Sweet
I keep ummming and aaahing about buying a TVR Tuscan. I really want one but I fucking know I can't afford to keep the bastard on the road. They need engine rebuilds about every 30K or something.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:19, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Bastards if you live in a town too.
My colleague has one and reckons he can only pull away in second because it either stalls or shreds the tyres.

It could just be he is a shit driver.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:22, Reply)

I've briefly driven a Tuscan and a Cerbera and more or less managed.
but in fairness to him, the clutches are seven shades of bastard and I could have just driven slightly easier ones
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:25, Reply)

I had a second hand Chimera 4 litre high compression.
Never had a problem with it. I was gutted when I had to sell it (I was skint so it had to go). Brilliant car.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:25, Reply)

Chimeras had Rover V8s though, didn't they?
Cerbera and the Tuscan were the first ones to get the TVR V8 which, I'm told, is a little "sensitive"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Yep it had the rover engine - 3.5 from the rover SD1, bored out to 4L.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:28, Reply)

I'm tempted to be honest - a good one is only 7 or 8K now, and I really do like them
but I know, deep down, it'll always be a second best choice, because the Tuscan is fucking beautiful.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:30, Reply)

That Rover engine is "reliable" though.
You'd likely get to drive it more.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:31, Reply)

My Dad had an SD1
so I feel those speech marks.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:33, Reply)

British Leyland rustiness at it's finest.
Horrendous electrical problems too.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:39, Reply)

If you get one, make sure it has had the 60,000 mile cambelt change, otherwise you are in for a £2k bill.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:32, Reply)