JZA,

Fair comments also, if you're after an experience, then TVR's are certainly an eccentric way to go.

Cheers, Scott

PS. Driven a 500 and Cerbera Sp6. Just prefer the JAP techno car interpretation that EVO, Imprezas & Skyline's do ohh so very well!!

 

TVR = man's car

Try and remember this as you fly through that hedge backwards

 

mmm ... I went the other way.

TVR 4.3 Grif to a scoob.

Wouldn't go back ever ... well maybe for the sound, and the soft top. Don't miss the waiting for the AA thoough

 

Thought long and hard about a TVR 5.0 as a replacement for my Caterham/RS 2000, but kept the Caterham and bought a PPP Scooby instead. Have to say that without access to the Caterham would probably gone for the TVR. You can't really compare a Scooby to a TVR as an only car !!! The Scoobie's far more practical, its a tin top, 4-seater, its a family car that goes like stink. The TVR's a weekend car, drop-top, not very practical, and goes like stink with extra stink added. One of the previous posts was correct, the book figures do not tell the full story as regards outright pace between the two cars. The Griffith is massively quick, both on initial acceleration and once on the move where, lets face it it really matters, with the 20mph increments up to 130mph verging on the obscene, with very few cars being able to match it, when EVO tested one of the last to be produced they even held it in comparison with the McLaren F1 wrt in gear times. Like I said I can't imagine why you would consider one vs the other as daily transport. The TVR is all of the things above and in other posts, smaller, more impractical, tricky in the wet, not as reliable, but definitly alot quicker compared to any Scooby. I guess its just something you need to experience before cars like this are banned from the road, I intend to.

 

Love this quote : "The scooby makes you think your a star - the griffith lets you know your not!!"

Loved mine for 5 years, but a £2500 service bill made me sell it for the Scoob. Thought the service would cost the usual £600. Nothing really wrong with it, but they spend your money to keep it in top 'as new' nick & driveability. It did drive so well afterwards I called them (£Mole£Valley£) to thank them - the bank manager did not however!

Buy it; it's an experience and a half, and will make you a better driver. The dealers are such girls about the milage though, which makes me sick - that big unstressed engine could go 150,000 miles...

D

 

If you are after a good secondhand TVR speak to this chap:

http://www.adrianblyth.co.uk

Mention my name (Philip Fowler)

 

The thing about TVR, Porsche, Ferrari etc is when you get in there is a sense of occasion....

Get in a Scooby and you could be driving any Jap car.

Scoobies flatter the driver, TVR/Porsche/Ferrari make you realise that your not as good as you thought you where. I've had a bigger smile at 50 driving a Ferrari 348 (listen to that engine)than I've ever had will driving the scooby and when my Porsche 944 Turbo spins the rears coming out of junctions I have a grin from ear to ear....I suppose what I'm trying to say is that the Scooby hasn't really got any class but it is blindly quick for a £20-30K car.

If you can afford to run a TVR then buy it....

Jeff

 

I've been test driving a few different cars lately and it's not all about the fastest point to point car going, I drove a Honda S2000(what?) lately and it wasn't as fast round the bends or in a straight line, but it was much more fun and different, if you can run the TVR buy it.

 

Personally I love TVR's and would love to own one if I could afford it! As far as running costs go I think early Grifs can be under classic car insurance and if you are over a certain age I think you may find that the insurance is cheaper than a scooby? For me at 21 messing about on some insurance websites it would be cheaper to insure a £40,000 Cerbera than a MY94 WRX!! (probably because the insurance companies know the TVR won't go very far before braking down ) Have a look at the TVR forum on
www.pistonheads.com there might be some people who have gone from a Scooby to a TVR there

Good luck!

Andy

 

The insurance is cheaper on the TVR because the bugggers never start,i had the keys for mine and it wouldn't start most of the time,so what chance does a tea leaf have

 

Guys, what can I say, THANKYOU ALL.

With all your imput you have helped me realise that at this moment in my life a TVR would be financial suicide. I've done some reading also on the Pistonheads.com website and encountered many tales of costly problems. It is a shame with the TVR's that it's not the cost of buying or insuring but the massive running costs associated with ownership.

I am now thinking PLAN B and would welcome any comment on my new topic "Considering a NEW Elise - YES/NO????"

Thanks again.

 

Don't do it my mate has a new Elise he paid £26000 for it and its soooooo under powered he is now talking about spending another £6000 to get it up to 180bhp wow big deal £32000 for that power.I've just spent £10000 on a 280bhp Westfield that is so much faster,they are both only going to be second cars so save your money IMHO that is.
Chris.

 

Magic boot

I considered an Elise before I bought my scoob and glad I didnt.
Fun little car but not the most reliable and not as rapid as the scoob.

My mate has one and I have driven it and dont get anywhere near the same grin as in the scoob.

An exige though....
You can pick them up for £23k, now there is a car and a half and I would love one of those....

jas