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This is on MSN....Not good imho.......
TVR Chimaera: when it comes to bangs per buck, there's little to touch anything from TVR. The Chimaera is a particularly enticing beast with its V8 power, rear-wheel drive and complete lack of electronic interference. Prices start at £6,495, but tread very carefully: many of these cars have joined the scenery at some point, and reliability was never a strong TVR suit.
TVR Chimaera: when it comes to bangs per buck, there's little to touch anything from TVR. The Chimaera is a particularly enticing beast with its V8 power, rear-wheel drive and complete lack of electronic interference. Prices start at £6,495, but tread very carefully: many of these cars have joined the scenery at some point, and reliability was never a strong TVR suit.
Hunter T said:
This is on MSN....Not good imho.......
TVR Chimaera: when it comes to bangs per buck, there's little to touch anything from TVR. The Chimaera is a particularly enticing beast with its V8 power, rear-wheel drive and complete lack of electronic interference. Prices start at £6,495, but tread very carefully: many of these cars have joined the scenery at some point, and reliability was never a strong TVR suit.
Cheek , never had a reliablity problem with mine, on what grounds do they base this information on ?TVR Chimaera: when it comes to bangs per buck, there's little to touch anything from TVR. The Chimaera is a particularly enticing beast with its V8 power, rear-wheel drive and complete lack of electronic interference. Prices start at £6,495, but tread very carefully: many of these cars have joined the scenery at some point, and reliability was never a strong TVR suit.
hiltonig said:
Hunter T said:
This is on MSN....Not good imho.......
TVR Chimaera: when it comes to bangs per buck, there's little to touch anything from TVR. The Chimaera is a particularly enticing beast with its V8 power, rear-wheel drive and complete lack of electronic interference. Prices start at £6,495, but tread very carefully: many of these cars have joined the scenery at some point, and reliability was never a strong TVR suit.
Cheek , never had a reliablity problem with mine, on what grounds do they base this information on ?TVR Chimaera: when it comes to bangs per buck, there's little to touch anything from TVR. The Chimaera is a particularly enticing beast with its V8 power, rear-wheel drive and complete lack of electronic interference. Prices start at £6,495, but tread very carefully: many of these cars have joined the scenery at some point, and reliability was never a strong TVR suit.
I've had a Chimaera for ten years. When we first got it there was an almost continual list of niggly little things that just wouldn't go wrong on a Toyota/BMW/Merc. Then we got it reliable and it WAS for a few years. By now things are wearing out and it can have problems again.
Then there was the Speed Six debacle. Other manufacturers don't ship engines made of dairy milk chocolate....and despite the fact that there are now owners with nicely rebuilt engines that are likely to work for thirty thousand miles with no trouble Toyota and Nissan et al make engines that go for two hundred thousand miles with no trouble at all.
Being realistic: TVRs can be made to be perfectly reliable enough to thoroughly enjoy, use as a daily driver or to have as a toy. But are they as bullet-proof as mass market cars by Honda, Nissan, and Lexus? Of course not.
Englishman said:
Don said:
But are they as bullet-proof as mass market cars by Honda, Nissan, and Lexus? Of course not.
Correct. But if serviced correctly and kept in A1 condition they are as, if not more reliable than a Ferrari, Lotus, Lamborghini, Aston Martin etc. etc. etc.Hunter T said:
Just the fact that they too are race bred performance machines. Albeit going down different routes, but performance none the less.
There are other manufacturers who would also meet those criteria. Honda is a fine-handling car with insufficient performance compared to most TVRs and if I wanted a fun car that drives like the GTR I'd just play a video game.Hunter T said:
Just the fact that they too are race bred performance machines. Albeit going down different routes, but performance none the less.
TVRs are in essence a larger, heavier, Caterfield type of car with a few luxuries.They have nothing whatsoever in common with any Toyota/Nissan/Mercedes,etc...all of which are monocoque-bodied mass-produced cars, mainly made of steel.
A go-kart is also a race-bred performance machine, as is a powerboat.
I for one do not buy my weekend toys for their reliability, though my lawn mower is reasonably reliable, I'll grant you.
Englishman said:
Don said:
But are they as bullet-proof as mass market cars by Honda, Nissan, and Lexus? Of course not.
Correct. But if serviced correctly and kept in A1 condition they are as, if not more reliable than a Ferrari, Lotus, Lamborghini, Aston Martin etc. etc. etc.The Ferrari does similar mileage, is looked after in the same way and gets similar use - 1/4 miles all day yesterday in the hands of my sister
However, both the tangible build quality, interior, materials and ultimate reliability are in another league to the TVR.Of course the TVR is worth about 1/3 - 1/2 of the Fezza, will destroy it in terms of performance and isn't a Ferrari, so we love them for that no?
nelly1 said:
itiejim said:
...the Blackpool rockets were never going to win any JD Power surveys. Own them with eyes open and enjoy them for what they are I say...
Amen to that. 
I think people get a little unnessasarily upset when talking reliability. The article was talking to the masses who most likely drive Nissans, Toyotas and alike, anything hand built will always be a little less durable than the mass produced tin cans, and thats part of the charm.
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