In the bleak midwinter

[V41LEY]

......car needs TLC

Just had a call from Jason at Str8Six.
MOT passed. Service done.

However, recommendations are :
New Outriggers
New Cam

Other issues :
Unidentified coolant leak
Wishbones
Brakes
No Heating

Pricing to follow.
Where did I put that EuroMillion winning ticket ?

[lesstatt]

oh dear................. you could have a guest the cost poll and the nearest to it gets to pay the bill ?? i will go first £2200

[TJC46]

lesstatt said:

oh dear................. you could have a guest the cost poll and the nearest to it gets to pay the bill ?? i will go first £2200

Nearest to it pays the bill Ill say about £8700
Keep smiling could be worse it could be late may early june, glorious sunshine and the garage need to keep your car for 3 to 4 months to do all the work. Not quite bleak midwinter if you look at it that way.

Edited by TJC46 on Tuesday 21st December 20:15

[scotty_d]

Well since the weather is so bad get those sleeves rolled up and get stuck in

It will be worth it.

[dmjw01]

Outriggers: £1500
Cam: £1500

I'm guessing that the coolant leak and lack of heating might be connected and relatively easily fixed, if you're lucky. (And let's face it, you're due a bit of luck!)

I'm going to pluck a figure of £1000 out of the air for all the other bits and bobs, including all the stuff they haven't yet found.

That brings my guess to £4000.

Edit: Dammit I forgot the wishbones. Dunno, so as a total stab in the dark - another £700?

Make my guess £4700.

Edited by dmjw01 on Wednesday 22 December 09:26

[BeastMaster]

Personally I dont think you should panic into breaking the bank in one go. For sure some of the issues need to be addressed before racking up some large miles like the water leak and investigate the brake issue (this could be just the pads getting close to the limit)

I know the MOT is just a piece of paper, but after all it has passed, so things like wishbones and outriggers cannot have been corroded through, and some of it may be possible to save by refurbishing and get another 3 or 4 years before replacement.

Once back on the road a long term plan and budget can be organised once you have prioritised the work.

£1000.00 per year for the next 4 years.

Andy

[Good Soil (Pete)]

When I had my Chimaera I was told by my TVR specialist in East Anglia that the outriggers 'need to be done and it will not get an MOT next time around' and 'There are other parts of the chassis that need to be cut out'. They actually did a report for a perspective purchaser who then ran a mile unless he could knock my price down by 3K!!

As you can imagine I was not happy but trusted them as they had serviced the car for the last 6 years and had always done all the little jobs on it. I then took the car to a chassis specialist who literally took a screw driver and a club hammer and belted **** out of the chassis and at no point could he get the driver through any of the 'problem points' the TVR specialist had said 'would not get through an MOT'...........moral of the story for me was get a second opinion!

I ended up spending £75 for a full waxoil from the other place I went to (TVR specialist quoted £150), easily got an MOT for another year and sold the car to someone else who now loves it as much as I did.

[Good Soil (Pete)]

Just to be clear on the above post....I did NOT go to Str8Six so it is not them that I am referring to when I say a TVR specialist. I am sure these guys know what they are talking about and obviously will make recommendations to keep your car to 100% good condition which is why tey will have given you the advice. At the end of the day it got an MOT so can not be too bad!

[lifebegins@400]

£4500 is my guess - as per a previous post you do not need to get it all done in one hit - the chassis and the cam replacement can be spread out for starters, perhaps over a couple of years if necessary.

Jason is very thorough in his condition reports, but is the first to accept that it is not always affordable for customers to have everything done together. He will be happy I am sure to advise on what he would regard as the highest priorities from this list.

A.

[TheCoolerKing]

I'm just curious OC, you seem surprised by some of the recommendations.

Did these not come up last MOT? Some of the items on your list don't just happen in the space of a few months