Bargain Cerbera?
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crackedfinger

Original Poster:

1,569 posts

258 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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s6boy

1,855 posts

254 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Ceramic brakes?

angusfaldo

2,831 posts

303 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Equally worrying is the statement "thought to have covered just 56000 miles". I guess it could be on a second speedo?

RedLeicester

6,869 posts

274 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Is there any such thing as a bargain Cerbera? You can pick them up from the classifieds / automulcher from anything over £6k, but it'll cost you a whole lot more than that to keep such a car on the road...

timmybob

486 posts

301 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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angusfaldo said:
Equally worrying is the statement "thought to have covered just 56000 miles"
Not unusual for auctions to use terms like this as it gets them off having to verify the miles. If you look through their lots, I wouldn't be surprised if most had similar vague wording...

X TVR Owner

7 posts

216 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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The only time it can be called a Bargain TVR is when they pay you to take it away, fact, TVR are poor poor cars and this will be full of faults and problems that will drain your wallet until you decide you have wasted enough money on it and sell it for much less than you paid for it and decide never to buy a crap TVR again. Probably comes from that crap TVR garage near petersfield.

Gaffer

7,156 posts

306 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Woot...he is going through all the TVR Models.

Where will he end up next..?

Its like Wheres Wally, but in real time

smile


V8 GRF

7,299 posts

239 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Gaffer said:
Its like Wheres Wally, but in real time
hehe

Dirty Boy

14,859 posts

238 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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X TVR Owner said:
The only time it can be called a Bargain TVR is when they pay you to take it away, fact, TVR are poor poor cars and this will be full of faults and problems that will drain your wallet until you decide you have wasted enough money on it and sell it for much less than you paid for it and decide never to buy a crap TVR again. Probably comes from that crap TVR garage near petersfield.
Jeez, give it a rest. Seriously.

verminator

723 posts

261 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Dear oh dear, what a bitter little chap you sound. After 6 yrs of ownership of my cerb, it's been reliable, fantastic fun and an absolute joy to own. Am going away in it this weekend for another 3 days of great driving fun. biggrin

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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X TVR Owner said:
The only time it can be called a Bargain TVR is when they pay you to take it away, fact, TVR are poor poor cars and this will be full of faults and problems that will drain your wallet until you decide you have wasted enough money on it and sell it for much less than you paid for it and decide never to buy a crap TVR again. Probably comes from that crap TVR garage near petersfield.
Of course they are expensive cars to run! Everyone knows that. A Cerbera is still a supercar in my eyes and running costs accordingly smile

esso

1,849 posts

246 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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X TVR Owner said:
The only time it can be called a Bargain TVR is when they pay you to take it away, fact, TVR are poor poor cars and this will be full of faults and problems that will drain your wallet until you decide you have wasted enough money on it and sell it for much less than you paid for it and decide never to buy a crap TVR again. Probably comes from that crap TVR garage near petersfield.
Why dont you fk off back into the hole you came out of before you bought a TVR

grahamw48

9,944 posts

267 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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X TVR Owner said:
The only time it can be called a Bargain TVR is when they pay you to take it away, fact, TVR are poor poor cars and this will be full of faults and problems that will drain your wallet until you decide you have wasted enough money on it and sell it for much less than you paid for it and decide never to buy a crap TVR again. Probably comes from that crap TVR garage near petersfield.
Hmm....you've got me worried now. frown

When do they normally become unreliable ?
Mine's got 18 years under her belt (whereas most other vehicles that age have already been re-cycled), and still seems pretty ok. scratchchin


Fire99

9,865 posts

258 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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In the current climate, for an auction estimate on an early Cerbera i don't think that's far off the mark to be honest..

I'd be interested if there is any history to back up the money spent / mileage.

Worth a punt if you're feeling brave.

Gazzab

21,640 posts

311 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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Seems to me that it is worth less than the indicated price. I would say £5K so long as it has a decent chassis. The engine at that miles and without history etc would be a worry but at £5K you could afford to sort it. BUT once you start finding other faults they can soon end up meaning the car costs you a fortune. So if you pay £7K for it plus you then have a load of bills it is soon cheaper to buy a decent known car in the first place.

BLUETHUNDER

7,881 posts

289 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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Having just been out to the Nurbergring and Spa with the rest of the Cerbera boys this weekend,then i find X,s comments amusing.Completed the trip without any problems,and some even managed 22 hot laps of Spa,before the trip home.thumbup

Edited by BLUETHUNDER on Thursday 16th October 14:36

Fire99

9,865 posts

258 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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To be honest i don't really understand why people are bothering to make constructive replies to this X-TVR..... Not that i have any issue with someone not liking TVR's or having problems with them etc but his comments seem just general aimless rants for the sake of getting a reaction...

I think the general TVR 'public' are well aware of the different models strenghts and weaknesses..

Simpo Two

92,737 posts

294 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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X TVR Owner said:
I bought a poor poor car which was full of faults and problems that drained my wallet until I decided I had wasted enough money on it and sold it for much less than I paid for it and decided never to buy a crap car again. BTW it was a TVR, but I should have done some research first and not let myself get stitched up by a dealer.
How's that?

900T-R

20,406 posts

286 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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Fire99 said:
To be honest i don't really understand why people are bothering to make constructive replies to this X-TVR.....
Because it's a damn good occasion for me to tell everyone how I love mine and how brilliant it has been for all of the season... thumbup

Fire99

9,865 posts

258 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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900T-R said:
Fire99 said:
To be honest i don't really understand why people are bothering to make constructive replies to this X-TVR.....
Because it's a damn good occasion for me to tell everyone how I love mine and how brilliant it has been for all of the season... thumbup
Well in that case.. Quote Happy! biggrinthumbup