Saggy effect
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Hollowpockets

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5,909 posts

238 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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For the first 6 weeks or so I was quite happy enjoying the Sagaris say 2 days a week, during the week to work if too busy at the weekend for a blast, however the past couple of weeks I find myself wanting to drive it every day! It make me grumpy driving the audi to work!

Even took the sag to B+Q and she took a 2.2m curtain rail much to my surprise, so practical! wink

Anyone else find life gets dull if not getting around in their Sags? Or other trevs I guess?

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phoenixz

439 posts

188 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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totally, i agree one hundred percent.

i have to stop myself every morning and force myself to take the landrover to work (which is the most horrendous thing to drive as its automatic). i am even looking at replacing the toyota with a lotus elise s2 as a more practical everyday car that will be "similar" to the sag.

i have found that the sag is perfect for shopping runs, the boot tends to be too big on other cars causing the shopping to slosh around or fall over. but the sag nestles all the shopping perfectly, it slots in so well that nothing has moved by the time you get home. i dont know how im going to survive without over the winter frown

on a brighter note its going to get a spread in the P&J Your Car section on the 7th.

pirateTVR

172 posts

187 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Entirely agree,something that can be said of all TIV`s.
My Cerbera`s a daily driver as will be my partners T350 just as soon as it`s left the paintshop,and no it never gets "less special".. probably more so.
Undoubtably a personal threshold thing but whatever,an A35 or Pagani they generally suffer through lack of use.
Congratulations to the guy who`s recently clocked 195,000 in his T350,Top Man.

alex_gray255

6,331 posts

227 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Yes, they are a very practical supercar biggrin

...at least when mine is on the road...

phoenixz

439 posts

188 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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i professed for months that i would be a garage bunny and not add mileage to the car throughout the year. i even limited the insurance mileage to 4000 per year

3 months and over 3000 miles later i still take it out for no reason other than to drive it.

if we could bottle the "TVR" effect, we would make millions

Jasper Gilder

2,166 posts

295 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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So that's how mine got to 108,000!!

Overseas

1,653 posts

259 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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What is all this "survive without over the winter" stuff?

Man up. 888's and get on with it!

phoenixz said:
totally, i agree one hundred percent.

i have to stop myself every morning and force myself to take the landrover to work (which is the most horrendous thing to drive as its automatic). i am even looking at replacing the toyota with a lotus elise s2 as a more practical everyday car that will be "similar" to the sag.

i have found that the sag is perfect for shopping runs, the boot tends to be too big on other cars causing the shopping to slosh around or fall over. but the sag nestles all the shopping perfectly, it slots in so well that nothing has moved by the time you get home. i dont know how im going to survive without over the winter frown

on a brighter note its going to get a spread in the P&J Your Car section on the 7th.

Overseas

1,653 posts

259 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Jasper Gilder said:
So that's how mine got to 108,000!!
Same, well over 80k now, and that's just shopping .....

TVR_owner

3,349 posts

213 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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Overseas said:
Jasper Gilder said:
So that's how mine got to 108,000!!
Same, well over 80k now, and that's just shopping .....
getmecoat

We added almost 30% more mileage this year than the car had done in the previous 7 years...Qulaity miles too, I feel quite proud rofl

Targarama

14,715 posts

305 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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TVR_owner said:
getmecoat

We added almost 30% more mileage this year than the car had done in the previous 7 years...Qulaity miles too, I feel quite proud rofl
I think they are known as Smiles.

sidpinup

1,006 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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phoenixz said:
totally, i agree one hundred percent.

i have to stop myself every morning and force myself to take the landrover to work (which is the most horrendous thing to drive as its automatic). i am even looking at replacing the toyota with a lotus elise s2 as a more practical everyday car that will be "similar" to the sag.

