Looking for first tvr.....a tamora

[KieranR]

Hi all,

My first post on ph even though I've been using the site for years.
I've got a real urge to buy a tvr. I've had vx220s in the past and my dads got a elan s4 se so i thought my new toy would be a lotus but I find myself on the tamora classifieds daily.

This will be my first weekend car since buying and refurbishing our first house 5 years ago.
I've been doing allot of research of things to check but I know I will need help when the time comes.

I plan to have it as my wedding car for me and my best man in September fingers crossed.

There's 2-3 cars at the moment that are tempting me.

I may go to the Midlands meet next Sunday if i can but it's my birthday so it depends on what the other half is treating me too.

Cheers all

kieran

[Mr M]

Probably not the most relaxing of cars to arrive at a wedding in, if you're nervous already but certainly different

[Milky400]

Great idea for a wedding car, got mine in September and reckon it could help the nerves... But no beer before the ceremony!!!!!

[Milky400]

Great idea for a wedding car, got mine in September and reckon it could help the nerves... But no beer before the ceremony!!!!!

[KieranR]

Thanks,

Luckily the church has a pub across the road so i think i could drive it into the church then run to the pub for a swift nerv helper.

Hopefully my best man can then take it to the reception.

[garreth64]

I used mine as a static wedding car and got some good photo's.

If it's dry I'll probably be at the next TVR WWM meet at the Bulls Head in Meriden on 18th May, if you want to have a look over one and maybe a passenger ride?

[Milky400]

KieranR said:

Thanks,

Luckily the church has a pub across the road so i think i could drive it into the church then run to the pub for a swift nerv helper.

Hopefully my best man can then take it to the reception.

Exactly that, although the pub is a two minute walk for me.....

[aubrey9160]

The Shropshire meet is at enville brewery this weekend theres usually a couple of nice tams turn up to that im sure you would be more than welcome to join us there
what could be better cars and a brewery

[aubrey9160]

The Shropshire meet is at enville brewery this weekend theres usually a couple of nice tams turn up to that im sure you would be more than welcome to join us there
what could be better cars and a brewery

[KieranR]

Thanks all for the response.

I'm located next to donnington Park so may be a little far away but I think there is a midlands meet in Nottinghamshire on Sunday?

[idlindsay]

The Northamptonshire TVR meeting is Sunday 11th May at Sywell between Kettering and Northampton. I hope to be there, I am unfortunately selling my Tamora (see link below) because there is no room for a child seat. come and have a ride.
http://www.idealcars.co.uk/used-cars/tvr-tamora-3-...

[paul1962]

KieranR said:

Thanks all for the response.

I'm located next to donnington Park so may be a little far away but I think there is a midlands meet in Nottinghamshire on Sunday?

Hi Kieran,

We meet at the Unicorns Head in Langar from 12:00 onwards.
You're more than welcome to join us.
AFAIK we've only one Tamora, mine, but I'm not sure I can make this weekend

Paul

[madbadger]

Good choice for a wedding car.

Or - even better - have two.

[Snakes]

KieranR said:

Thanks all for the response.

I'm located next to donnington Park so may be a little far away but I think there is a midlands meet in Nottinghamshire on Sunday?

Not sure whether you've made any progress but I know of a cracker. Unfortunately, I'm off to France tomorrow for the D-Day celebrations for 9 days and not sure what wi-fi they have where I'm staying but email me if you're interested and I'll see if I can reply.

[KieranR]

Thanks all,,

Not wanting to go over old ground as I've done allot of reading the last month or so. But at what point do the last 03/04 cars start looking at rebuilds? I've looked at a few Tuscans which have had at 20-30k on the clock but are 2000/ 2001 cars.

I'm interested as the majority of tamora so up are around the 20-30k mark mileage was so don't really want to buy a rebuild straight into ownership.

Thanks

Kieran

[KieranR]

Snakes said:

Not sure whether you've made any progress but I know of a cracker. Unfortunately, I'm off to France tomorrow for the D-Day celebrations for 9 days and not sure what wi-fi they have where I'm staying but email me if you're interested and I'll see if I can reply.

You have a message snakes

Kieran

[lawtoni]

this little fella- my 2002 tamora with a top end rebuild is about to go on sale
let me know if you'd like any info
Paul

[Whitenoise1]

I actually hired a Tamora on my wedding day in 2006. I knew from then on I had to have one. Couple of years later I bought my own. Go for it!

[brownspeed]

I've had mine a year now, never looked back, nor never driven her without grinning like a fool

[mk1fan]

I think the issue of engine rebuild is [overall] more to do with people not treating the engines with the kid gloves they need on warm up or not using them regularly than there being a definative timeline of degradation.

Tamora is completely different to a VX. Ultimately, the VX is faster on the track. Tamora looks and sounds better.

I love mine.