60,000 miler Tuscan

[J_S_G]

On Autotrader... know I've seen this one up for sale before (remember the wheels):
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/CARS_popup.asp?modelexact=1&id=200446171534241

RAC says...
Colour: Multi-colour (Colour doesn't quite match the ad, mind)
Number of previous owners: 3
Last owner change: 11 July 2003

Anyway, would love to know how reliable this car's been as that's about the highest mileage one I've seen (know there's an Arena Red one with 45,000+ miles on it, and I think a "desert moondust" one with particularly high miles, too). Anyone fancy phoning up and seeing how many rebuilds it's been through?

[tvrinbfg]

Would have been Brandon's demo car first, or a very early Scottish owner?

[beano500]

How come it's a 4 litre "S" if it's a V-reg?

[J_S_G]

beano500 said:

How come it's a 4 litre "S" if it's a V-reg?

Guessing the seller's just gone on the V5. Lots of them say "Tuscan S" on the docs, even though they're not.

[joospeed]

If it's had multiple rebuilds then sometimes the engines get up-specced as part of a goodwill gesture too .. so could be to S spec, then again as James says could just be a V5 error as happens often on TVRs.

[beano500]

Good points. I suppose mine might be technically an S in the engine department, but it doesn't outwardly look like one so I wouldn't expect to claim it to be so. That's all.

[alans]

I saw that car a few months ago in Cranham , its opposite the Underground depot where I have a project running. It was a cat c or d (can remember which) but had been rebuit by the car sales body man, to a very high standard (IMHO) and has not had an engine rebuild (according to the seller)
Alan

[Tuska]

I know a guy who has recently sold his Tuscan with 55000 miles on the clock (he actually traded it for a T350).
He is a regular track day enthusiast, and used the car on a daily basis.
The car was Y reg and only ever had one engine rebuild which was after only a couple of thousand miles.
Listening to him talk, you wouldn't ever believe that there were problems with the SP6.

His was 'desert moondust' (i think) certainly a sort of gold colour. Perhaps the one mentioned above?

>> Edited by Tuska on Friday 18th March 12:37

[T88CAN]

I`m surprised your so far behind the times
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=5&h=&t=161143