Resistance is futile...?
Resistance is futile...?
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v8_oatz

Original Poster:

381 posts

279 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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Please can anyone help me?

I test drove a Cerbera 4.5 yesterday. I didn't want to do it. I pleaded with the sales chap not to let me.

"I like the Griff - can we have a drive?". "Yes, yes, that Chimaera 500 is just the sort of..."

1 hr later I was driving the Cerbera, and grinning like the village idiot.

Last night I actually dreamt about it. I can't stop thinking about it. I know it's wrong. I know it will most likely empty my bank account, but it's got a hold on me and I just can't shake loose.

I should be in bed, but no, I'm writing this in the hope that one of you guys (or gals) can help me in my predicament. How do I get it out of my head? Please say there's hope...

satman

2,455 posts

275 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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Ye is doomed lad, ye is doomed....

purpleheadedcerb

1,143 posts

251 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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You will relax a bit more and sleep better once its sitting on your drive/garage. I had the same problems and I hadn't even driven one!

Scott

darreni

4,522 posts

299 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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The only sure fire method i know is to buy one....

s2kredmist

290 posts

262 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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It's too late now - there is NO way back !!!!

c18ere

110 posts

251 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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you will soon be on first name terms with the local optimax dealer!

Cooky

4,955 posts

266 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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yes, you've done it now havn't you?

whatever you deceide to buy, you will always compare it against the Cerb, you will not find anying as good though for anything like the same money.
however rest assured that once you do own one, you will peer out the window at all hours grinning at it, touching it every time you walk past it..and constantly hear voices in yer head saying "F*****g Hell...I OWN a Cerbera"...OMG

unlucky, or not, you now know one of the secrets lurking in Pandora's box.
Cooky


ps, It doesnt wear off either, I'm still as "mad for it" after 2 years of ownership....Cerbtastic

forthright mc

8,362 posts

312 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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you overstep the line once bum meets drivers seat! the unquenchable desire to want a Cerb becomes almost impossible to resist it feels like a chunk of your life is missing!
go get one and have some fun!

>> Edited by forthright mc on Monday 13th March 20:51

gorvid

22,371 posts

254 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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Still got the V8S Paul...?

KEVIN L

12 posts

246 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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Buy it.... you know you want to..... I did, dont regret it one bit!!

scott8570

19 posts

247 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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Owed cerbera a year now has cost me £3000 on lots of niggly bits but i still dream about car, still open garage door just to have quick look, its like a drug (cost plenty but wot a buzz) Dont f**k about pick cerb up as fast as poss. Trust me you wont regret it.

jesfirth

1,743 posts

271 months

Monday 13th March 2006
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just buy it. I was at a set of traffic lights last year and a bloke pulled up in a chipped 4x4 cossie sierra and asked me how quick the cerb was. he soon discovered as I vanished! There is nothing to touch it this side of a tuscan or sagaris

gbbird

5,197 posts

273 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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Have you bought it yet?? That, unfortunately, is the only cure available (save for a very powerful, mind blowing, memory reducing drug available only in person from one seedy coffee shop on a side street next to the canal in Amsterdam) for the rare medical condition which your sypmtoms suggest - Cerbitus!

v8_oatz

Original Poster:

381 posts

279 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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gorvid said:
Still got the V8S Paul...?

Hello mate! Yep still got it, but advert pending...

v8_oatz

Original Poster:

381 posts

279 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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Thanks for all the replies chaps - this is like a support group!
So if I did go for a Cerbera, would you guys recommend private or dealer?

gazzab

21,637 posts

311 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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private - you save money, you get the better cars etc....
If you buy from a dealer be sure to choose one who only sources the best cars. I have seen much evidence of tvr specialists who have knowingly/carelessly bought ropey cars. Everyone has their own opinion. I would expect you could pick up a 4.5 for £4k cheaper than a dealer. I ignore the benefits that a dealer brings re preparation and so forth. Get the car inspected by the likes of APM. Bank the £4k, take out an AA warranty for £52 pa. and away you go.

jonnyw

867 posts

271 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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The art is not to fall in love without seeing the history first. You want it to run for a while until your first "minor requirement for assitance" , so that you have become completely blind to any faults because they are so much fun.

I agree with Gazzab, talk to an indy like Andy at APM first they all know the good ones for obvious reasons and do know of the ones that are coming up.

>> Edited by jonnyw on Tuesday 14th March 13:05

gbbird

5,197 posts

273 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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I'd recommend private too - it worked for me

hbeck

424 posts

252 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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gbbird said:
I'd recommend private too - it worked for me


Me to, like others have said, look at lots of cars. I bought mine on the provenance of the car, followed closely by the sellers knowledge of Cerbs, and their upkeep. If you do your homework & are prepared to travel to view the cars, I'm sure you will find a great private car!

SI-PEN

1,009 posts

266 months

Tuesday 14th March 2006
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Yep, private buy was good for me and although I've had a few problems, they are nothing to go made about just wear and tear.

The cerb is awesome and the effect it has on people is amazing, park it somewhere on a bright sunny day and watch it from a distance....you'll soon see the pulling power and feel it later!!!