What to look for
Discussion
Jet Fixer said:
As a first time cerbie buyer I was wondering if you guys could give any pointers for specific items to look for that are commonly a problem.
Not the normal car things like blue smoke etc but anything important that i should pay particular attention to.
Many thanks
Apparent condition, service history, hi-speed drive, steering wabble, straight line hands-off drive, straight line hands-off breaking, overheating (>100C or >95C at cruising - aim for '12:30' on the temp gauge), accessory noises, gear rattle or stickiness and the driving history. Do not settle for any Cerbera short of very very quick.
No matter what you do it is difficult to tell.
The Cerbera you have to buy would have been bought within 10sec of seeing it.
Non TVR drivers get impressed by the performance all too easily.
Good luck.
Mike.
This question comes up 2/3 times a month. There are a few quirks that cerberas are noted for, but to go through them all will take ages. The best thing to do is to do a search under cerbera, and you'll get loads of info you need to make a discision, and to 'know' what to look for.
Good luck.
This question comes up 2/3 times a month. There are a few quirks that cerberas are noted for, but to go through them all will take ages. The best thing to do is to do a search under cerbera, and you'll get loads of info you need to make a discision, and to 'know' what to look for.
Good luck.
To some extent it depends on the kind of car you're looking for, too. There are common things to all of them, but I'd pay special attention to certain things if I was going for an older car that I wouldn't with a newer one. Simple example: check for upright recall on earlier ones, whereas if it's one of the first with the new style windscreen/uprights, there are other slight niggles. Then there's the whole S6/AJP thing.
Personally, I'd always go for a car that's really been driven, not one that looks exactly as it did (down to the odometer) when it left the showroom X years ago. If it's done > 6,000 miles per year then it's clearly been on the road and working for extended periods of time. (Although it does mean some things may have started to wear)
Personally, I'd always go for a car that's really been driven, not one that looks exactly as it did (down to the odometer) when it left the showroom X years ago. If it's done > 6,000 miles per year then it's clearly been on the road and working for extended periods of time. (Although it does mean some things may have started to wear)
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