|
Post by veg on Sept 22, 2023 20:18:01 GMT 1
The second best day of my 4 wheeled motoring life was the day some 2 1/2 years ago when I bought my Tvr. It was surpassed today.
I finally sold the feckin thing. After 8000 miles and over £14k being spent/wasted on it, it’s gone hallelujah.
|
|
|
Post by abar121 on Sept 22, 2023 20:55:53 GMT 1
Lol, like selling a boat then
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 22, 2023 21:00:05 GMT 1
Exactly the same as buying a yacht. 😁
|
|
|
Post by rigga on Sept 22, 2023 22:06:52 GMT 1
Ok.... What's next ?
Sad your tiv experience wasn't a totally pleasant one.
|
|
|
Post by steve h on Sept 22, 2023 23:20:30 GMT 1
I would of thought any day you get rid of a 4 wheel shitbox is a great day... (Excluding those that are useful... vans)
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 22, 2023 23:48:56 GMT 1
Ok.... What's next ? Sad your tiv experience wasn't a totally pleasant one. Partly my own fault in that I think I was too trusting of the previous owner. What finished me was the speedo going and costing lots of time and dosh. I loved the driving experience but not the owning experience. Young (30 yr old bike racing lad) bought it feckin guaranteed it’s trouble free now 🙄 I’d just lost all trust in it and was seriously out of pocket and wanted out. As for next ? I seriously fancy a deux chevaux 😁
|
|
|
Post by JonW on Sept 23, 2023 0:15:38 GMT 1
Ahh, sorry to hear that it had become untrustworthy. No matter what vehicle you have, one that happens its a great day when youre rid of it.
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 23, 2023 0:32:23 GMT 1
That was the thing Jon I’d spent so much money but where and when do you stop. I drove it to a client when the speedo problem happened then the bonnet catch went so I repaired that. That was all in one week. I’d just become disillusioned as I say I’ll miss driving it but not the constant what’s next.
|
|
|
Post by JonW on Sept 23, 2023 1:19:34 GMT 1
Yep, totally get it. Bittersweet ownership experience.
I had the same with my (then brand new, in 2001) Elise. Every time I turned the key I wondered what would break or not work. Im sure Ive told that story before. The thing was just problematic from day 1. The salesman who i did a forced deal to trade it after 2 years (as the extra year of warranty I negotiated was up) for a TVR (which was really reliable, go figure) kept telling me when i saw him that the next owner of the Lotus had no issues with it and loved it. Good for him, I was still glad it was gone... I get there must at some point be an end to the problems, but...
They always used to say that you should always buy a British sports car 2nd hand so the first owner has ironed out all the problems. lol
Thing is I quite liked driving the Lotus and had some good memories in it, but I couldnt trust it.
Hmm... 2CV sadly wont be any more reliable, but it'd be cheaper to fix lol
|
|
|
Post by geoffers997 on Sept 23, 2023 7:00:39 GMT 1
Mate had an Aston Martin V8 Vantage. A beautiful thing, it broke and it broke and it broke.
Nothing really major just a succession of irritating things like the fuel filler wouldn’t stay closed, one of the windows stopped working intermittently, so on and so forth.
He got fed up and bailed on it in the end, shame as it really was a beautiful thing.
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 23, 2023 7:23:00 GMT 1
What could they all have in common? Aston? Lotus? Tvr? 😁
|
|
|
Post by gav250lc on Sept 23, 2023 9:54:41 GMT 1
The second best day of my 4 wheeled motoring life was the day some 2 1/2 years ago when I bought my Tvr. It was surpassed today. I finally sold the feckin thing. After 8000 miles and over £14k being spent/wasted on it, it’s gone hallelujah. At least it didn’t catch light most of them I’ve worked on have already been in flames 🔥 hindsight is a wonderful thing but I could have definitely give you some good advice 8000 miles ago mind you that’s why we have the forum help so others dont suffer the same mistakes 😂
|
|
|
Post by gav250lc on Sept 23, 2023 9:56:46 GMT 1
Well you know what they say about lotus boys Lots of trouble usually serious 😩
|
|
|
Post by midlifecrisisrd on Sept 23, 2023 10:36:03 GMT 1
It's like they say
If it has tits or wheels it's gonna give you bother 😆
Steve
|
|
|
Post by chrisg on Sept 23, 2023 11:08:27 GMT 1
The other side of the coin is buying a brand new car and having sh1t loads of trouble coupled with a dealership that dont want to know. I know a few people in that situation. MB, Range Rover not cheap cars.
