Are you new tuscan owners happy

[steelnads]

Im reluctant to go over old ground but I am concernedd about owning any speed 6 TVR while they are still going "pop". Are any of you new tuscan or cerbera owners (less than 6 months old or so) still experiencing the engine problems or is it now a thing of the past?
Putting it another way who has got the newest speed 6 lump to need a rebuild?

[Ston]

I am also interested in any problems with the AJP V8 that's in the newer style Cerb (Lightweight)

[jamer]

From the past twelve months the V8 AJP Cerbera units have proved as reliable as the Rover V8 in my experience as the engine has become more `productionized' The 4200 is the best of the two as it is least stressed - but they are both close.
Tuscan in latest form isn't far behind.
They ARE getting there.


Edited by jamer on Friday 4th January 22:20

[apeebles]

I am very unhappy!! It is too slippy to take my car out! Apart from that the car is fantastic!

Happy New Year Everyone

[fish]

Happy with mine, too slippy I've had mine in snow although it's not as good as a landrover.

You do need a lot of care with the old right foot though.

Happy New Year everyone.

[jamer]

As long as you have a very wide drive the TVR's are brillaint between the garage and the road (in the snow)


Edited by jamer on Tuesday 1st January 21:41

[johnwilk]

As the road at the back of my house is a large circular banjo, it has formed a perfect skating rink making extraction of the Tuscan from the garage an amusing, if not foolhardy process. Zero grip in reverse, next to no grip in 1st. Car is safely in garage (with handbrake off) waiting for the temperature to creep above -6°C. Happy New Year to all Tuscaneers.

[rev-erend]

I dont personally own a Tuscan but know of 4 people with recent cars.

Car No 1 - no problems what so ever (milage now at 12k)
Car no 2 - No problems
Car no 3 - Instrument & Window problems
Car No 4 (woops) engine bang & subsequent clutch problem after reassembly and this car was delivered last summer.

I guess 1 in 4 aint too bad.

Hope it helps.

[rev-erend]

Just remembered I missed one...

Car no 5 - no problems.

So - 1 in 5 ; maybe it's not so bad at all.

[steelnads]

Thanks rev-

[blackmonday]

Car No. 6 - no major problems since delivery in September (with the exception of ice as everyone else has pointed out

[blackmonday]

Car No. 6 - no major problems since delivery in September (with the exception of ice as everyone else has pointed out

[andyvdg]

6 months, 4000 miles no probs.

Puts an enourmous smile on my face each time I jump in and go. My dream car.

Wouldn't be without it.

Does this help ?

Cheers,

Andy.

[steelnads]

Thanks fellows

[sandman]

I picked up my Tuscan at the beginning of December. I have spent all of last month running it in, and it is now in for its 1,000 mile check-up/service (i've actually done a bit more than 1,000 to make sure). I haven't really had any mechanical problems, a couple of minor electrical and trim issues, but nothing to cry about. Can't wait to get it back to start increasing the revs.

The message I seem to have been getting from talking to other owners and the dealership is that the running in period is CRUCIAL to the later performance of the car's engine. I've been very vigilent about keeping the engine below 3,000 during the running in period, and have tried to ensure that I don't keep the car at 1 monotonous speed for long periods of time. Hopefully this will minimise future problems.

[powelly]

Well I'm teetering on the edge of buying my first TVR. I note about your running in period, I guess that rules out buying any ex-demo cars then, even if they do reduce the rev limiter/lights down to 5000 revs...

[sandman]

I wouldn't necessarily say so. I would like to think most TVR dealerships are very particular about running in their demo cars. My dealership give customers excellent additional running in advice to the standard recommendations noted in the handbook. They have developed this advice from previous experience of running in thier own cars, and I know the salesman who deals with me is painstakingly running in their new Tamora.

Edited by sandman on Friday 11th January 13:19

[fish]

Mines an ex demo and is fine. Having spoken to John Ravenscroft about running in he did comment that the engines do need a bit of opening up as if you run them in too slowly they can glaze the bores. Best advice is to stick to the handbook but do not be scared to give it an occasional dab when warm. The press car which had NO running in has now done over 40,000 miles and the engine apparently uses very little oil.

[sixspeed]

40,000 - at least a good advert to help put a dampener on the "Speed-Six-Engines-last-just-one-service-interval" crap..


-andy-

[jamer]

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Mines an ex demo and is fine. Having spoken to John Ravenscroft about running in he did comment that the engines do need a bit of opening up as if you run them in too slowly they can glaze the bores. Best advice is to stick to the handbook but do not be scared to give it an occasional dab when warm.

This is totally true and the main thing to do is not to constantly paste the car and always when running hard make sure the engine is at operating temperature.

With the speed six engine it rev's up to much higher ranges than the Buick V8 unit in the Chimaera's /Griffiths. 5000rpm in a speed six unit is coming through the power band, but almost peaking on power in the older Buick unit.


The first 1000 miles is everything in a TVR; especially in TVR's own units. Upon reaching this time and having the first service thrashing/tanking whatever you call it should be banned!!!

On the Tuscan/Tamora the rev lights are usually set far lower by the dealers to remind owners of these factors


Edited by jamer on Sunday 13th January 18:26