Goodbye

[CatherineJ]

As of today I am sorry to say we no longer own the Tamora. It has been nice knowing you all and I wish you all the best with your cars. I am proud to say I have owned a TVR and they are indeed great cars.

I will of course remain on pistonheads and I am sure I will take a look now and again.

>> Edited by CatherineJ on Thursday 12th January 20:43

[rfisher]

Hi.

Feel free to tell me to MYOB but I'd be interested to know a bit more if possible.

Did you sell privately or trade the car and was it purely finance or have you had problems?

Just an interested owner.

It would take a lot for me to leave TVR and I feel for you.

Come back soon!

[CatherineJ]

It would be fair to say that we are a two car family and our lifestyle dictates that we need to have 2 cars available for use every day. I won't go too much into detail as really it is now irrelevant, however what I will say is that my dealer "Peninsula TVR" have acted in the most honourable way possible and quite probably I will never come across another such dealer.


>> Edited by CatherineJ on Friday 13th January 10:00

[AlexRWD]

Sorry to hear you've had to sell.

From your profile pic, are you replacing it with an Astra VXR? If so, should still be a good fun "sensible" alternative, be interested to know how you gt on with it, and what you think of it.

[CatherineJ]

AlexRWD said:

Sorry to hear you've had to sell. From your profile pic, are you replacing it with an Astra VXR? If so, should still be a good fun "sensible" alternative, be interested to know how you gt on with it, and what you think of it.

Good guess but not the Astra. It is the 2.8V6 Turbo 5 door Vectra, something we would have never previously considered. We had an excellent test drive in the car last Saturday and decided it ticked all the boxes.

[TVRwannabe]

HI,

I think that maybe you were the owner of the Tamora that I'm considering buying. Had a call from Allan from Peninsular yesterday, and I'm calling him back shortly.

The car looks fine, but any information that you can give me first hand would be very, very welcome. I buying with my heart (does anybody buy a TVR with their head????) and I'm gulping and accepting the financial implications, but as this looks to be your only TVR what, if any, other things do I need to consider. I'm not worried about the sensible carry the dogs issue, only that it will take two people and a weeks worth of luggage; it's any other drivability issues I'm concerned with.

Looking forward to some honest replies - but also looking forward to STILL becoming a TVR owner!!

[CatherineJ]

Hi Lee,

Wow Allan's got 2 customer's interested in it, you had better get to see him quick. Basically the condition of the car is mint, I did kerb a wheel in a drivethrough but that was all sorted by Peninsula in December and it came back looking like new.

It has done 3K miles, was registered on the 21st September and had it's first service about 3 weeks later.

Catherine

[TVRwannabe]

Hi Catherine,

Thanks for replying. Yes, he has two potential buyers. Bl**dy salesmen playing us off against each other (OK Allan, I don't mean it). It does look very nice. I've just been speaking to Allan. He needs to contact the other guy as he really has first dibs on it. Otherwise, I'll be driving down to see it on Monday.

I've been surfing the forum, looking for pros and cons of ownership. All the pros relate to grin-a-minute stuff. All the cons to the fact it will try to kill you, and reliability problems.

Have you experienced any of the cons? I'm just interested to talk to a pukka owner abouttheir first hand experiences so that I can be prepared. Buying a TVR is something that I really have to do I think, but I need to know what I'm letting myself in for.

BTW If I do buy it, it will go to a good home and be used (I hope) properly!

Any other forum members out there that want to give me advise, I'm all ears.

[CatherineJ]

In fairness to Allan, the other buyer was interested in buying my car before Christmas when it wasn't for sale. At no point did I ever find that Tamora want to kill us, I always felt very confident in it. I don't believe there is a TVR on this planet that hasn't had issues from time to time.

[Daftlad]

CatherineJ said:

I don't believe there is a TVR on this planet that hasn't had issues from time to time.

There are many TVRs that have had no issues. Lots of owners however that have - because they went into the purchase eyes tight shut. Not a pop at you, but I think nearer the mark than the statement you made.

Hope you enjoy the VXR and get the chance to own another TVR in the future

[CatherineJ]

Daftlad said:

CatherineJ said: I don't believe there is a TVR on this planet that hasn't had issues from time to time. There are many TVRs that have had no issues. Lots of owners however that have - because they went into the purchase eyes tight shut. Not a pop at you, but I think nearer the mark than the statement you made. Hope you enjoy the VXR and get the chance to own another TVR in the future

Then we will have to agree to disagree on that one then.