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 23, 2023 11:42:42 GMT 1
Family car is an Mb Gls it’s been fine and the reason I bought it instead of a Range vogue is every mate that owns one has had nothing but niggles and problems. Some serious.
|
|
|
Post by dusty350 on Sept 23, 2023 11:45:16 GMT 1
2CV's are brilliant cars. We used to rally one at work, stripped to the bone. Took no end of abuse until we snapped it in half (virtually) whilst jumping rocks I've got a picture somewhere
|
|
|
Post by gav250lc on Sept 23, 2023 15:06:14 GMT 1
The other side of the coin is buying a brand new car and having sh1t loads of trouble coupled with a dealership that dont want to know. I know a few people in that situation. MB, Range Rover not cheap cars. Mb or Range Rover same difference like aids you get ducked by the dealers then it dies on you sad but true life ain’t perfect 😩
|
|
|
Post by gav250lc on Sept 23, 2023 15:09:44 GMT 1
Family car is an Mb Gls it’s been fine and the reason I bought it instead of a Range vogue is every mate that owns one has had nothing but niggles and problems. Some serious. You’re mates are lucky then if they lived in Essex and owned a Range Rover it would be stolen off the drive within a week 😩
|
|
|
Post by tout on Sept 23, 2023 16:22:59 GMT 1
My owd chap had a Griff 500, plenty of trackday`s he enjoyed. he once pulled away from a roundabout when the car in front should have, small ouch with minor bodywork bruises .... over 6K to repair... madness
sometimes you need to wait for the right buyer Veg, glad you found Mr or Mrs Right 👍
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 23, 2023 17:40:18 GMT 1
Super twins bike racer is the new owner it’ll probably not miss a beat now. I’ll miss it but not the grief that went with it.
|
|
|
Post by donkeychomp on Sept 23, 2023 21:40:33 GMT 1
Marcos.
Alex
|
|
|
Post by Gitram on Sept 23, 2023 22:21:20 GMT 1
read this earlier before i went out to work.. remembered the days (last century..) when i lived outside Cupar, Fife and Glenvarrigle would test drive Chimera's past the house.. then a Chimera tootled past me in Inverness.. spooky
marti
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 23, 2023 22:28:44 GMT 1
His dad has a house north of Inverness he was going to head up that way in the next few days? Oh and Inverness you lucky git, keep trying to persuade the wife to move that way, I love it her (Scot’s parents) no feckin way. Done a few days work in Elgin love it. She wants heat and sunlight I want no feckin neighbours, drizzle and midges 😁
|
|
|
Post by donkeychomp on Sept 23, 2023 22:41:02 GMT 1
Inverness. Loved it. We rented a house on a hill (more like a small mountain, deffo need a 4x4 in winter) overlooking the Loch. Fantastic roads, would loved to have had a rental bike and not a Vauxhall Omega. Great people, great food. Only beer on tap was Carlsberg and as one barman told me 'well...it's cheap'. Went in August and no midges. As I've mentioned before avoid the Charles dickens restaurant. No lighting. I kid you not. You get a candle on the table to read the menu and you can't. We decided to vacate before ordering...
