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redleicester
04-28-2004, 09:59 AM
Picked this up a couple of weeks ago as a replacement for my Saab 9-5 Aero. I intend to take the mad risk of running it as an everyday car...... and apparently most of TVRs woes revolve around the poor things sitting unloved in garages and only coming out to play on high days and holidays! :x
She's a 1998R with 25000 miles on the clock, 4.0litre V8, and is pretty much immaculate inside and out, but for a few stone chips - and I need to wait for ICI to mix some of the custom paint before I can touch those in.
Economy is more than satisfactory - my 80 miles round trip to work is returning 22.4mpg on a mix of town and country roads, and I'm not going gently....
As for the performance..... :twisted: ...... well frankly it's mindblowing, and the V8 howl that charges out of the twin exhausts is fantastic..... and brilliant for scaring small children! :D
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR1.jpg
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR2.jpg
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR3.jpg
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR4.jpg
astonmartinandy
04-28-2004, 10:09 AM
Wow nice car mate, how much you pay for it?
Nice car dude :D I love TVRs, their sound is always so sweet :D and nice to see you will use it as a daily car :D
redleicester
04-28-2004, 10:31 AM
Paid £16k from a Ferrari/Maserati dealer - he'd brought it in as a part-ex against a 4200GT, and wanted shot of it...... would've been rude not to! :mrgreen:
redleicester
04-28-2004, 10:33 AM
Oh, and I was damned if I was going to buy such a car and NOT drive it! Couldn't see the point at all. It's one thing to have a stable full of cars and have to pick and choose every time you want to go down to the shops, but it seems madness to have such a lovely motor and then only bring it out if its sunny, warm, clear, dry, unmuddy and there's an "R" in the month etc...... what a waste! :?
deanh8
04-28-2004, 02:17 PM
very nice.. TVR is one of my favourite marques :)
sweet ride man! take more pics :D and poset them in 1024 if you can :D please :D
PATo355
04-28-2004, 04:06 PM
wOW , very cool drive , you dont get to see TVR every day
coombsie66
04-28-2004, 05:33 PM
I think of the pre-six TVR's the chimera was the most reliable, i know that the grifith was a dog, and the cerbera went out of tune very quickly, and was plagued with varous switchgear problems. But the chimera is often used as a daily driver from what ive seen.
Enjoy that sound, its fuckin awsome!
jon_s
04-28-2004, 05:36 PM
Hey, we still have a 9-5 Aero in the family, quality cars. As for the TVR, different league really lol
Nice, might have to think about replacing our 9-5 with one, only problem is, ours has done 79,000 on a 'W' plate :?
novass
04-28-2004, 06:40 PM
Nice lookin car there. Its a damn shame we dont get TVRs here. I really like them.
666fast
04-28-2004, 07:03 PM
nice TVR! wow want to hear that engine
BADMIHAI
04-28-2004, 10:08 PM
TVR rocks! One day I will import one! 8) 8)
bobafett
04-28-2004, 10:54 PM
Awesome cars. A friend of mine has the only Cerbera in the country, and is very close to Peter Wheeler, TVR Malaysia (separate ocmpany), etc. Through him I've come to learn abtou the marque, and I must say, absolutely amazing cars!!!
--Dan
redleicester
04-29-2004, 07:42 AM
Hey, we still have a 9-5 Aero in the family, quality cars. As for the TVR, different league really lol
Nice, might have to think about replacing our 9-5 with one, only problem is, ours has done 79,000 on a 'W' plate :?
Mine has 86k on a W, so don't fret! Dealer gave us £6500 in part-ex, which isn't too bad as I only paid £9995 for it 18 months ago.
redleicester
04-29-2004, 07:44 AM
sweet ride man! take more pics :D and poset them in 1024 if you can :D please :D
Will be coming up shortly, sorry just didn't want to flood the board with huge pics, but it 1024 is okay, then so be it. It's not a terribly nice day at the mo, but I'll see what I can do. 8)
nice TVR! wow want to hear that engine
Oh dear, you mean I've got to record it too???!!! Well maybe..... have to wait until the wife goes out or she'll give me hell for scaring the neighbours! :twisted:
astonmartinandy
04-29-2004, 07:49 AM
Haha yeah the noise off TVRs will scare all your neighborhood and make small children cry.. :twisted:
SPEEDKILLAR
04-29-2004, 09:46 AM
Wow looks really nice, and a effective children scary machine :x
Love the colour, it was made for each other.
redleicester
04-29-2004, 11:21 AM
Wow looks really nice, and a effective children scary machine :x
Love the colour, it was made for each other.
Oh it certainly scares small children - and quite a few bigger ones too! :D
The colour is unique to TVR and is called Starmist Blue. As it's a Mica colour, it basically consists of a deep blue base colour which is then shot through with flecks of silver and purple - looks lovely when the sun hits it. The interior is "Biscuit".... which just about speaks for itself!
Anyway, here are some more pics - sorry about the weather!
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR/TVRFlank.JPG
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR/TVRFront.jpg
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR/TVRoh.jpg
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR/TVRrear.JPG
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR/TVRrflank.JPG
http://www.impulseproductions.co.uk/webpics/TVR/TVRwing.JPG
Jabba
04-29-2004, 01:15 PM
Welcome to Jabbasworld....I presume as you are talking in £ then you are from the UK...if I am correct may I ask from what part you are from ?
sameerrao
04-29-2004, 01:58 PM
Nice car. Its sad that very few of these cool cars cross the shores over to the US...
sweet! thanks redleicester!
very nice wheels.. any kill stories?
you should make some vids. so we could hear the 'little' engine singing :D
redleicester
04-29-2004, 05:50 PM
Ah I thought the white front number plate gave it away that I'm in the UK!
We live in a lovely sleepy little village in Worcestershire..... or at least it was quiet and sleepy until I bought the TVR!! 8)
Ah I thought the white front number plate gave it away that I'm in the UK!
We live in a lovely sleepy little village in Worcestershire..... or at least it was quiet and sleepy until I bought the TVR!! 8)
LOL, also your IP does give it away, you know ;)
jon_s
04-30-2004, 01:47 PM
Ah I thought the white front number plate gave it away that I'm in the UK!
We live in a lovely sleepy little village in Worcestershire..... or at least it was quiet and sleepy until I bought the TVR!! 8)
LOL, also your IP does give it away, you know ;)
Hahaha, TT checks everyone :roll:
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