Cpt Scarlet
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Well summed up …
My experience of owning a TVR was that the build quality was appalling as was any thought of basic safety.
TVR Tuscan S (MK1) In "Rolex Blue"... will it be mine?
Coming to America in May 2026, a 2001 build with recent frame-off resto and engine rebuild/improvements. Pics are sellers, and i want this soooooooo bad!!! If the Florida guy who owns one is reading this, pm me please. ...
Lightweight, no airbags, very mechanical/direct... nice power-to-weigh ratio....
...and just enough crazy to be a handful of fun for TRUE drivers. But that's normal for TVR. Only two were in U.S. for a while, but now we can import them here.
That really is a stunning looking TVR Tuscan S
These TVR cars sound amazing and due to being a fibreglass body are also very fast as they weigh so little although being a fibreglass body does have advantages and disadvantages on the plus side no rusting bodywork on the minus side not so much protectio...
Well summed up …
My experience of owning a TVR was that the build quality was appalling as was any thought of basic safety.
You know that only makes me want it more. Thus would be something that had a frame-off resto, engine rebuild/improvements, etc.
Costs more, sure, but you start with a good example.
They really are not that hard to maintain and any good old school mechanic should be able to manage it.
I have to agree with Cpt Scarlet in that the earlier models were not particularly well built and they also suffered from many problems, I'm not sure TVR even knew what the word safety meant. But the later models improved on build quality a lot but at the ...
No I never met him and sorry if my above post misled you I didn't own one but knew people who did.
But my bitter experience was sadly more than once when acting too fast and regretting it after with cars. Marc
Getting burnt…
Never a good experience, although looking back at my journey with various cars over the years I have reached the point where I can laugh at even some the worst experiences. Did I mention the one that caught fire on the test drive ? Best regards Captain
Front wheel on a Lotus Elan but that was a humorous event and not costly as unsurprisingly I passed on buying it.
But such is the folly of youth that there were others that I bought in haste and indeed repented long and hard at leisure, Marc
We should talk some more about this …
It could be a kind of automotive therapy for addicts 😂
HUGE thx Marc.
Many, many thanks. Guess the 'real news' for me is that TVR was now able to be imported into the U.S. No rush for a car, plenty of time and MANY thanks for your kindness and help. MUCH appreciated.
That's some invaluable direct experience. My impression as well - and I didn't own one.
Just saw them during Pebble Beach Concours and Monterey Car Week. As a small car company, I doubt they had the time and the money for thorough crash testing.
Go for it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It may be a journey filled with pain (or maybe not - a Chimaera went from Norway all the way to Tierra del Fuego without issues) but likewise with glory. And that inline six sounds glorious 🦾🦾🦾
Yes indeed. i miss my old, personally highly modded for track use Euro-spec Ferrari 308GTS QV.
Not just because of the hundreds (thousands) of hours modding it for track use, and of course heavy use driving her on road course tracks, but that she was very straightforward to fix (usually). Heavy sterring when slow, of course, but at speed she was br...
Many moons ago
Back in my motorcycle days I remember being stuck in a traffic jam behind one and I was amazed of its rear end, it was a model where the lights are at the bottom of the rear bumper, pure art! Other than that a good friend of mine ran out of gas in one due...
Meet the TVR Fanatics Bringing the British Sports Cars to American Soil
Read article here ➡️ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69205990/tvr-importers-usa/