servicing costs and potential engine rebuild
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What are the servicing intervals for the Tuscan and what is the average cost per service(parts & labour). What is a typical cost of engine rebuild if I purchased a 2000/2001 car (from what I read this should always be part of the budget), but is this engine rebuild still a possiblity on later cars, e.g. late 2001/late 2002. I am trying to get an overall picture of how much it costs to run one of these cars.How do I know how well an existing engine rebuild has been done, if you were buying should it typically be TVR factory/TVR Power Eng. done
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hi,to be honest im not sure how much a service is as mine was due its 6000 miles service but unfortunately the re build cropped up first so i guess im getting them both at the same time,i've taken mine to austec as recommended by a few on here,at the mo it's gonna cost me £4300 inc vat as long as the bottom end is ok,i was told to expect anything between £3500 n £6000 depending where you take it.
austec are replacing evrything with the uprated stuff so should be good and worth the money!!
mine is a 2000 with 28000mls
austec are replacing evrything with the uprated stuff so should be good and worth the money!!
mine is a 2000 with 28000mls
I guess it depends if you are taking the car to an independent or a main dealer. Our car should be having it's first 6K service in Jan/Feb and I believe the cost will be £480 inc. VAT at a main dealer. A lot of companies (TVR Power included) have their prices for servicing on their websites.
A rough guide, my services have been around £500 for the intermediate and £850 for the full with tappet adjustments. These services were all by the factory who do not offer this facility any more. Some main dealers will charge more than this, and independents less e.g. £300 + VAT for intermediate plus other ancilliaries as necessary.
Depending on how lucky you are, the servicing cost will either be a major or minor cost of ownership.
From my experience the cost of the service was comparative to the cost of the items found to be faulty at the service. For example, the cost of replacing corroded oil lines, an oil pressure sensor and a corroded radiator came to a total cost of around £1000.
If you are serious about buying an early Tuscan, and looking to pay £18k or thereabouts, you would do well by checking over it carefully or getting a professional check done. For example if the 2000 Tuscan has done about 25k, it may very well be on its first clutch and suspension, both of which last approximately this period before giving up the ghost. The alternator also died on mine in my year of ownership.
Although 18K for a supercar is a bargain the difference between some of the immaculate examples by some of the owners on here to a dog is huge. In the first year you could very well be looking at:
New suspension £1200
New radiator £400
New tyres £700
Oil pressure sender/lambda sensors/speedo/other niggles £300
Alternator £400
New clutch £800
New pod screen due to lines appearing £300
(all of the above common niggles happened to me in a year of ownership)
Thus although if you are planning on perhaps running the car for 6000 miles a year and budgeting £500 to £800 for servicing as I have explained above it is very easy to spend £4000-£5000 getting a car which has not had the above niggles just sorted. This is before you are sorting any tidying up factors such as a front end respray for stone chips and the chipped paint where the roof clips the A frame, and scuffed wheels etc.
Obviously I have not mentioned the rebuild factor but that has been done to death already on these forums.
There are some great cars out there, which have had thousands spent on them in tip top condition, just unless you have a large wodge of money spare to bring a less well cared for car up to standard, be careful!
From my experience the cost of the service was comparative to the cost of the items found to be faulty at the service. For example, the cost of replacing corroded oil lines, an oil pressure sensor and a corroded radiator came to a total cost of around £1000.
If you are serious about buying an early Tuscan, and looking to pay £18k or thereabouts, you would do well by checking over it carefully or getting a professional check done. For example if the 2000 Tuscan has done about 25k, it may very well be on its first clutch and suspension, both of which last approximately this period before giving up the ghost. The alternator also died on mine in my year of ownership.
Although 18K for a supercar is a bargain the difference between some of the immaculate examples by some of the owners on here to a dog is huge. In the first year you could very well be looking at:
New suspension £1200
New radiator £400
New tyres £700
Oil pressure sender/lambda sensors/speedo/other niggles £300
Alternator £400
New clutch £800
New pod screen due to lines appearing £300
(all of the above common niggles happened to me in a year of ownership)
Thus although if you are planning on perhaps running the car for 6000 miles a year and budgeting £500 to £800 for servicing as I have explained above it is very easy to spend £4000-£5000 getting a car which has not had the above niggles just sorted. This is before you are sorting any tidying up factors such as a front end respray for stone chips and the chipped paint where the roof clips the A frame, and scuffed wheels etc.
Obviously I have not mentioned the rebuild factor but that has been done to death already on these forums.
There are some great cars out there, which have had thousands spent on them in tip top condition, just unless you have a large wodge of money spare to bring a less well cared for car up to standard, be careful!
basil brush said:
It's worth having a look through some of the owner's profiles on here as a lot of people maintain the costs record. It will give you an idea of the potential spread of running costs.
Mine are HERE take out the upgrades and it's not too bad over five years & 27K+ mile's.
In principle, servicing is every 12 months or 6,000 miles (whichever comes first). Alternate (12,000) services are more expensive than the 6,000 ones, as the tappets should be adjusted then (amongst other things). Then again, they may need adjusting more often, anyway. Servicing from a cheap dealer will set you back £500+ per time and a couple of hundred more for having the tappets done. Add in the little niggles you can expect, and you'll probably be closer to £1,000 a time. Standard running costs for a Tuscan for a year (engine rebuilds aside) will probably work out in the long run to be £3k PA. Personally, I ended up spending £10k in a year on the Tuscan (including a rebuild), and £10k in a year on the Cerbera (including a couple of upgrades) the year before that. Looking back - scary sums! 
The "goodwill" rebuilds of old were usually £2.5k. However, these aren't really on offer any more. What's usually a good bet (for a cheap rebuild) is going to TVR Power and having the Red Rose conversion done if the engine needs work - at least you'll get an upgrade at the same time. That's £3800 all in, and you can probably get a deal done on a service at the same time (given it'll have the oil, etc changed anyway). One of the rebuilds to "alternate" specifications (such as the TVRCraft one) will cost you more, but the idea is that the problems won't come back to plague you later on then.
Hope that helps...
>> Edited by J_S_G on Friday 2nd December 22:32
The "goodwill" rebuilds of old were usually £2.5k. However, these aren't really on offer any more. What's usually a good bet (for a cheap rebuild) is going to TVR Power and having the Red Rose conversion done if the engine needs work - at least you'll get an upgrade at the same time. That's £3800 all in, and you can probably get a deal done on a service at the same time (given it'll have the oil, etc changed anyway). One of the rebuilds to "alternate" specifications (such as the TVRCraft one) will cost you more, but the idea is that the problems won't come back to plague you later on then.
Hope that helps...
>> Edited by J_S_G on Friday 2nd December 22:32
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