TVR
No requirement, no skills to maintain, hardly any time to drive it.



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( zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 8 May 2013, 13:59, 19 replies)

Oh man I love those things

( Major Turd for tonight only, Wed 8 May 2013, 14:44, closed)

Gotta say, it's
only lack of space that stops me from doing the same thing.

I do like those cars, and they're a fucking steal at the moment.

There are also a few MGR v8's around with the 5.1 TVR engine. That must be quite good fun too.
(username failed moderation, Wed 8 May 2013, 15:06, closed)

I had one of these in dark metallic purple. The high compression version. I loved that car.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 May 2013, 15:08, closed)

I don't understand
Aren't these for hairdressers?
( rofl harris, Wed 8 May 2013, 15:48, closed)

Not with a 4 litre V8 under the bonnet, no.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 May 2013, 15:59, closed)

just like YM.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 May 2013, 16:15, closed)

Someone's been at your bins...

( da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Wed 8 May 2013, 16:26, closed)

Love it!
Feel the same about my Z4. I'd love a Lotus 2-Eleven, but that would be really silly. They're a young man's car.
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Wed 8 May 2013, 17:31, closed)

What type of Z4? I had an early 3.0 then upgraded to the M.
The M was great, apart from the horrendous depreciation; ex VAT loss of 45% within 18 months of purchase.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 May 2013, 19:17, closed)

Nice motor, reminded me of when I had this:-

(just the car, not the house)
3 litre straight six and I had it tuned. Used to fly up Wycombe Hill on the M40 in overdrive, overtaking all comers.
Must have been a midlife crisis.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 8 May 2013, 17:42, closed)

That
Is very nice.. Where is it now?
( zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 8 May 2013, 17:46, closed)

No idea. It wasn't this particular one,
just the model and colour.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 8 May 2013, 20:08, closed)

One of my parents friends had
the Scimitar GTE, which was the first car I ever drove - it was an auto, he used to let us pootle around the private roads of the estate he lived in in it, when I was about 8 or 9.

Also the first car I ever went 100mph in - as a passenger, I might add.

I loved that thing.
(username failed moderation, Thu 9 May 2013, 9:14, closed)

Famously Princess Anne drove that model for a while.
The engines were the same as in the police cars on Z Cars (Ford Zodiac) but with the Scimitar's lightweight fibreglass body they were like shit off a shovel.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 9 May 2013, 9:32, closed)

I almost wrote 'the Princess Ann model'.
twas a good piece of kit.

It's somewhere on my list of might get one one day cars, as they're still cheap as chips, but they were a bit shoddy even when they were new, so not sure about a 30 year old one.
(username failed moderation, Thu 9 May 2013, 9:51, closed)

As you'll know they were made from whatever was
available that happened to fit so yes, they're cheap as chips for a reason. Don't think I'd buy one now.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 9 May 2013, 9:58, closed)

Caterham 7
Would like to have the weather - the Yokohama 048r tyres do not like the wet.


( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Wed 8 May 2013, 21:02, closed)

Those are vile.
Yes, 0-60 in 1 second, faster than a Bugatti Veyron, blah blah blah.

Horrible things.
(username failed moderation, Thu 9 May 2013, 9:11, closed)