Porsche to TVR

[no-worries88]

As some of you know,i tend to be easily swayed to get a new car after only owning a current one for a few months,and that such time has come again.
Would i be disapointed swapping a 996 turbo for a TVR Sagaris?
I did originally want to swap for a Noble but after test driving i dont think i could live with it.

[R11ysf]

DO IT! It'll keep you on your toes and ignore what all the people who haven't owned a late TVR say about them I'm 5,000 miles into my 56 plate TVR ownership and it has started every time! Really. I know it's hard to believe but no push starts, no AA lorries and no breakdowns

[soad]

I've not driven one, but hard to be dissappointed me thinks.
Has the looks and the noise, power too.

[no-worries88]

Sorry,that post was rshed (tea was burning)
Ive owned my current car for a few months,and althought there is nothing wrong with it,im after a change.As mentioned above,i was originally going to go for a Noble,but after test driving one,i dope think i could cope with it day-to-day,did seem a bit too basic, so question is,would i be disapointed with a Sagaris?
None of my cars are ever taken on a track,so track handling isnt an issue.

[Jasandjules]

Disappointed? If you like the shape of her then no, they are fast, sound nice and are pretty well stuck on the road... I think you'd be delighted rather than disappointed - BUT of course the best thing to do is go and test drive one to be sure (as sure as you can be that is).

[dvs_dave]

You'd absolutely love it. A truly special car with an x-factor that no 911 (GT2 RS excepted) can match.....and guess what, contrary to what Joe dimwit Public says, they don't break down either.

[Skipe]

I've got a T350, it ain't a Sag but most will tell you it's not far off...I really would suggest just get out in one with a fellow local PH'er or at your local TVR specialist (take some deposit money if you choose this way ).

There's a fair few guys in the Tamora, T350, Sag forum that have swapped from 911's (I've only driven a 996 Targa and been catapulted into my seat in a 997G2 Turbo so am no expert) so maybe seek some advice in there?

[carsarecool]

Thought about a GT3 or RS?

You might be a tad disappointed with niggly build quality in a Tiv, although smiles per mile will outweigh that for some time.

[ludicrous speed]

I can't comment on how they drive but to look at they are absolutely stunning, I doubt you'd be dissapointed.

[Plotloss]

It would be like getting out of Kylie and into Stacy Slater.

[robsco]

Plotloss said:

It would be like getting out of Kylie and into Stacy Slater.

The great sex with the embarrassing itch?

[carsarecool]

Plotloss said:

It would be like getting out of Kylie and into Stacy Slater.

[softtop]

for only a few months you seem to spend an excessive time planning. I would just buy one and get it off your chest.

[DJC]

dvs_dave said:

You'd absolutely love it. A truly special car with an x-factor that no 911 (GT2 RS excepted) can match.....and guess what, contrary to what Joe dimwit Public says, they don't break down either.

Lets be honest dave...they do.


Anyway, OP, for still I believe the only published owner roadtest/write up of a Sagaris, google auto-journals and Sagaris. There you will find 2 articles by a bloke who did 19,000 miles in his Sagaris and doesnt spare the truth.

[Skipe]

OP - Again why don't you ask the people who know - i.e. people who have owned them or still do. I can't see any point listening to people who have made up their opinions from little first hand experience...