TVR gone good !!

[tgriff]

Faults with a 500 Griff 35000 miles on the clock

Main pulley snapped
New radiator
Clutch
Thrust race
Starter motor
Idler pulley
Tensioner pulley
6 belts
Swirl tank
Cylinder heads off three separate times pourous around valve guides
Hydraulic lifters
Discs front and rear
Master cylinder
All bushes
Rear drop down links
CAT
Dashboard cracked
Throttle
hoses
fuel tank sender
Oil presser sender
Fuel injectors
Coil
Coil amplifier
driving lights
speedo
wipers gurrrrrr
roof panel
rear screen
cylinder head gaskets
paint job that if you look at it wrong it will chip
window motor
wiper park relay
glove box catch
heat shield bonnet
leaks rattles bangs and knocks


TVR gone to the wall? about fuc***g time three years of furstration and anger.
I suppose I should mention gut busting fun as well
steve

[Big Al.]

tgriff said:

Faults with a 500 Griff 35000 miles on the clock

Main pulley snapped
New radiator
Clutch
Thrust race
Starter motor
Idler pulley
Tensioner pulley
6 belts
Swirl tank
Cylinder heads off three separate times pourous around valve guides
Hydraulic lifters
Discs front and rear
Master cylinder
All bushes
Rear drop down links
CAT
Dashboard cracked
Throttle
hoses
fuel tank sender
Oil presser sender
Fuel injectors
Coil
Coil amplifier
driving lights
speedo
wipers gurrrrrr
roof panel
rear screen
cylinder head gaskets
paint job that if you look at it wrong it will chip
window motor
wiper park relay
glove box catch
heat shield bonnet
leaks rattles bangs and knocks

They all do that sir! long live TVR! OH

[Steve_T]

I dunno Al, my Chim was never that bad and the Cerb, even with its appetite for consumable electrics, is comfortably better than that.

Steve.

[tgriff]

I certainly haven't listed all the faults there is at least half that much again!!
but Im sure you get the point of my post.
Im sure a lot of owners recognise their car in that list
Steve

[Big Al.]

If you ain't getting on with it SELL IT!

Loads of other cars that are more reliable, BUT less fun.

[Marki]

Big Al. said:

If you ain't getting on with it SELL IT!

Loads of other cars that are more reliable, BUT less fun.

How much fun is it being stuck at the side of the motorway with a nackered piece of shite

[richb]

tgriff said:

Faults with a 500 Griff 35000 miles on the clock

Main pulley snapped
New radiator
Clutch
Thrust race
Starter motor
Idler pulley
Tensioner pulley
6 belts
Swirl tank
Cylinder heads off three separate times pourous around valve guides
Hydraulic lifters
Discs front and rear
Master cylinder
All bushes
Rear drop down links
CAT
Dashboard cracked
Throttle
hoses
fuel tank sender
Oil presser sender
Fuel injectors
Coil
Coil amplifier
driving lights
speedo
wipers gurrrrrr
roof panel
rear screen
cylinder head gaskets
paint job that if you look at it wrong it will chip
window motor
wiper park relay
glove box catch
heat shield bonnet
leaks rattles bangs and knocks


TVR gone to the wall? about fuc***g time three years of furstration and anger.
I suppose I should mention gut busting fun as well
steve

Crap cars mate - have you sold it? Hope so, no one will buy it when they see that list! Glad mines been spot-on must be the way I drive em...

[bluebottle]

I'm on first name terms with the local RAC/Greenflag drivers, the last time i was in that situation I was a poor student. They tell me that some Fezzers, Lambos and Massers can the just as unreliable.
But I am still loving Tiv ownership, its not for everyone i agree.

[Big Al.]

Marki said:

Big Al. said:

If you ain't getting on with it SELL IT!

Loads of other cars that are more reliable, BUT less fun.

How much fun is it being stuck at the side of the motorway with a nackered piece of shite

True, but WHAT did he buy in the first place?

[Marki]

Big Al. said:

Marki said:

Big Al. said:

If you ain't getting on with it SELL IT!

Loads of other cars that are more reliable, BUT less fun.

How much fun is it being stuck at the side of the motorway with a nackered piece of shite

True, but WHAT did he buy in the first place?

Because just as i did he thought it would not happen to him

[bluebottle]

I have a feeling thats theres a lot of us who could start a "My list is longer than your list" thread quite easily.
I came from a long spell of Audi ownership where nothing EVER goes wrong, so really expected to get hacked off with unreliability like you guys. 3 years on i find myself actually planning contingency measures of buying another car for when it does let me down...How many other makes can invoke such insanity in its owners?

[groucho]

Mine's not very long at all.

[flasher]

Its pot luck IMO. My Griff was magic, my cerb magic my tamora a wee bit problematic but generally reliable and my T350 a complete and utter joke for a brand new £42K car.

Voted with my feet, never again. Yes I loved them, but love only goes so far.

[ncs]

Marki said:

Big Al. said:

If you ain't getting on with it SELL IT!

Loads of other cars that are more reliable, BUT less fun.

How much fun is it being stuck at the side of the motorway with a nackered piece of shite

Youve met Big Al then

Nick
its a joke ok - hes one of the nicest people on the planet (the planet Mars that is)

[Big Al.]

ncs said:

Youve met Big Al then

Nick
its a joke ok - hes one of the nicest people on the planet (the planet Mars that is)

Oi, FECK OFF

[ncs]

Big Al. said:

Oi, FECK OFF

OK - night night

[Big Al.]

ncs said:

Big Al. said:

Oi, FECK OFF

OK - night night

Cheers mate see's ya soon. OH

[Wacky Racer]

groucho said:

Mine's not very long at all.

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Well my list of things gone wrong is very sort indeed compared to that lot. See you should have bought a Chim!

[JonRB]

Looks like you've had some bad luck there. I've had my Chimaera 500 for 5 years and the list of faults is tiny.

Two questions though
1) If the car is so terrible, why have you kept it for 3 years?
2) What exactly is the point of this thread?

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 1st November 10:32