If you had £20K to spend..................

[L888DER]

...........And wanted a new toy what would you buy. I am an ex Lotus Exige owner but had a silly moment and bought a boxster. Now i am looking to sell it and possibly buy a TVR. I know servicing, insurance and warrenty will cost me between 3&5K a year. but Are they really as bad as people say? T350, cerberra or Tuscan?
It will be used for dry days and the odd shopping trip should my good ladys car be in use else where. 1 point i would like to add is that i know nothing about engines so any work would need to be done by TVR. I miss the sound of my exige and the driving experience. Will a TVR p1ss me off ?

Your thoughts.

[Mark_G]

OK, I think you're going to get a lot of opinions on this - every TVR owner thinks that theirs the best of all - with the sort of cash you're talking about you can get a really good example of a Griffith 500. I'm obviously biased as I own one, however I can honeslty say that I've had no really mechanical or electrical problems and she's an absolute joy to own and run

[900T-R]

To answer the question posed in the thread title:... I'd buy an RV8 car and build it properly.

[BLUETHUNDER]

If you want reliability and cheaper bills then £20g will get you a mint 500 Griff or Chimaera.

[arebrec]

Cerbera or Griffith and have some spare cash for driving/mods/servicing etc.


where abouts in Essex are you? if you're anywhere near romford you can come and have a look round our cerb and go for a drive if you're not sure.

or the mid essex TVR club meet every first sunday at chemlsford, always a helpful bunch and always lots of all makes of TVR are there.

[burriana]

L888DER said:

....Will a TVR p1ss me off ?

Honestly? Then probably, yes.

There is no getting away that Porsche build very well put together cars ... TVRs are great fun, but build quality is not their strength.

Put it this way ... I sold an absolute peach of a 911 3.2 Carrera in January to get my second Griffith 500. Even though it was a good car by TVR standards, I regretted quickly and deeply selling the 911. I sold the Griff last month.

If you have £20k to spend and want a stonking handling, involving, perfect steering feedback, iconic sportscar ... go and buy a well sorted 911 (I'd go for a good 964 around £15k).

Just my thoughts

something like this

Edited by burriana on Thursday 2nd August 09:05

[L888DER]

I am in Harold wood. AREBREC

Should i buy another Exige then ?

[hugepiece]

I'd say meet up with a few owners and go for a spin with them and try Cerb, T350 and Tuscan out. I've had 911's, RX-7s and various others motors but i'n my view nothing comes close bang-for-buck or smiles-per-miles than a TVR. I know AREBREC has already offered but i'm in Woodford GReen if you want a spin in another Cerb.

Edited by hugepiece on Thursday 2nd August 09:07

[L888DER]

Would love to take one of you up on your offers. Been on a tunnel run with arebrec i think.

[arebrec]

L888DER said:

Would love to take one of you up on your offers. Been on a tunnel run with arebrec i think.

dont need much of an excuse to take the car for a blast

YHM

[pwd95]

900T-R said:

To answer the question posed in the thread title:... I'd buy an RV8 car and build it properly.

For me it would have to be a 400SE with a properly built 5 litre lump,(from J.E, V8 Dev, RPI or one of the good builders) restored chassis/interior etc.

[Phil Dicky]

Shortly I will have that very amount to spend on a car, for me it will be a Tuscan Race Car, for use in the Tuscan Championship 2008

[Seasider]

If your Southend way let me know if you want a go in a slightly sorted Griff

[blueyonder]

Seasider said:

If your Southend way let me know if you want a go in a slightly sorted Griff

[Seasider]

blueyonder said:

Seasider said:

If your Southend way let me know if you want a go in a slightly sorted Griff

[Chuggaboom]

Cerb.

Or if u must have that al fresco feel then a 4.3BV (rare)/late Griff.

Or for the marginally less sportier/sofer ride then a Chim 500.

All are subject to condition/history more important than age.

[brummiewedge]

I built a Cerbera with a 500bhp 6.3 LSx motor for a bit less than that, been thinking what else i could have instead but nothing springs to mind, I like 911T's but they are twice the money for the same age.

[jeffsy]

Why not come to the Griff Growl (all details on the Griffith forum) and get a good viewing of around 150 Griffs plus meet the owners, traders etc. Oh yes..there will hopefully be around 50 'others' there as well. Its over the weekend of 17th-19th August with the 18th being the main day.

Its free to get in too....

[M3John]

I'm glad you've raised this topic as i too may well be in the position in the near future to finally get my hands on my first TVR but really can't decide on which model i want. Not really into convertables BUT a Tamora is floating my boat at the minute and the Griff's look to be very good value. What i've hankerd over for years though is a Cerbera and i'm trying to choose between 4 models. This will be a one off purchase so, in no particular order...

• Cerbera
• Sagaris
• Tamora
• Griff

[Seasider]

Want a go ???