>> Edited by CatherineJ on Friday 13th January 18:17

[Daftlad]

CatherineJ said:

Daftlad said: CatherineJ said: I don't believe there is a TVR on this planet that hasn't had issues from time to time. There are many TVRs that have had no issues. Lots of owners however that have - because they went into the purchase eyes tight shut. Not a pop at you, but I think nearer the mark than the statement you made. Hope you enjoy the VXR and get the chance to own another TVR in the future Then we will have to agree to disagree on that one then. >> Edited by CatherineJ on Friday 13th January 18:17

Fine, but it's throw away remarks like yours that contribute to the reputation TVR have. I don't know what experience you based your statement upon, it was however a very bold one and in my experience, very difficult to justify.

I suspect reading between the lines, your experience with a new TVR was a bad one, you blame the factory, and hold the dealer in high regard. Thats not always a fair way to view things. A good PDI by a dealer is the difference between a good early relationship with a new car and a bad one.

I base my statement on my TVR ownership experience and I've had more than one TVR.

If I have read the situation wrong, I refer to my original statemet regarding VXR ownership. If I got it right, not sure you gave anyone a fair chance to change your mind.

>> Edited by Daftlad on Friday 13th January 19:33

[CatherineJ]

Ok I think I am being a little misunderstood. First of all I do hold both my dealer, TVR and their product in high regard. Would I have another one, yes I would, but probably as a 2nd car. I was trying to answer the question that the poster asked honestly. If he bought a TVR (particularly one I had previously owned) and I led him to believe that he would have no issues whatsoever, I don't think I would be his favourite person. I totally agree with your comment that people should go into TVR ownership with their eyes open, it is a handbuilt car after all because of that they can have "issues" - that is the point I am trying to make. An issue doesn't mean you shouldn't buy a car, to do so would mean missing out on one hell of an experience.

[TVRwannabe]

Thanks Catherine.

If the other guy (who, as you correctly say, has first call on it) drops out I'd welcome any information you might be able to give me on any issues that you've had.

Allan (who does seem to be a good guy) will be calling me tomorrow lunchtime to let me know the situation. I'm a bit of a fatalist, so if this car is meant to be mine then it will be so. If not, another will come along.

But I nust 'fess up to keeping my fingers crossed that it will still be available tomorrow!!

Daftlad, I am trying to hit this thing eyes wide open and I'm sure that there are issues with most hand built cars as compared to sanitised Teutonic or Japanese marques. But it seems that a number of those issues can be dealt with by taking proactive measures; i.e. properly warming the cars up, battery care, accepting that the soft tops will leak a little so keeping the cars covered. That's about the total of my knowledge so far.

When I have this (or another one) in my greasy little mitts I'll be posting a 'Help - info wanted' message for any support I can get.

Catherine, enjoy your VXR; they have good reports so I'm sure you'll have fun!!

[CatherineJ]

No problem at all. If my Tamora goes, one thing you can be sure of is that Allan will find you something else good. Does it have to be a Tamora? I know of a very very good T350T that Allan is selling.

[TVRwannabe]

I'm a dedicated top-down person, so it does have to be a Tam. Tempted by a Tuscan, but I like smaller cars.

I'm sure Allan will find something actually. And now I'm begining to see the calibre of cars that might be available I'm quite hopeful.

Only thing is, I seem to be spending all my time surfing the web looking for them.... 23:20 on a Friday night? Sad or what!?

[CatherineJ]

OK, then if budgets allow and you don't mind not having aircon, Allan's Tuscan demo car does have a reputation for being very very quick. Maybe something to think about and I am sure he would be open to offers.

[TVRwannabe]

Ok thanks. I'll have a chat with him tomorrow about options - if yours is not available. Still have my fingers crossed!

[CatherineJ]

Yes and try and get the Tamora if you can, one thing that was always impressive was it's reliability for cold starts on the early mornings last November. We had a number of days that were -6 and it never failed to start once.

[TVRwannabe]

That's good to know. It's a bit out of my hands now, but I'm hoping that the salesman in Allan will be able to convince the other guy to go for a Tuscan, as he was originally intending to do. If I'd been set on a Tuscan, I think that I would indeed stick with that aim. That's certainly how I feel the other way round - still aiming for a Tam.

I'll post an update after I hear from Allan tomorrow.