advice needed

advice needed

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speedfreak

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61 posts

263 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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hi all, i currently own a lotus elise and want to trade it in for second hand tuscan, the elise has been trouple free for the past 18 months but want something with more power and a better exhaust note. having read some of the post here regarding engine problems and software failures, am i right in coming to this conclusion?

* buy the lastest model i can find for the price.
* go for a higher milage one as apposed to a lower milage one
* make sure the car has had all the enigne problems fixed.
* buy from a local dealer.

was wondering though, if i see a car with a low milage and it has not been back to tvr for all the engine problems to be fixed, am i right to thinking that in due course that car to will suffer some sort of enighe problem and need to go back for a engine rebuild?
i am new to tvr so dont know how many tuscans have neded to go back to rebuild the engine, maybe only a very small number of cars but having read through the posts on here i get the impression that most tuscans have had to go back for the engine problems to be fixed, in which case i should only go for the cars that have had the problems but have had them fixed.

does this seen to sound correct? any replies will be greater appreciated.

bjwoods

5,017 posts

291 months

Monday 2nd December 2002
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From what I understand most tuscan have not had an enginge rebuild, or will probably not need one. But some have had more than one. It has made me a bit nervous about how to buy a good one.

There have been a proportion that have had problems, but not all related to age.

Have a good look through all the Tuscan threads, find one you like, negotiate like hell and get a good warranty, you won't (probably :-) ) regret it.

I know quite a few lotus owners and a TVR is no worse in general reliability stakes, possibly better, (BUt I've had 2 griff's)

B