Are they really this cheap now ?
Discussion
mickk said:
As the title says, cant believe the price
I saw a Tamora at Gatwick TVR that had 18,000 miles and at, I think, £19,000 it was £3,000 less than a Griff more than twice its age. I said to Paul that it was difficult to believe. He said that the only difficulty was getting a potential purchaser to sit in the Tam and drive it. If they did so they'd buy the Tam over the Griff every time. However, he had already had two interested parties say they wanted to see the Griff after it had been on their website for less than a week yet the Tam had had no one drive it for 4 weeks or so.
I drove a Tam for some time in 2004 and it was, without a doubt, the car I would have gone for if I could have afforded it. For me, it had everything I wanted in a sports car. It handled better than any other standard TVR, and I've driven a few. All cars are compromises and the Tam was spot on. I'd go for different instruments - standard analogue - and a larger boot opening. Other than that it was perfect.
I went around a corner at 30mph faster than I thought I was going (still withing the speed limit, of course). It made me feel as if I was a brilliant driver. The interior's lovely, it's the right size for someone of normal height - 6'3", there was little or no buffeting with the hood down, the pick-up form the Speed 6 was delightful and the steering, although it felt odd initially, became so natural that all cars should be so equipped. The clutch was, of course, without peer.
A stunning car. TVR's best.
If you have your heart set of a Griff or Chim, don't drive a Tamora.
Surely you mean "Are they really this expensive now?"
There is now only a very limited market for these cars. Anyone who has seen Pistonheads is likely to be put off.
Back in the middle of March someone was complaining on here that his Tamora had been off the road for 5 weeks waiting for the instrument pod to be replaced. The replies did not suggest that that was uncommon.
People were suggesting that the chap should go to the scrapyard to get the parts. Who is going to buy a £15,000.00 car and wait over 5 weeks for parts or go to the scrapyard as if it was some £200.00 banger?
People seem to constantly complain about the non-availability of windscreens. Who know to how many other parts this applies.
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car. That is more than it costs to run a new Ferrari! Who is going to spend £3,000.00 per year when they only spent £15,000.00 buying the car?
£15,000.00 will buy you a 2001 Porsche Boxter S. Sure it might not provide the ultimate thrills that a Tamora can, but neither will it provide you with the ultimate heartache. It will be cheaper to run and you can get the parts.
There is now only a very limited market for these cars. Anyone who has seen Pistonheads is likely to be put off.
Back in the middle of March someone was complaining on here that his Tamora had been off the road for 5 weeks waiting for the instrument pod to be replaced. The replies did not suggest that that was uncommon.
People were suggesting that the chap should go to the scrapyard to get the parts. Who is going to buy a £15,000.00 car and wait over 5 weeks for parts or go to the scrapyard as if it was some £200.00 banger?
People seem to constantly complain about the non-availability of windscreens. Who know to how many other parts this applies.
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car. That is more than it costs to run a new Ferrari! Who is going to spend £3,000.00 per year when they only spent £15,000.00 buying the car?
£15,000.00 will buy you a 2001 Porsche Boxter S. Sure it might not provide the ultimate thrills that a Tamora can, but neither will it provide you with the ultimate heartache. It will be cheaper to run and you can get the parts.
RedTuscan said:
Surely you mean "Are they really this expensive now?"
There is now only a very limited market for these cars. Anyone who has seen Pistonheads is likely to be put off.
Back in the middle of March someone was complaining on here that his Tamora had been off the road for 5 weeks waiting for the instrument pod to be replaced. The replies did not suggest that that was uncommon.
People were suggesting that the chap should go to the scrapyard to get the parts. Who is going to buy a £15,000.00 car and wait over 5 weeks for parts or go to the scrapyard as if it was some £200.00 banger?
People seem to constantly complain about the non-availability of windscreens. Who know to how many other parts this applies.
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car. That is more than it costs to run a new Ferrari! Who is going to spend £3,000.00 per year when they only spent £15,000.00 buying the car?
£15,000.00 will buy you a 2001 Porsche Boxter S. Sure it might not provide the ultimate thrills that a Tamora can, but neither will it provide you with the ultimate heartache. It will be cheaper to run and you can get the parts.
Your post is spot on.Coupled with the fact that spares for RV8 powered cars are still plentiful and are a lot cheaper to run on a day to day basis.Thats why prices of them still hold up. There is now only a very limited market for these cars. Anyone who has seen Pistonheads is likely to be put off.
Back in the middle of March someone was complaining on here that his Tamora had been off the road for 5 weeks waiting for the instrument pod to be replaced. The replies did not suggest that that was uncommon.
People were suggesting that the chap should go to the scrapyard to get the parts. Who is going to buy a £15,000.00 car and wait over 5 weeks for parts or go to the scrapyard as if it was some £200.00 banger?
People seem to constantly complain about the non-availability of windscreens. Who know to how many other parts this applies.
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car. That is more than it costs to run a new Ferrari! Who is going to spend £3,000.00 per year when they only spent £15,000.00 buying the car?
£15,000.00 will buy you a 2001 Porsche Boxter S. Sure it might not provide the ultimate thrills that a Tamora can, but neither will it provide you with the ultimate heartache. It will be cheaper to run and you can get the parts.
RedTuscan said:
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car.
People say lots of things on here - a very high % of it is uninformed nonsense. As a website for valuble information, it's fast becoming a joke.
Major contributary factor to cars depreciating quickler than they would otherwise is sites like this I'm afarid.
Daftlad said:
RedTuscan said:
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car.
People say lots of things on here - a very high % of it is uninformed nonsense. As a website for valuble information, it's fast becoming a joke.
Major contributary factor to cars depreciating quickler than they would otherwise is sites like this I'm afarid.
BLUETHUNDER said:
Daftlad said:
RedTuscan said:
People on here say that you need to budget £3,000.00 per year to run such a car.
People say lots of things on here - a very high % of it is uninformed nonsense. As a website for valuble information, it's fast becoming a joke.
Major contributary factor to cars depreciating quickler than they would otherwise is sites like this I'm afarid.
Nothing like a misquote. A Cerbera is nothing like a Tamora. One is a money pit the other...........is a Tamora.
Nice fleet by the way I'm sure big bills come as no suprise.
Edited by Daftlad on Friday 6th April 21:51
Daftlad said:
Nothing like a misquote. A Cerbera is nothing like a Tamora. One is a money pit the other...........is a Tamora.
And comments like that don't help!
Some are money pits admitedly, but not all.
My Cerbera costs a fortune per mile but it spends 99% of it's time on track, so I expect it to be expensive.
Other Cerbs' just get away with regular servicing costs, it really boils down to these cars being handbuilt and each one is different, there are good ones and there are bad ones.
The same can be said of many cars, I had 2 Mk1 Elises at the same time back in 2000, they were, on paper, identical, even down to the colour! One was a dog, the other was a dream. You cannot generalise on a model.
Tim
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