Griffith Alternatives
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Ballistic Banana

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14,706 posts

295 months

Sunday 28th December 2003
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Didn't Believe there were so many.see HERE its on Tiscali

Not sure I agree any of them are REAL aternatives(ok 1 or 2) to a Griffith and vice versa.
A saab convertable nice car but hardly an aternative.
Noble M12 GTO 3R anyone care to swap
Qvale Manquasta
Bentley Contimental :getbloodyreal:alternative... ok

The review is a bit better heres a few comments:

BillyBunter reviewer said:

Used TVRs are always a problem.
These cars are entirely developed by tiny TVR.
TVR leaves you to sort out your own CD sounds, but it does equip the Griffith with a non-RDS radio cassette.
But overall, the Griffith is an effort to drive
The traditional deep, wide TVR backbone eats up interior space. If you need a usable boot, buy the Chimaera instead.
Insurance will be pricey too, but the Griffith appears to hold its value well unless mileage the mileage gets really high.
Do you really need 326 bhp? No, but it sure is exciting


BillyBunter regains conciousness said:

but the Griffth 500 is helped by its supercar reputation. Used values are not too bad, and it's probably the easiest TVR to resell.
Although a lot of the 'toys' are missing, for those who simply require raw thrills the Griffith really is cracking value. Nothing else costing only five figures can match its acceleration.
Rorty noise and muscle-bound styling means that the Griffith is an ultra high-profile roadster
With 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 167 mph there is nothing else to touch the Griffith at the price.
Real hooligans will choose the exciting and slightly thuggish Griffith 500 over the more usable, less over-the-top Chimaera.


Who do they get to do these??

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colinrob

1,199 posts

279 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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some twats who probably prefer maxed out corsa's

Apache

39,731 posts

312 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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Ballistic Banana said:
With 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 167 mph there is nothing else to touch the Griffith at the price.


Who do they get to do these??

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I agree, what utter nonsense, 167mph? must've got a baddun

Ballistic Banana

Original Poster:

14,706 posts

295 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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Pete you see that nice list you can have if the beast does have to go??
wouldnt mind a few of them myself.

Apache

39,731 posts

312 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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It aint going mate, not now it's going like a bloody dream, how's the banana?

joospeed

4,473 posts

306 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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I'd agree with almost everything they said .. seems a pretty fair representation to me.

siwes

347 posts

287 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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I have to agree with most of the comments, for the money there is simply nothing better than a sorted 500 Griff nothing I have ever driven is as quick sounds so good and looks so good as one. By the way I have had an indicated speed of 165 on the clock I said that was fast the car was pulling like a train .

vodkakid

1,076 posts

300 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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for a minute there i thought you might be selling yours BB

simpo two

92,582 posts

293 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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Ballistic Banana said:
BillyBunter regains conciousness said:
With 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 167 mph there is nothing else to touch the Griffith at the price.

Who do they get to do these??

TVR factory figures I think!

Ballistic Banana

Original Poster:

14,706 posts

295 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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joospeed said:
I'd agree with almost everything they said .. seems a pretty fair representation to me.


It was really commenting on there bizarre Alternatives List Jules.

The review is Ok, you'll never agree with all they say as its there interpretation of the car not yours.

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gaston

21,189 posts

274 months

Tuesday 30th December 2003
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Anyone got comparative BRAKING DISTANCE figures with other high performance cars??

j_s_g

6,177 posts

278 months

Tuesday 30th December 2003
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Ballistic Banana said:

Not sure I agree any of them are REAL aternatives(ok 1 or 2) to a Griffith and vice versa.

Not even the SLK 230?