Opinion on cerbera in PH classifieds?

[TailHappy]

I have been looking for a cerbera for about 3 months now. looking to pay in the region of £10-12k, spotted this one on classified's.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/678059.htm

Is anyone familiar with the car? seems little cheap to say its had tvr power rebuild of circa £6k (according to their website)?

Cheers

[RUSSELLM]

Price looks good.
Presume it's HPI clear.
Get in there

[RUSSELLM]

By the way.
I reckon you've won the 'Best lurker' prize

[Watchman]

RUSSELLM said:

By the way.
I reckon you've won the 'Best lurker' prize

Damn..!! Beaten my own record.

[mxi933]

Anybody like Purple !!

Your budget just about matches my expectation

[TailHappy]

I saw yours advertised mxi, the missus liked it but i just couldnt convince myself to buy a purple one. Good luck with selling.

[mxi933]

TailHappy said:

I saw yours advertised mxi, the missus liked it but i just couldnt convince myself to buy a purple one. Good luck with selling.

[JensenA]

TailHappy said:

I saw yours advertised mxi, the missus liked it but i just couldnt convince myself to buy a purple one. Good luck with selling.

Why isn't he showing the interior? Ask for some photos of the inside, some Cerb interiors can look very tatty, and are expensive and difficult to put right.
If there are 2 good cars, then get the one in the colour you prefer, but i;d rather have a good sorted Cerbera in the 'worng' colour, than a bad one in the 'right' colour. TVR's suit mad colours, and MXI993's purple' colour looks stunning in 'real life'.

Edited to corecct spilling errers

Edited by JensenA on Wednesday 27th August 11:59

[mxi933]

JensenA said:

TailHappy said:

I saw yours advertised mxi, the missus liked it but i just couldnt convince myself to buy a purple one. Good luck with selling.

If there are 2 good cars, then get the one in the colour you prefer, but i;d rather have a good sorted Cerbera in the 'worng' colour, than a bad one in the 'right' colour. TVR's suit nad colours - and MXI's purple' colour looks stunning in 'real life' (Isn't it called Raspberry??)

Edited by JensenA on Tuesday 26th August 23:21

Dont worry Alan. Ive lost count the number of times I've heard those words. Only for the same poster to come on a month later asking how to fix a dozen problems!
The one thing I've learnt since owning a Cerb - BUY THE CAR, NOT THE COLOUR !!

[Ireland]

That's a cheap car if it's as good as they claim it is.

That red engine looks a bit extreme though (but then again you can't see the engine while you are driving ).

[hotrubber007]

been looking too - getting cheaper by the month
tired of reliable old porker , anyone know where to get some good buying advice for these vicious beasts ? or the best club

anyone wanna swap my 911 sc LHD 1982 with new targa and recent g-box

cheers

[Byker28i]

Seems like a really cheap car. Worth a look though and an inspection by one of the specialists.

[eLSerbera]

That car was on the Pistonheads classifieds about 2 months ago for 9.5, I had been waiting till my engine was ready before I actually buy a car but that one even with the question of the interior / chassis and other potential pitfalls is worth a further look...

Anyone got an idea how much a TVR power 4.2 rebuilt into a 4.5 is worth?

Btw: I remebered a few things from the last time the car was up - If you look at PIC number 1 and look at the front wheel arch between the main head light and the wheel you will see 2 (for lack of a better word) blobs where the pain is whitened, the last time the car was up you could see clearly that those two blobs looked "crazed" like someone had smashed the paint in those areas

Edited by eLSerbera on Wednesday 27th August 09:26

[Byker28i]

4.2 to 4.5 is about £6.5k engine only
http://www.tvrpower.co.uk/ajp.engine.only.php

[RUSSELLM]

Top end only from Power would be about £3.5K.

[AlVal]

thats way too cheap! if its a genuine car with nothing major wrong, snap it up!

[QuiteQuietCerb]

id say the same, dont worry too much about cosmetics, for that price if the engine is new and the chassis is god snap it up!!

[central]

hotrubber007 said:

anyone know where to get some good buying advice for these vicious beasts ? or the best club

This forum.

And a bloke called Steve Maxfield.

[mxi933]

central said:

hotrubber007 said:

anyone know where to get some good buying advice for these vicious beasts ? or the best club

This forum.

And a bloke called Steve Maxfield.

Somebody mention my name ------- Only one piece of advice.

Buy Purple !

[TailHappy]

Thanks for the advice guys, had 2 viewings and bought it. Mechanically very good, a few marks on the bodywork and carpets a little sun faded but for 12 years old nothing major, and nothing i cant sort out myself.

This is my 1st Cerbera and i cant believe the smile it puts on your face when you press the loud pedal