Picking up my Cerbera tomorrow
Picking up my Cerbera tomorrow
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Dazza N

Original Poster:

301 posts

178 months

Monday 5th March 2012
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Picking up my first Cerb tomorrow thanks for all the answers to questions the last few weeks. Not exactly great weather, think I will take it easy till its dry ! Look forward to sharing my stories in weeks to come and meeting some of you at Tvrcc or PH events. Open mind and hopefully not open wallet !

clive f

7,259 posts

262 months

Monday 5th March 2012
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nice one, but we need pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dazza N

Original Poster:

301 posts

178 months

Monday 5th March 2012
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Just working out how to load from my iPad !

Boatbuoy

1,975 posts

191 months

Monday 5th March 2012
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Take it easy!!

Bigadz

393 posts

177 months

Monday 5th March 2012
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I remember picking mine up on a properly miserable dark, wet december night but I was still grinning! Do a search on the app store, there is an upload image app by imageshack which I use, simple.

Tang Soo Tim

506 posts

198 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Guess you will be having a sleepless night tonight smile

I'm picking mine up Friday and can't wait !

Enjoy your day tomorrow and get those photos posted soon, see you at some Tvr get togethers smokin

PoleDriver

29,586 posts

223 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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I picked mine up near Redruth in Cornwall. My first journey was from there, in pouring rain, to Harlow in Essex! I learned a lot about their handling that day! smile

Enjoy!!

verminator

723 posts

261 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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You lucky boy. No feeling like it apart from picking up my Harley after fighting with the wife for 15yrs to get one. I picked my cerb up for the first time from the main dealers many moons ago. I had never even driven one before. It really did feel like a supercar. To my embarrassment i took the car back after a couple of days as i was convinced the camshaft was knackered it was so noisy. Oh dont worry sir, they all do that. And he was right. Good job I didnt buy an early clatter cam cerb. biggrin
Enjoy, and be careful.

FUBAR

17,065 posts

267 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Funny, I remember travelling up on the train from the South Coast to Bromsgrove in the pissing rain to collect mine. Absolutely pooping myself about the monster I was about to take charge of. Drove sensibly home, in the rain, and it didn't put a wheel wrong. I think it was a great bonding session smile

As said, take it easy at first. They will bite both experienced in inexperienced alike and there is plenty of summer to push the performance envelope in thumbup

Bigadz

393 posts

177 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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I had great fun on a slip road, hill start at some traffic lights with the clutch. Took me about 3 goes, a right noisy embarrassment! In the end I was the only one who got through the lights smile

FUBAR

17,065 posts

267 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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LoL, I stalled mine at the first set of lights I came to, then panicked for 10 seconds (felt like 24 hours) trying to remember the starting procedure wobble

Bigadz

393 posts

177 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Lol, I'm sure there must have been a few of us who did that. I forgot what car I was in the other day and tried to take a slow roundabout in 2nd, released the clutch and promptly stalled as I silently entered the roundabout in a very graceful manner....

whitewolf

751 posts

195 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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I remember picking up my taimar. literally 2mins down the road i had the 'TVR grin'

Then i had a megane try to overtake after sticking up my cars rear.. well lets see what the Essex has... and never saw the megane again.

Now after just short of 2 years restoration Im using any excuse to go for a run and i absolutely love it :-D


just go steady and learn the car... But sayin that it doesn't mean in one day.

Dazza N

Original Poster:

301 posts

178 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Thanks for all the advice. As I picked up the car the sun came out , so that was a good sign and made the drive home more fun. Can highly recommend the Guys at Castle in Stansted, car running sweet with good pressure. Initial impressions are......she doesn't like sitting in traffic , but does like going along the A130 at extremely high speed , my bottle and licence will go long before the car runs out of steam ! Also learnt that my car is in this months Evo magazine, which was a bonus. Look forward to the summer.....

Dazza N

Original Poster:

301 posts

178 months

Bigadz

393 posts

177 months

Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Lovely color on the Cerb, that's a pretty car. They did do a couple of dodgy ones but mostly the colours were spot on.

Tang Soo Tim

506 posts

198 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Sounds like your really enjoying your new beast

Finding out that bit of history on it is great news and all part of the bonding procedure cool

Bring on the sunshine now !

verminator

723 posts

261 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Good to see a nice original unmolested looking cerb.

Zippee

14,125 posts

263 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Dazza N said:
Looks lovely. Is that the one featured in this months Evo in the mini buying guide?

FUBAR

17,065 posts

267 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Apparently so smile