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dvs_dave said:
Why did you get rid of an Apr '05 Tuscan S, mk2? (from your profile)
Bad experience or needed cash for the GT
I successfully wrote the car off when in poor weather the back end stepped out and I span accross lane 1 & 2 of a dual carriage way mounted the central reservation and span through lanes 2 & 1 of the otherside of the dual carriageway and then backwards into a ditch. All at about 60 miles an hour in pouring rain. When the car came to rest I pushed the button, got out and walked away. My good lady wife said that I could have whatever I wished provided it had airbags and traction control, hence the new GT!
Drive carefully in the wet!
flashgitindenial said:
Why did you get rid of an Apr '05 Tuscan S, mk2? (from your profile)
Bad experience or needed cash for the GT
I successfully wrote the car off when in poor weather the back end stepped out and I span accross lane 1 & 2 of a dual carriage way mounted the central reservation and span through lanes 2 & 1 of the otherside of the dual carriageway and then backwards into a ditch. All at about 60 miles an hour in pouring rain. When the car came to rest I pushed the button, got out and walked away. My good lady wife said that I could have whatever I wished provided it had airbags and traction control, hence the new GT!
Drive carefully in the wet!
Good to hear you walked away all in 1 piece sounds like it was a close affair. No future chance of gettin a TIV for summer use only then.....? Once your bitten its so so very hard to stay away.....
flashgitindenial said:
I successfully wrote the car off when in poor weather the back end stepped out and I span accross lane 1 & 2 of a dual carriage way mounted the central reservation and span through lanes 2 & 1 of the otherside of the dual carriageway and then backwards into a ditch. All at about 60 miles an hour in pouring rain. When the car came to rest I pushed the button, got out and walked away. My good lady wife said that I could have whatever I wished provided it had airbags and traction control, hence the new GT!
Drive carefully in the wet!
Good god...
Luck it seems was on your side that day.
flashgitindenial said:
If I didn't value my wife more than my car I would have bought another Tuscan S.
Fair play! She must be a special lady
flashgitindenial said:
However, now that I have settled into the Bentley it would take something stunning to get me out of it
When you say something stunning........are you refering to a car or.......
...well, you've got to have some secrets.......
flashgitindenial said:
Certainly somebody was smiling at me! If I didn't value my wife more than my car I would have bought another Tuscan S. However, now that I have settled into the Bentley it would take something stunning to get me out of it
Glad you and the better half walked away ok. Hope you liked the short affair with the T2
Mr F
flyingjase said:
flashgitindenial's old Tuscan on ebay?
<url>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-TVR-TUSCAN-2-IN-MULTI-COL
This could well be my old car. It's the right colour and the mileage is OK. If it is then it must have been re-built as my old car needed a complete new body shell, chassis, drive train, wheels etc. IIRC the price to rebuild the car was nearly 40k and the insurance price I was offered as a write off was 48k. The reason I took the money was three fold 1) My marriage is more important than my car, 2) I was worried that if I had the car rebuilt and then came to sell it at some point it would be on a register so the value would be downgraded and 3) My wife said that I could have any car that I liked provided it had airbags and traction control. Hence the Bentley Continental GT! Which, incidentally is an awesome machine.
flyingjase said:
flashgitindenial's old Tuscan on ebay?
<url>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-TVR-TUSCAN-2-IN-MULTI-COL
a little over priced i think! 50K ummm yeah right on registered CAT D
dean_ratpac said:
flashgitindenial's old Tuscan on ebay?
<url>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-TVR-TUSCAN-2-IN-MULTI-COL
a little over priced i think! 50K ummm yeah right on registered CAT D
I'm sorry but I have no idea what your comment means. Please clarify.
flashgitindenial said:
flashgitindenial's old Tuscan on ebay?
<url>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-TVR-TUSCAN-2-IN-MULTI-COL
a little over priced i think! 50K ummm yeah right on registered CAT D
I'm sorry but I have no idea what your comment means. Please clarify.
Don't let them get to you! I think he's having a pop at the bloke on eBay (or the insurance company) for potentially selling something that’s worth £48k fully sorted, for £15k 'damaged repairable'. Allegedly it needs £40k's worth of work doing to make it right. The maths don’t add up.
Therefore based on your earlier comments, it’s probably not your car.
Sorry for opening the can of worms!
>> Edited by flyingjase on Thursday 19th January 23:52
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