4 months away

[clarkmagpie]

and get the Griff back tomorrow.
its been signed off by the insurance chap today so ready to test drive and take home

booked in for mot in the afternoon so hopefully all will be well!

woohooo!

[Barreti]

I've got to put mine in for repair soon - I've been putting it off so I can use it over summer.
Summer - it would be nice if we had one wouldn't it.

I can't imagine what it will be like to be without my Griff although I can't imagine it will be for 4 months.

Good luck with the test drive, and above all Have Fun

[clarkmagpie]

mine shouldnt have been that long, possibly 1 month at the most 2!

oh well, it will all be worth it when she comes back all sparkly, as well as the repairs its apparently undergone a full detail

will be taking the camera for some decent pics on the way home

[RAFBOY]

Mine went in on 11th June, for a body off chassis refurb, now the end of August and still no sign not sure if the garage is dragging its heels or not ! I know that they got the chassis back almost a month ago

[wixer]

Nick WHAT have you done to my car ???...

[clarkmagpie]

dont worry phil, its back to normal!

there was a towbar related incident
handbrake & towbar = ouch

check the pictures though, damn she looks good again!

[clarkmagpie]

MUST always park IN GEAR!

[wixer]

clarkmagpie said:

check the pictures though, damn she looks good again!

Will do Nick, where are they ??

Glad the MOT went well, not that I'd have any doubts about passing, other than something trivial.

[clarkmagpie]

in readers cars and TVR general. shouldnt be more than a page or so back in readers cars.
going to do the north east coastal/heritage trail in her this week
spent £100 in fuel in 3 days when i got her back - fantastic!

[wixer]

clarkmagpie said:

spent £100 in fuel in 3 days when i got her back - fantastic!

Well that would've got you about 50 miles then !!

Looks good in the pics, good scenic shots, one thing I never did is manage to tour England in the car.

You should've asked about the colour, it's Suzukis Cassis red. I had it scanned at work a few years ago and they mixed me some paint up for touch ups.

Check the pics on this link

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

The blue one with the black wheels going through the puddle is me. Going again in a few weeks, excellent day out.

[clarkmagpie]

i said that to them!
they couldnt match it after a few, yes a FEW resprays!

was pulling my hair out!

ends up it was TVR nightfire red with a hint...Hmmm

well whatever...its close enough that i cant actually tell the difference now

i just cant believe a tiny tiny little hole in the fiberglass resulted in a £4500 bill, heyho!

its mine to stay!
already refused a swap on a black Ferrari 348ts
no comparision

its something i have ALWAYS wanted and someting i have finally achieved


cant belive u have bought an s2000 though.
thought it would have been a Sag or even something RED?!
must be next....??

[wixer]

clarkmagpie said:

cant belive u have bought an s2000 though.
thought it would have been a Sag or even something RED?!
must be next....??

It was only an in-fill car but it's excellent, the more I drive it the more it impresses me. It's not got the rawness of the Griff but it a very compitent sports car. Shame it does have a bit of an 'MX5' image, as it certainly isn't one of them. I wouldn't know what to replace it with !! Nearly bought a Z4M after Griff went but the roadster doesn't look so good and the coupe obviously has a hard top.

Glad you really enjoying the Griff. Don't think I'll be venturing back into TVR ownership, don't like the Speed 6 engine, seen too many go bang and you can't drop the roof on a Cerb. Maybe if TVR get back into production with a decent looking soft top, with a decent donor engine, like an LS6, I may consider. Short list so far is a 911 or Honda NSX.