sorry guys - selling my cerb
sorry guys - selling my cerb
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lestershaw

Original Poster:

1,591 posts

187 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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first of all sorry mods i forgot i wasnt meant to link to my ad and i realise why you had to remove my thread
selling my cerb as i much prefer my chimaera.i tried to like the cerb and i loved the idea of having 2 TVRs. Mark persuaded me to give it time and i would learn to love it. But i thought i could have the cerb as my "anytime" car. but i was daydreaming yesterday and had a bit of a "moment" which scared me a little and my girlfriend a lot! i think driving any TVR means you have to concentrate 100% of the time. so i decided to keep the chim and sell the cerb,and probably get another 350z which i loved. i will keep the chim as a special car and treat it like an event and give it my fullest concentration when i drive it . in my other forums i have said i much prefer the power delivery of the chim.
i have only had the cerb for 4 months, and i am not selling it because i have found anything wrong or untoward. i have appreciated all the help and advice i have been given on these forums and as such i would not try to mislead anyone.
Lester

Mark.

11,104 posts

305 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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frown

Sad time, but you had the itch and scratched it. Had to be done.

If you do have a scare, it can really put you off, and if you can't shake that then you'll never enjoy it.

Good luck with the next car, and I'm glad you are keeping the Chimaera - it's still a very special car. At least you can say you have owned (or been owned by) a Cerbera.

Good luck fella.

lestershaw

Original Poster:

1,591 posts

187 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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thanks Mark
i think i would have been ok if i had either started with the cerb, or only had the cerbera. but if i had to get somewhere quickly and safely and with other things on my mind i dont think i would plump for the cerb :-)
at the moment i think i have also changed my mind to get a tuscan as well, for the same reasons. i think i would have to sell the chim before i get another tvr

Byker28i

91,465 posts

246 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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Blimey that's cheap.

You have an email

FUBAR

17,065 posts

267 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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Byker28i said:
Blimey that's too cheap.
EFA

scotty_d

6,795 posts

223 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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Really? Sorry to hear about your scare. I find the Cerb power delivery is much better than the chim with the long throttle travel it just seems much easier to feed it in instead of loads of low down torque on a small throttle on the chims.

lestershaw

Original Poster:

1,591 posts

187 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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Hi SCott, power delivery. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about or can't describe it properly but I prefer the way the chim accelerates, maybe it's the drama and the noise , I'm not sure.
The scary moment wasn't enough to scare me off, it was just that it reminded me of how careful I have to be, and I want one car that I can kind of relax in and still make speedy progress :-)
Lester

Pursyluv

1,949 posts

203 months

Monday 16th January 2012
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Sometimes you just don't connect with a car, simple as that!

lestershaw

Original Poster:

1,591 posts

187 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Robert, thats exactly it. ever since i saw a cerbera i wanted one, i loved the way it looks, i love the intererior, the way it sounds , but....... i think on reflection i should only have one TVR at a time and then i will appreciate what i have a bit more. mind you there were some practical things i couldnt live with. i am only six feet but i found it very difficult to get in and out of, it always hurt my neck. and i hated having to lean forward to see traffic lights and get a proper view because of the narrow screen.
when its time i will sell my chim and get a tuscan, maybe an overlap, and then decide between the three. i cant afford a T car :-(
Lester


Edited by lestershaw on Tuesday 17th January 05:25

yellowfin

7 posts

296 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Lester thanks for the call - obviously wasn't meant to be, I'll just have to be patient.
I don't envy the new owners trip home !

lestershaw

Original Poster:

1,591 posts

187 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Thanks rich
Would have proffered to sell to you but it's hard to turn down the asking price.
He is going to drive 500 miles through Sweden on the way to Finland ? Braver man than me lol

FUBAR

17,065 posts

267 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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lestershaw said:
Thanks rich
Would have proffered to sell to you but it's hard to turn down the asking price.
He is going to drive 500 miles through Sweden on the way to Finland ? Braver man than me lol
Someone did exactly that last year, came over and drove his new Cerb all the way back to Nordic lands. They must have vodka in their veins that lot hehe