My little road trip.
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A long story for you.
After 3 years of not having a TVR I sold the Lotus and purchased a Cerbie.
After a quick service a lots of little jobs, (like a new air con rad) we decided it was time to go on a road trip.
The Sunday before departure the car decided it was going to throw a hissy fit and put on the windscreen wipers everytime I turned left. I re-wired steering wheel and all was good once I put the connectors on the control box back on the right way. Put them on the wrong way and your indicators become your wiper switch, the horn button your wash wipe etc etc.
We departed on the Tuesday for France, we bumped into Kevin an RO from the TVRCC and the car decided to have a litttle wee, after some quick investigation it had dumped a small amount of coolant. Good start to the trip
, the problem was found to be the idiot who had checked the coolant before the trip had not tightened the cap properly. After giving myself a major b
king we headed across the channel and meet NCS and his lovely wife on the other side of the channel. After a quick blast down the motorway we stayed in an excellent hotel in St. Valery en Caux, then a second night not far from Mont St. Michel in a beautiful B&B.
The car behaved fautlessly throughout this part of the trip.
We deaparted company from the NCS's and headed south to La Rochelle and spent a couple of nights camping. Here the car displayed it's displeasure of the poorly surfaced roads and would not let us in to the boot. That was ok or so I thought as we can get in the secret way. No chance, had to lever the boot open (carefully of course), after a quick repair to the lock all was good.
We then headed into the Dordogne. We stopped to fill up with fuel and the boot thought it would be hilarious not to open again. We parked up and I enjoyed the humiliation of having to prise the boot open again, with an audience of French citizens wondering why the englishman was shouting a his car. As we were just on our way a guy in an English registered Audi turned up and laughed at us saying what do you expect you bought a TVR, I thanked him for his kind comments.(fk off is what I actually said).
A few hundred miles later I passed said Audi and with a stamp of the throttle showed him why I had made such a purchase.
We spent a few days zooming round Dordogneshire and met by chance with the Bentley drivers club at a couple of sites.
The car then decided that the passenger door was feeling left out and would not let it open, now that's fine don't need it top open I can post the Mrs through the window but she did not seem so keen on the idea. Turns out it was only a couple of loose bolts so not a problem.
We then meandered our way back stopping at Tours one night, Fecamp another then back to Calais.
I sold my Lotus to a ferry captain on Sea France, he arranged for us to be priority loaded, and to spend time on the bridge as the boat was leaving Calais and arriving in Dover and in the time in between to be treated to fantastic 3 course lunch in the officers mess. (Thanks Ben).
In summary 1,800 miles in 11 year old Cerbera, no major issues just some challenges, lots of attention for the car and overall great fun.
If your considering buying a TVR, just do it, I am so glad I did, it nice to be back.
Some piccies.
Packed up ready to go:
On the ferry, a bit dark as didn't use the flash.
After 3 years of not having a TVR I sold the Lotus and purchased a Cerbie.
After a quick service a lots of little jobs, (like a new air con rad) we decided it was time to go on a road trip.
The Sunday before departure the car decided it was going to throw a hissy fit and put on the windscreen wipers everytime I turned left. I re-wired steering wheel and all was good once I put the connectors on the control box back on the right way. Put them on the wrong way and your indicators become your wiper switch, the horn button your wash wipe etc etc.
We departed on the Tuesday for France, we bumped into Kevin an RO from the TVRCC and the car decided to have a litttle wee, after some quick investigation it had dumped a small amount of coolant. Good start to the trip
, the problem was found to be the idiot who had checked the coolant before the trip had not tightened the cap properly. After giving myself a major bking we headed across the channel and meet NCS and his lovely wife on the other side of the channel. After a quick blast down the motorway we stayed in an excellent hotel in St. Valery en Caux, then a second night not far from Mont St. Michel in a beautiful B&B.The car behaved fautlessly throughout this part of the trip.
We deaparted company from the NCS's and headed south to La Rochelle and spent a couple of nights camping. Here the car displayed it's displeasure of the poorly surfaced roads and would not let us in to the boot. That was ok or so I thought as we can get in the secret way. No chance, had to lever the boot open (carefully of course), after a quick repair to the lock all was good.
We then headed into the Dordogne. We stopped to fill up with fuel and the boot thought it would be hilarious not to open again. We parked up and I enjoyed the humiliation of having to prise the boot open again, with an audience of French citizens wondering why the englishman was shouting a his car. As we were just on our way a guy in an English registered Audi turned up and laughed at us saying what do you expect you bought a TVR, I thanked him for his kind comments.(f
k off is what I actually said).A few hundred miles later I passed said Audi and with a stamp of the throttle showed him why I had made such a purchase.
We spent a few days zooming round Dordogneshire and met by chance with the Bentley drivers club at a couple of sites.
The car then decided that the passenger door was feeling left out and would not let it open, now that's fine don't need it top open I can post the Mrs through the window but she did not seem so keen on the idea. Turns out it was only a couple of loose bolts so not a problem.
We then meandered our way back stopping at Tours one night, Fecamp another then back to Calais.
I sold my Lotus to a ferry captain on Sea France, he arranged for us to be priority loaded, and to spend time on the bridge as the boat was leaving Calais and arriving in Dover and in the time in between to be treated to fantastic 3 course lunch in the officers mess. (Thanks Ben).
In summary 1,800 miles in 11 year old Cerbera, no major issues just some challenges, lots of attention for the car and overall great fun.
If your considering buying a TVR, just do it, I am so glad I did, it nice to be back.
Some piccies.
Packed up ready to go:
On the ferry, a bit dark as didn't use the flash.
I took my Griff from Guildford to France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Monaco, France then UK again a couple of weeks ago.
Over the Stelvio and Furka passes, Porsche Museum Stuttgart, Ferrari Museum Marranello.......too many things to list........
I took Cable ties, gaffa tape, 5 litres of Oil (which I used), 5 litres of water (which I used), spare bulbs......
unfortunately my spare throttle cable and serp belt didn't arrive in time (my fault for ordering late)
Luckily I didn't need them............
3500 miles in 11 days.........and all that failed was one of the fans on the last day.
Brilliant car, brilliant experience
Over the Stelvio and Furka passes, Porsche Museum Stuttgart, Ferrari Museum Marranello.......too many things to list........
I took Cable ties, gaffa tape, 5 litres of Oil (which I used), 5 litres of water (which I used), spare bulbs......
unfortunately my spare throttle cable and serp belt didn't arrive in time (my fault for ordering late)
Luckily I didn't need them............
3500 miles in 11 days.........and all that failed was one of the fans on the last day.
Brilliant car, brilliant experience
Edited by RacerMDR on Wednesday 23 September 15:19
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