Alex
ps Marcos
|
|
|
Post by veg on Sept 23, 2023 23:00:08 GMT 1
Ps no marcos a less attractive less reliable Tvr what am I a sadist?
|
|
|
Post by donkeychomp on Sept 24, 2023 0:18:20 GMT 1
Fair enough mate. May I give you some ideas about 2CV ownership? Years ago I needed wheels and one of these upturned bath tubs was for sale locally. £300. I test drove the thing. Hated it. Needed a car, bought it. Yes you can repair them with a Swiss army knife but it was horrendous in every way. My first moped was faster, the handling is very very scary until you get used to it, then you realise it has no actual handling. It amazingly has door locks, no idea why as no one would nick it but you can't tell if they are locked or not. Try it and you'll understand. Seating for four. But if you own one of these you won't have four friends, or if you do they won't be your friends for very long. MPG is surprisingly crap as you have to thrash the 2 cylinders to get any kind of forward movement out of it. Speedo on mine went up to 60mph. Never saw that. And now a (cough) minter is about £8-9K.
On the plus side I did get pulled by plod for speeding. I kid you not. 35 in a 30 zone. He lent down by my window and I smacked him in the mouth as I pushed it open. Was worth the fine. Sold the retched thing for £150 and bought a car instead.
Alex
ps maybe a Spitfire? We need another on this forum and we can swap tales of joy and woe
|
|
|
Post by JonW on Sept 24, 2023 1:58:49 GMT 1
Modern Aston Tim? V8 Vantage is good value... tho not if you break the key, a mate of a mate had one and did that. Ouch... Bentley is another similar with issues and fix prices...
...but to be honest most 5+ year old moderns are terrible to own. Best advice is to get rid once the warranty is up or buy Korean or Japanese really.
Eg sadly most German cars are horribly made now and their perceived reputation is what keeps sales bouyant. Great while under a lease, but after that the service bills rack up and you find multiple oil leaks and silly issues caused by plastic pipes and other parts that were never made to last or they drink as much oil as fuel or have small electrical meltdowns on looms that are hard to repair.
A mate of mine fixes this stuff for a prestige used car seller and seems lots of Audi/BMW/Merc. Its his living now, all of the fixes are huge jobs and the bills are big. Find a 10 year old BMW without an oil leak and I'll show you its cos it has no oil in it or has just had a massive amount of money spending on it - they are the Brit bikes of the modern era.
Defo avoid anything Range Rover... geez... what a nightmare. Its worth watching some old Hoovies garage to see his experiences with older luxury cars like that and BMWs (which he still loves it seems).
|
|
|
Post by JonW on Sept 24, 2023 2:03:04 GMT 1
Fair enough mate. May I give you some ideas about 2CV ownership? Years ago I needed wheels and one of these upturned bath tubs was for sale locally. £300. I test drove the thing. Hated it. Needed a car, bought it. Yes you can repair them with a Swiss army knife but it was horrendous in every way. My first moped was faster, the handling is very very scary until you get used to it, then you realise it has no actual handling. It amazingly has door locks, no idea why as no one would nick it but you can't tell if they are locked or not. Try it and you'll understand. Seating for four. But if you own one of these you won't have four friends, or if you do they won't be your friends for very long. MPG is surprisingly crap as you have to thrash the 2 cylinders to get any kind of forward movement out of it. Speedo on mine went up to 60mph. Never saw that. And now a (cough) minter is about £8-9K. On the plus side I did get pulled by plod for speeding. I kid you not. 35 in a 30 zone. He lent down by my window and I smacked him in the mouth as I pushed it open. Was worth the fine. Sold the retched thing for £150 and bought a car instead. Alex ps maybe a Spitfire? We need another on this forum and we can swap tales of joy and woe My cousin had a 2CV when I was a kid. She picked me up from Croydon for a weekend and drove to her place in Bristol. Even as a kid I remember how slow it was to putt down the M4 and I could see the road 'rushing' (term used loosely) past via the holes in the floor. She drove me back after the weekend as well. 150 miles each way... x4... she racked up 600miles like that in a weekend lol. madness. Haha a Spit... Tho to be honest, you can always get a Spit running if it stops so it wont actually leave you stranded. You cant say that about a modern car.
|
|
|
Post by JonW on Sept 24, 2023 2:04:14 GMT 1
What could they all have in common? Aston? Lotus? Tvr? 😁 Yep... I feel the common denominator might be 'us'.
|
|