peoples views on this car?

[lodgey]

Hello all,

What do you guys think of this,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-TVR-CHIMAERA-BLUE_W0QQi...

and

http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/589305.htm

It seems very cheap so my alarm bells are ringing but thought I would check to see if anyone knows this car?

I'm a great believer in if you pay peanuts you get peanuts but it looks ok.

Cheers

[T_Pot]

I dont think its too cheap with the list of work needed thats mentioned

go see it, if it drives well and is solid underneath then happy days

but the work needed will amount to a few quid

[lodgey]

I would love to but its 200 miles away.

[Zippee]

The E-bay one needs a fair bit of TLC by the sounds of it. New manifolds will be around £600 ish for ACT stainless (OEM ones have a tendency to crack), dash re-veneer couple of hundred, new tyres about £80 each etc. What condition are the shocks in? Brakes?
Just remember theres rarely such a thing as a cheap bargain chim - a lot of the time they're cheap for a reason.

The other one on the classifieds IIRC was for sale a couple of months ago (swear I remember those photos) and sold! May be worth checking how long its been owned and if it is the same one why it's for sale after such a short time.

Personally I'd spend a little more and get a good one (subliminal - like mine) (not to say those 2 aren't good)

PS - where abouts in Essex are you? I live in St Neots which is just off the A1 and would be happy to show you mine and chat about ownership even if you're not interested in buying it. Done so in the past for a few who are now owners!

Edited by Zippee on Wednesday 1st October 15:10

[Johno]

Zippee said:

OEM ones have a tendency to crack

Is this true ? Must remind myself to change mine at their next service, which is .. . . err. . . . let me think . . . that's right, it's 70k mile service next, or shall I wait until they actually crack ?

Honestly I've known more aftermarket s/s systems crack and give more grief for fitting than the OEM ones ever have as they are more elastic/flexible.

Corrosion kills em I agree, but seen no evidence they're any worse than the aftermarket ones.

[That Daddy]

Same car

[moschops_72]

The 2 links are actually the same car (check 1st pic in both sets.. same plate)

I just sold my 500 to get rid of it as i'll be heading back to UK and needed to free up the monies to start new life... again!!! only needed rear caliper freeing up to get through MOT, and really was a good conditioned car, alot of work done to it including complete re-furb inside last year. It went for 7k, so that was a bargain if you ask me. hopefully next year i'll be picking up another one, so it's just temporary.

Don't go and get the 1st you see, unfortunately i did, and forked out a few grand to sort it.. I'd personally not reccomend the person i got my car from, as the service wasn't even close to acceptable.

Look around as many as you can, you'll see what's good, and what's bad the more you see. i wish i had time to have done the same when i bought, but being in another country didn't allow that luxury.

Next one i go for will be probably from someone who is a regular on the forums... look through their posts, you can usually see what problems have come up, and how they were resolved. Some indies i wouldn't trust as far as i could throw them. The only ppl who touched my car was Austec, and they REALLY were helpful... also heared Topcats are good... always better to get someone who knows the cars to help point out the right bits.. Take Zippee up on his offer.

Jeff

[lodgey]

Zippee YHM, cheers

[Zippee]

lodgey said:

Zippee YHM, cheers

Will take a look tonight when I get home....

[brhobfm]

Hi, posted on another thread, ex hire car. Maybe ok as it will have had plenty of use but then again as was also pointed out before, what sort of use??

[batman0404]

Dodgy paint match tells me it's been crashed.
That could mean anything ...