"Consider me-self - one of you!" aka I'm a Cerbian
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Just bought a car that was on the face of it completely opposite to everything I thought I wanted and I absolutely love it!!
I know how hard it was for Pete (cerby54) to part with the car so I won't labour the point about how stunning it looks, how glorious it sounds, how it sounds like the worlds biggest bowl of rice crispies on the over run, how it pulls like steroidal Swede on Worlds Strongest Man or even just how it puts a smile on yer face - oh no - that would be cruel! (I'm soooo gonna keep out of his way after posting that).
I'll just say Cerberas - yeah, I "get it" now. Having had a chance to let rip a bit this evening I can definitely say that this ol' 4.2 certainly feels to pull harder than the 4.5 I drove down over the weekend. Stand by for the usual bout of "how do I do this" types of newbie posts.
I'm already "adding to shopping cart" with online goodies - Pete really has put his soul into that car and I'll at least try do right by it/her/him*
the car strangely feels like an old friend - very reminiscent of my cobra, front V8, lively rear drive, bloody great transmission tunnel with s
tloads of heat soak!
I know how hard it was for Pete (cerby54) to part with the car so I won't labour the point about how stunning it looks, how glorious it sounds, how it sounds like the worlds biggest bowl of rice crispies on the over run, how it pulls like steroidal Swede on Worlds Strongest Man or even just how it puts a smile on yer face - oh no - that would be cruel! (I'm soooo gonna keep out of his way after posting that).
I'll just say Cerberas - yeah, I "get it" now. Having had a chance to let rip a bit this evening I can definitely say that this ol' 4.2 certainly feels to pull harder than the 4.5 I drove down over the weekend. Stand by for the usual bout of "how do I do this" types of newbie posts.
I'm already "adding to shopping cart" with online goodies - Pete really has put his soul into that car and I'll at least try do right by it/her/him*
the car strangely feels like an old friend - very reminiscent of my cobra, front V8, lively rear drive, bloody great transmission tunnel with s
tloads of heat soak!- obviously it's a her or him - haven't decided yet. Mrs thinks him, I obviously think Angeli.....er....her! No doubt there'll be a name to follow, lol
Edited by smash on Wednesday 17th September 21:27
Welcome to the fold.
What a great car, looks minted.
After 1 year of cerb ownership i still cant get the grin off my face, even when walking past "HER" in the garage !!! You'll be no stranger to overpowered rear wheel drives then. How does cerb compare to cobra ? Had the chance some years ago to test drive a Ac CRS 5 ltr.v8, and could not believe the acceleration, until i drove a cerb, Wow !!!
Anyway, try and take it easy.
SVM
What a great car, looks minted.
After 1 year of cerb ownership i still cant get the grin off my face, even when walking past "HER" in the garage !!! You'll be no stranger to overpowered rear wheel drives then. How does cerb compare to cobra ? Had the chance some years ago to test drive a Ac CRS 5 ltr.v8, and could not believe the acceleration, until i drove a cerb, Wow !!!
Anyway, try and take it easy.
SVM
Byker28i said:
Nice and welcome to the fold.
I still remember some new owner moments.
The first time through a tunnel. I turned around and went through it three times grinning
The first time your exhaust note sets off car alams
Just walking into the garage for something and seeing it there...
Steady on Dave ya soppy old git I still remember some new owner moments.
The first time through a tunnel. I turned around and went through it three times grinning
The first time your exhaust note sets off car alams
Just walking into the garage for something and seeing it there...
I feel like I've just stumbled into an episode of Simon Bates-Our Tunes.
FUBAR said:
Him. Him Him Him
Her is for pansy cars.....
...like Chimaeras
Noo, Noo, Noooo - Definitely a female - curvy and sexy, always manages to make me spend money on her that I can't afford, can be a bit temperamental, bites back at me when i least expect it, takes priority over everything else, still excites me after all these years - yeah she's female, but one in Thigh boots with a whip in her hand and the sexiest, dirtiest voice in the business, don't you dare cross her, she's scary Baby! Her is for pansy cars.....
...like Chimaeras
So at the moment it's a shim! Oh no wait . . . that's the one with no roof - er -
Anyway's this is how shim looks this morning . . . . .oh alright, after a quick coat of Autoglym super gloss final top coat!
Decats being ordered and a touch of lowerage on the cards.
Anyway's this is how shim looks this morning . . . . .oh alright, after a quick coat of Autoglym super gloss final top coat!
Decats being ordered and a touch of lowerage on the cards.
Edited by smash on Thursday 18th September 10:21
Oh for gods sake Smash - yeah yeah yeah it looks lurvley.
Its polished and all clean and tidy and locked up in its shed. I bet you tuck it in at night and read it a bedtime story blah blah blah
Now go and drive the bloody thing !!!!
its what you're meant to do with these cars.
It does look nice though
Its polished and all clean and tidy and locked up in its shed. I bet you tuck it in at night and read it a bedtime story blah blah blah
Now go and drive the bloody thing !!!!
its what you're meant to do with these cars.
It does look nice though
Look at it. It's a still picture. No motion, no sound, and yet it still looks like a caged demon. I can almost hear the panting as it waits to be unleashed, the barely concealed violence, the raw power, the arrogance gained by knowing that, while it is controlled for now, one mistake by it's owner will let it free to kill.
Cerb ownership, not quite as dangerous as summoning demons, but almost. lol
Cerb ownership, not quite as dangerous as summoning demons, but almost. lol
Was going to ask - is there a very large TVR hot water bottle . . . 
Nah, been driving it all morning, lol! Rang in and took a half day.
Day dreaming at the lights and then realised they'd changed - overcooked it, chirping the rears nicely - oops - lifted off, kangaroo'd like a tw@t then gunned it and shot off like either of Linford Christies trainers with the rear squirming all over the shop, lol!
Must check them tyre pressures - very easy to break traction, much more so than the cobra which had same width rears but much higher profile.
All this in bone dry conditions too - rain quite clearly equals death!
Nah, been driving it all morning, lol! Rang in and took a half day.
Day dreaming at the lights and then realised they'd changed - overcooked it, chirping the rears nicely - oops - lifted off, kangaroo'd like a tw@t then gunned it and shot off like either of Linford Christies trainers with the rear squirming all over the shop, lol!
Must check them tyre pressures - very easy to break traction, much more so than the cobra which had same width rears but much higher profile.
All this in bone dry conditions too - rain quite clearly equals death!
jokeruk said:
What a lovely motor - when i get mine (hopefully in the next 2-3 months) i'm hoping i can find one as nice.
Leigh
Please oh please - its not how these things look but more importantly how well they are underneath that is to be considered most when buying.Leigh
As nice looking as Smash's car is he's got some issues already.
When will people ever learn
smash said:
None taken!
True - but to be fair it wasn't just looks - some well respected indy names were saying very good things about mine, chassis is clean as, engine rebuilt by APM etc. etc. - all boxes were ticked but . . .
It just goes to show how TVR's can keep you on your toes!
Sorry Smash - didnt mean anything by it. You dont strike me as being wet behind the ears when it comes to high performance motors - probably just an unlucky example and I reckon you'll soon sort out the niggles.True - but to be fair it wasn't just looks - some well respected indy names were saying very good things about mine, chassis is clean as, engine rebuilt by APM etc. etc. - all boxes were ticked but . . .
It just goes to show how TVR's can keep you on your toes!
It just amazes me how many less experienced newbys buy purely on the basis of looks and get bitten well and truly in the a**e when things inevitably go wrong.
Hope you managed to sort yours
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