i have found that the sag is perfect for shopping runs, the boot tends to be too big on other cars causing the shopping to slosh around or fall over. but the sag nestles all the shopping perfectly, it slots in so well that nothing has moved by the time you get home. i dont know how im going to survive without over the winter frown

on a brighter note its going to get a spread in the P&J Your Car section on the 7th.
It's not just Sags, if I don't drive my Tamora is like a Labrador that's been left too long and she looks at me with her big sad eyes.

mycroft

1,545 posts

269 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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sidpinup said:
It's not just Sags, if I don't drive my Tamora is like a Labrador that's been left too long and she looks at me with her big sad eyes.
Classic laugh

Mines the same .rolleyes


m3coupe

1,116 posts

226 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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Yeah it's all tiv's, they get under your skin and its like an itch that won't go away!

When I first got my Tuscan it was middle of winter! Half past 6 every morning at minus whatever the temperature was, I would walk past the daily drive vectra with its fully functioning heaters and safe front wheel drive and 100 odd bhp and get in the Tuscan for the 18 mile untreated country road drive to work! The heating was non existent, you had to tip toe round every corner but it was always a brilliant drive!

phoenixz

439 posts

188 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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Overseas said:
im curious, how do you deal with the cold starts? mine sounds like a bag of nails and i can't shrug off the feeling that i am doing damage to by starting it up at minus temperatures.

the water temp said -7 on its final drive of the year.

the upside to puting it away in a garage, though, is that sounds utterly amazing. i could have sat there reving the engine till the neighbours in the next village complained biggrin

Hollowpockets

Original Poster:

5,909 posts

238 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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phoenixz said:
im curious, how do you deal with the cold starts? mine sounds like a bag of nails and i can't shrug off the feeling that i am doing damage to by starting it up at minus temperatures.

the water temp said -7 on its final drive of the year.

the upside to puting it away in a garage, though, is that sounds utterly amazing. i could have sat there reving the engine till the neighbours in the next village complained biggrin
Don't be a poof, there's nothing wrong with driving it in the cold, just warm it carefully, I'll be using mine any day the sun is out even if it's -10. They all sound like a bag of spanners anyway but the cars used more deffo seem to suffer less problems.

phoenixz

439 posts

188 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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lol, fair point. the response seems to be nut up or shut up tongue out

we should get ur sag over to my mothers and put it into the other side of the twin door garage. it'll make for a great photo opp

Overseas

1,653 posts

259 months

Thursday 1st November 2012
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Hollowpockets said:
phoenixz said:
im curious, how do you deal with the cold starts? mine sounds like a bag of nails and i can't shrug off the feeling that i am doing damage to by starting it up at minus temperatures.

the water temp said -7 on its final drive of the year.

the upside to puting it away in a garage, though, is that sounds utterly amazing. i could have sat there reving the engine till the neighbours in the next village complained biggrin
Don't be a poof, there's nothing wrong with driving it in the cold, just warm it carefully, I'll be using mine any day the sun is out even if it's -10. They all sound like a bag of spanners anyway but the cars used more deffo seem to suffer less problems.
Start car, back in house have a cup of tea, talk to the cat, wander around for a couple of minutes asking yourself if you really want to go to work, then get in the warmed up Sag suddenly BIG SMILE!!

Hollowpockets

Original Poster:

5,909 posts

238 months

Friday 2nd November 2012
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Talked to the cat outside while I put the wheelie bins out this morning, she follows me around like a dog.

We should start a brighten up your car park on a Friday to get some of these poor garage queens out over winter ...

Jasper Gilder

2,166 posts

295 months

Friday 2nd November 2012
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Agree - think I've seen -10 Oil temp on mine - just let it warm up gently and don't nail it until the oil's over 50C
Al Melling says the problem with the early engines was that TVR removed an oil feed to the top end, but by '05 they'd found a way of getting the feed as it should be.

C3BER

4,714 posts

245 months

Friday 2nd November 2012
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Use it or lose it.

Never understood garage queens to be honest. Yes they look nice but you don't have a car to look nice you have a car to drive the dam thing.