same.
I'm probably fairly typical of TVR owners in that I cover around 4-5k a year in mine, and generally only in the warm and dry where I can. For me it's a toy that I cherish and not a mode of transport. I've a day to day fun car for that.
However, everyone's entitled to get whatever they want out of their cars, so you enjoy yours all year in all conditions and I'll keep mine for good weather
life would be boring if everyone was the same.
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