thinkin of selling

[leebus]

Hi all, ive had me 4.5 cerb 12mths and not a spot of bother, in the last month its had service, brakes, exhaust, cats, tyres, clutch, and now the gearbox has gone! 5k later im well cheesed off!
The car has done 56k but it has run fantastic until a month ago, do i keep it or sell it?

[joospeed]

Not a good visit to the dealer then Lee ?

[leebus]

no jools, the clutch looked fine and the thrust release bearing was fine too, they reakon the box is locked in 2 gears! so they are goin to send it away!
ive seen a sierra cosworth t5 box on ebay! what do you think?

[S------X------S]

If its a mental drain, let the car go.
You will miss TVR ownership, but if you do start saving now, you'll probably be in aston martin in next to no time....

Your life, your mind, your wealth and your family come before your car. TVR's are for fun, but if you aint having any fun and it starts mentally fecking you, then let it go. God knows what could go wrong after the gearbox is sorted, differential? Flywheel? if you are not willing to accept anymore failures in the next 5k, then sell her off, IMO...

[davetherave1970]

Must be the time of year. I've just spent £3.5k on mine. Fingers crossed I can use it properly now
Stick with it, it's worth every penny

[S------X------S]

davetherave1970 said:

Must be the time of year. I've just spent £3.5k on mine. Fingers crossed I can use it properly now Stick with it, it's worth every penny

With all the finger crossing going on, all us cerbie owners must walk around with permenantly crossed fingers....

[kevin63]

Can't answer your question Lee but when i saw your car it looked a good un and the engine sounded sweet and there's not many like that around with 50k on the clock.

[angusfaldo]

S------X------S said:

With all the finger crossing going on

Don't mention fingers goddamit. They all fell off my clutch a month ago!

But now it is back OOOOH! the angels are a'singin' and the sun is a'shinin' and all is forgiven

[gazzab]

I sold mine after 2 yrs and 13K of bills.
By the time I had finished with it it was virtually perfect.... Then I sold it and within a few weeks started to get the itch for another. It would probably have been more sensible just to keep the first one. BUT I couldnt bring myself to spend anymore on it and it really needed nitrons and a bit of paint work (ie another couple of thousand). So I followed my heart, got rid of her and then a yr later bought another.

[leebus]

thanx fellas! i feel a little better and my mind is made up!
IM KEEPING HER

[gazzab]

good call Leebus. The only really non wear n tear expense is the gearbox. Can be expensive problem to fix I guess BUT the other items could cost you loads of dosh on an M3, a Land Rover etc... A friend of mine just had to get an indie garage to replace the gearbox on her Freelander (puke) and it cost £1500. She actually cried - made me feel better re my TVR experiences! Didnt tell her that though!

[kevin63]

leebus said:

thanx fellas! i feel a little better and my mind is made up! IM KEEPING HER

Good on yer Lee, glad to here it and i hope you have made the right call.

[kojak]

Nice one Lee. Great to know we'll still see you in the cerb.