Just bought one!

[Nick Young]

We are now soon to be initiated into the TVR family. We just put down a deposit on a reflex purple 2002 tuscan 4.0...

Now we have to play the waiting game for a couple of weeks while everything gets organised... How will we survive???

[Pies]

congratulations

you wont cope (believe me im in a similar position)your have sleepless nights,your be thinkig about all sorts of things like where to park it,overnight charger,car covers,breakdowns etc.You may laugh but i bet you do

[jigs]

Ah, the anticipation, the waiting, the dreaming, the slight doubts, the heightened curiosity, etc, etc. --- it's a bit like that stuff Sting raves on about - tartan socks!

[TastyKebab]

I think I saw a reflex purple Tuscan in Glasgow yesterday. VERY nice colour indeed!

[tvr totty]

top choice, we have had ours 4 weeks now, and we still keep opening the garage door to have a look once she has been put away for the night.

these cars are the badgers nadgers!! who needs implants when you drive one of these everyday

yeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaa

[ChristineC]

I'm going to be a Tuscan S owner as of tonight!!! The waiting is painful isn't it.

C

[apeebles]

ChristineC said:

I'm going to be a Tuscan S owner as of tonight!!! The waiting is painful isn't it. C

It's worth the wait! Honest.......

[smirnoff]

I pick my Tuscan S up on Wednesday I am driving my wife mad, as it is difficult to stop talking about it.

[Nick Young]

Yes, the waiting is painful!

But lots to organise in the meantime, not the least of which will be sorting out the sale of our existing car and organising insurance etc...

[Nick Young]

Daft question time - I've been looking around the web and can't find a definitive answer...

We've bought (or will have.. ) this Tuscan, it's a 2002 model, 4 litre. Does it have 360 or 380 bhp? We've seen both mentioned but can't work out which bhp we're getting (not that it matters other than to wind my brother up... )

[apeebles]

Nick Young said:

Daft question time - I've been looking around the web and can't find a definitive answer... We've bought (or will have.. ) this Tuscan, it's a 2002 model, 4 litre. Does it have 360 or 380 bhp? We've seen both mentioned but can't work out which bhp we're getting (not that it matters other than to wind my brother up... )

If it is a standard Tuscan it should have 360BHP. If it has had the Red Rose conversion then it has a number of updates to the car including an engine upgrade to 380BHP.

[apeebles]

smirnoff said:

I pick my Tuscan S up on Wednesday I am driving my wife mad, as it is difficult to stop talking about it.

Congratulations.... Is this the same person who used to work for a certain American semi conductor company!

BTW has your new car got the close ratio box installed?

Alistair

[andyvdg]

Well if it's a 2002 car is should in theory be either a 3.6 (350bhp) or an S (390 bhp). If it's not got a spoiler (an S) on the back it's likely to be a 4.0 at 360 bhp, unless it has been rebuilt and the owner has upgraded the engine bits at the same time to a 380/390 bhp engine (one or two people have had this done).

I guess only the factory will know!

Cheers,

Andy.

[smirnoff]

Ah

Mr Peebles, I may well have worked for a semi conductor company in High Wycombe. How are you? Yes it has got the close ratio box.

How is yours?

[apeebles]

smirnoff said:

Ah Mr Peebles, I may well have worked for a semi conductor company in High Wycombe. How are you? Yes it has got the close ratio box. How is yours?

I am currently enjoying a years holiday and living in Perth, Australia until the end of the year. Glad to be out of the rat race! Still into the stocks and hoping for a return to form towards the end of the year

The Tuscan S is gone after owning it for a year. It was a fantastic car (Troublefree....) and great to drive. The looks you get when driving around make you feel like you own the road. Never got to experience the CR box though as mine was one of the first and the new boxes were not installed until late last year. Just be careful in the damp! I was gently overtaking in mine in third and the back end could easily step out. Whatever you do don't put your foot flat to the floor!

[unrepentant]

Congratulations Nick.

Get used to having a big fixed permanently to your face.

[smirnoff]

Alistair

I'm sure you will get another one when you get back (go on honeymoon in it, I'm sure Nicky would rather do a european Tuscan tour rather than exotic holiday, or maybe not)

Say hi to Nicky for me

Adrian

[Nat Young]

Hopefully we can pick her up on Saturday....oh today is going so slowly!

The dealer is fitting air con and painting any panels with stone chips for us. They said that TVR sent a wrong pipe for the air con kit, so we're hoping it will be in by tomorrow, or else we'll have to wait another week!

[GaryF]

Cool. Well, moderately temperate anyway :-)

Good luck with the car Nat.

Gary.

[Nick Young]

We picked it up this weekend...

For those interested, we've put up a few pictures (and a video or two) at our new website...

www.ourtuscan.com



Can't get that off our faces now...

>> Edited by Nick Young on Monday 7th July 10:09