thinking of moving to a cerb??..
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-TVR-Cerbera-4-2-in-...
browsing ebay as u do and came across the above, love my chimaera, but would be very tempted by this had I not gone for chim. Mileage highish but looks like it is in good nick and used regularly. The advert says needs stuff sorting but 7.5k still seems a good price.
no relation to seller, purely for comment and the mrs is watching rubbish on tv so i enjoy looking at cars for sale on ebay.
browsing ebay as u do and came across the above, love my chimaera, but would be very tempted by this had I not gone for chim. Mileage highish but looks like it is in good nick and used regularly. The advert says needs stuff sorting but 7.5k still seems a good price.
no relation to seller, purely for comment and the mrs is watching rubbish on tv so i enjoy looking at cars for sale on ebay.
I always wanted a Cerb. It was the TVR I always wanted. They look awesome and have performance to match. Then I looked at the running costs and changed my mind. 
I love the Chim. Can't wait to get that roof down on a warm summer evening and here those exhausts popping. It isn't cheap to run compared to my daily driver, but at least I can still afford to go sailing twice a year!!!
I love the Chim. Can't wait to get that roof down on a warm summer evening and here those exhausts popping. It isn't cheap to run compared to my daily driver, but at least I can still afford to go sailing twice a year!!!
QBee said:
I never wanted a convertible and always wanted the raw power and style of the Cerbera.
Then I bought a Chim (in 15 minutes flat one day, no research) and now always want to have a V8 convertible.
very similar,1st car i looked at, had a flick through giant folder of receipts for mods. Not been serviced for 5 years and a few cracks in the paint work, and i didn't even look at outriggers. However the guy took me out, nailed it in 2nd with roof down, I was sold! . Luckily I bought a cracker.Then I bought a Chim (in 15 minutes flat one day, no research) and now always want to have a V8 convertible.
I wish I had gone chim first instead of the cerb as it ruined me financially! The cerb is an awesome machine & I loved my six years with mine but I think if I had gone with the chim I would still have had the confidence to stick with a TVR & the cerb managed to ruin my faith which is a shame...boy do I miss it though.
The trouble is you do a bit of research, find a car in the adds, ring up ( they've still got.it!) der, by the time you get there the excitement is blowing out of you, I saw mine and thought it's the best In the world, seller started it indoors, oh my lord I was exploding with joy. Handed over cash got the keys and legged it, I thought he might change his mind, out riggers I didn't care, couldn't remember to look. I'd spent wks getting an idea, no bleeding idea, 3 days later i got an expert to look, holy s
t! It was a pup and a half. I was livid, at my bloody self because I couldn't believe I was so star struck. Ahhhh she needed me like I need her so she's looking good now.
t! It was a pup and a half. I was livid, at my bloody self because I couldn't believe I was so star struck. Ahhhh she needed me like I need her so she's looking good now. cerb4.5lee said:
I wish I had gone chim first instead of the cerb as it ruined me financially! The cerb is an awesome machine & I loved my six years with mine but I think if I had gone with the chim I would still have had the confidence to stick with a TVR & the cerb managed to ruin my faith which is a shame...boy do I miss it though.
cerbera 4.5 must still be one of the fastest machines even 15 years on,,,, not surprised u miss it! mine has been for it's first full service for 5 years, picking it up from RT racing in Sheffield tomorrow, can't wait, bit like Christmas eve as a kid
Alun450 said:
I'm always off topic!! Did the early Cerbs have our V8 In them? If so, now we can gain more power I'd god damn love one. best looking car in the world when they came out in my little book! Breathtaking at the time. Why do they cost so much to run there not that rubbish are they!
no, all the v8 cerbs had the ajp8which whilst a great engine, due to its flat plane crank it doesnt have the lovely V8 noise of the rover lump
Robert Lees said:
cerb4.5lee said:
I wish I had gone chim first instead of the cerb as it ruined me financially! The cerb is an awesome machine & I loved my six years with mine but I think if I had gone with the chim I would still have had the confidence to stick with a TVR & the cerb managed to ruin my faith which is a shame...boy do I miss it though.
cerbera 4.5 must still be one of the fastest machines even 15 years on,,,, not surprised u miss it! mine has been for it's first full service for 5 years, picking it up from RT racing in Sheffield tomorrow, can't wait, bit like Christmas eve as a kid
BountyHunter said:
Alun450 said:
I'm always off topic!! Did the early Cerbs have our V8 In them? If so, now we can gain more power I'd god damn love one. best looking car in the world when they came out in my little book! Breathtaking at the time. Why do they cost so much to run there not that rubbish are they!
no, all the v8 cerbs had the ajp8which whilst a great engine, due to its flat plane crank it doesnt have the lovely V8 noise of the rover lump
Having had a Cerb and a Griff 4.3 before that, I'm now looking for another Rover V8 TVR (Chimaera).
As already mentioned, the Cerb is a stupidly fast car, more power than you'll ever need on public roads. But the feeling of impending breakage around each corner, even though mine was pretty damn good over 5 years. Only a gearbox failure that a TVR 'specialist' failed to identify when looking over the car for me at the time of purchase.
If the Cerb itch is in your blood, best scratch it, then come back to the safer and more fun world of RV8 TVR ownership.
IMHO of course.
As already mentioned, the Cerb is a stupidly fast car, more power than you'll ever need on public roads. But the feeling of impending breakage around each corner, even though mine was pretty damn good over 5 years. Only a gearbox failure that a TVR 'specialist' failed to identify when looking over the car for me at the time of purchase.
If the Cerb itch is in your blood, best scratch it, then come back to the safer and more fun world of RV8 TVR ownership.
IMHO of course.
Bloody aider while were talking about Cerbs, so what's the unreliable parts, is it just service costs, remember the top gear test when it beat the ass off all those other st things, made my decade! We all know they tuned the heck out of it but still. If ours is a classic, there a supercar. Tvr Alls good. This thing about costs, all and every race bread beast costs millions. Am I wrong!
t things, made my decade! We all know they tuned the heck out of it but still. If ours is a classic, there a supercar. Tvr Alls good. This thing about costs, all and every race bread beast costs millions. Am I wrong! Well said sir, that sounds like a good endorsement for our little beauties. When all said and done we got power sound and the top off, that's a sports car! I always thought a Cerb would be like getting into a la mon Audi to go to the shops! Takes 5 mins to strap yourself in. Lol The interiors are fantastic mind. I'm glad to have discussed this, I'm mad for the Chimeara!
That's a pretty good price for a Cerbera, especially that pretty. OK so you will need to set aside some cash for a gearbox rebuild (according to the ad) but even so that's not bad.
I love the Cerbera, I'd be pretty tempted myself, not to replace the Chim but to sit alongside it (for use in the winter)...although it'd need to be driven carefully LOL
I prefer the sound of the RV8 but the Cerbera does howl so beautifully and it's just so damn fast!
I love the Cerbera, I'd be pretty tempted myself, not to replace the Chim but to sit alongside it (for use in the winter)...although it'd need to be driven carefully LOL
I prefer the sound of the RV8 but the Cerbera does howl so beautifully and it's just so damn fast!
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