Views wanted on poss new motor.

[nickg]

sounds like the kind of car you love for a month, and spend the next few years cursing

 

[Alfie]

Old jokes about getting twice the fuel economy you expect because you go out in style but always return on the the back of an AA recovery wagon are unfair but make the point well enough. Be careful!
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LOL

Quite a lot for sale at any one moment, ........................

I wonder why


Definately one of those decisions where the heart may say one thing but the head will say another!

 

[peterchurch]

Apart from my Saab 93 cabrio, my SL is the only car in 13 years that has seen the back of a tow truck for outright mechanical failure

Ever stop to think that the reason that TVRs get lots of time in the garage is because most of the people that own them actually DRIVE THEM
None of this peak torque at 3000 rpm rubbish! 5000rpm and keep on going you have not hit the red line yet

That sort of abuse takes it toll on the car, and the drivers

Most of the Mercs seen on the road today are snoring away to themselves in the middle lane...

I agree I wouldn't want to drive one as my only car but a TVR with a 7 series for a break, would be a good combination

 

[nickg]

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[KillerHERTZ]

Went in one a few months back, an expensive kit car IMO

 

[peterchurch]

Peter - I thought your SL broke because you got some "precautionary" work done on the gearbox and they botched it!?!

No there was a leak on the box to begin with. It _looked_ like the left side of the sump seal so they replaced the seal refilled/serviced the box.

I drove the car some more It failed they took it back and it was that same part of the box so they did some more investigation and found that oil was also leaking from a higher part of the box (now looked like the original fault) I was a bit pissed that they missed is the first time but I can see why given the ammount of oil missing in the first place...

If I had not have had the car in for a service the first I would have know would have been the box going bang... I would keep an eye on your box after what BlueSL said about his 600 going

 

[GRAV888]

Looks like I'm not gonna get it anyway.
He just emailed me saying he wants £3800-£4000 plus my E55.
Me thinks not

 

[nickg]

I have had discussions in the past with BlueSL about this.
KLP92 has just bought an SL600 which has had a new gearbox after the original failed - bit worrying.
But I have asked MB and an indy whether I should change the oil in my gearbox and they all say that it is not necessary given the mileage on my car (only 36K).
Don't know what the best thing to do is really. At the moment I am running a "if it ain't broke" strategy.
I am also concerned that a "specialist" could do more harm than good if I get the 'box overhauled.

PS I removed my post above, because I thought it would **** you off!

 

[Spinal]

Wasn't there someone here who swapped from a TVR to a SLK and said "the first think I noticed was they pieces didn't fall off. - Its a tvr thing" on this forum, oh 2 weeks ago?

 

[peterchurch]

I have had discussions in the past with BlueSL about this.
KLP92 has just bought an SL600 which has had a new gearbox after the original failed - bit worrying.
But I have asked MB and an indy whether I should change the oil in my gearbox and they all say that it is not necessary given the mileage on my car (only 36K).
Don't know what the best thing to do is really. At the moment I am running a "if it ain't broke" strategy.
I am also concerned that a "specialist" could do more harm than good if I get the 'box overhauled.

PS I removed my post above, because I thought it would **** you off!

Nah don't worry it makes for a more interesting forum

The only thing you can do with these cars is watch them like a hawk!
The specialist that did the box said that the most common problem is that the filters go hard then cause the box to fail. His suggestion is to check about every 25K but I have seen others on the forums suggest 4-50K (miles) Only you know how its driving.

Given the massive power differences between the cars I would think that the box in a 60 or 600 is under a lot more pressure than my 3.2

The box is very standard and I would think that most auto repairers will have seen one before even if it was not in an SL.

The only thing I would say is that If your car lived in London and did 36K City miles then its box could be worse than the miles suggest. Mine had done 23K in London when I got it and I am astounded at the bills I have ran up so far just sorting stuff out

regards,

Pete

 

[Dieselman]

Graeme.
If I was looking for a sports GT car I would try to buy an MG SV. The new one made of carbon fibre.
I made some technical enquiries and was told that the body shell is four times stiffer than a TVR. This obviously gives better ability for the suspension to work.
Maybe this is why JumJum can pass TVRs on the track.

The Tech guy, Tech Manager from De Tomaso in Italy, claimed TVRs are like horse and cart compared. He would but it's true.

Having seen a couple of MG SV at close hand, and sat in them I would agree.

I don't know where you could get one but it will deffinately be a future classic.


http://www.babez.de/rover/xpowersvr2.php

 

[glojo]

Graeme.
If I was looking for a sports GT car I would try to buy an MG SV. The new one made of carbon fibre.

I nearly choked when I read 'MG'..... But before engaging mouth I went a surfin'

I hate to admit it, but it sounds a very nice vehicle.

http://www.mgxpowersv.com/prices/index.asp

I am going to see how the second-hand prices are holding. Have you actually driven one? I see that you have sat in it. What was your impression?

I'm impressed, but it looks like a new one would be getting on for £85,000 when kitted out with some decent equipment, there is some awfully good competition out there at those sort of prices.


Regards,
John

Edit:
Just found one on Autotrader

2004/04 £69,990
http://www.emg-london.co.uk/_epsommotorgroup.htm

 

[l5foye]

A couple of years ago, my mate worked in a garage which had just got a TVR agency. He was sent to the works (read, farmyard) to be trained on the cars.
He reckoned they were poorly built, made up from parts from everywhere. Having seen the 'innerards', he said they were rubbish. He had interesting tales to tell about they went about things. The garage sold a few but had so much trouble, they quit selling them. What put me completely off was seeing one after it hit a steel lamp post and split clean in 2 !!! Sadly the 2 occupants were killed.

 

[peterchurch]

But haven't _MG_ rover just gone bust ?

 

[R2D2]

How about a Maserati 3200 twin turbo Coupe?

 

[fuzzer]

How about a Maserati 3200 twin turbo Coupe?

tvr would be more reliable than that !!

 

[rees_A]

If you want a Cerbera, you should get the 4.5. Faster and more desirable than 4.2(4.5 0-60=3.9 secs)

Alan

 

[glojo]

tvr would be more reliable than that !!

Ouch!! It only hurts when I laugh. Nice one.

But haven't _MG_ rover just gone bust ?

That must be a deterrent, but how many 'classic' motor vehicles have gone the same way?

The garage that is selling one seems to be selling the whole range of MG & Rover motor vehicles!!!

http://www.emg-london.co.uk/_epsommotorgroup.htm

Regards,
John

 

[Merc808]

Caution !!!!!!!!!!!

Had a go in one of these on a track day down in Bedford. It was like a missile . The retardation on the brakes was unbelievable on the edge of phenomenal. I don’t know if they were standard or not , but the car was street legal. The mechanical grip was excellent . Then it started spitting with rain, nuff said.

Like Simon and Garfunkel said , “ Slip sliding away “

 

[R2D2]

I felt the same in the Griffith. In the dry ok but in the wet its park up and get the bus home time!