First Impressions
Discussion
I've had the car for a few days now and it has certainly lived up to the expectation.
I posted a few photos in one of my other posts here www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=48599&f=5&h=0
The first thing that strikes me is the colour. Photos cannot do justice to how the car looks. After a couple of hours with some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection the car gleams. I'll put some more photos up when the weather is bright enough to show off the shine.
Driving the car is a lot easier than I had imagined, it really is a pussycat when you need to it be. The stearing is sharp and obvious, the car feels very stable and the engine is so smooth, even at a low rpm. I guess I'll find out what lies on the other side of 3000 rpm once the running in period is over.
The interior is a joy, the portland grey is lovely and gives a nice open feel, the alloy switchgear looks great as well. All nice and contemporary. There are a couple of areas where the glue seems to have leaked out between the overlapping areas of trim but that should be easy enough to shift with some interior cleaner.
Outside the fit and finish is good, though not up to the standard of my previous car (Audi TT). The only source of complaint is the A pillar on the drivers side where the rubber strip between the car and the window doesn't seem to be seated correctly. The gap between the window and the windscreen on the drivers side is noticeable bigger than on the passenger side. TMS tell me they will correct this when it goes in for its 1000 mile service, along with a few other interior niggles like the gear knob facing the wrong way.
I am starting to think that the fit and finish is something that needs to be lived with and that TVR prefers to let the customer do the final part of the quality control in the first 1000 miles.
Funnily enough I haven't picked up anymore stone chips since my first duo on the drive home on saturday. Still, they really can't be seen unless you stare at the bonnet close up.
The car grabs attention in a way that I never thought possible. People stop in the street and look at it. I parked it yesterday outside a car hifi shop and when I walked out it was surrounded by a group of lads looking through the windows and walking around it.
Awesome is the only word that describes the car accurately.
I posted a few photos in one of my other posts here www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=48599&f=5&h=0
The first thing that strikes me is the colour. Photos cannot do justice to how the car looks. After a couple of hours with some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection the car gleams. I'll put some more photos up when the weather is bright enough to show off the shine.
Driving the car is a lot easier than I had imagined, it really is a pussycat when you need to it be. The stearing is sharp and obvious, the car feels very stable and the engine is so smooth, even at a low rpm. I guess I'll find out what lies on the other side of 3000 rpm once the running in period is over.
The interior is a joy, the portland grey is lovely and gives a nice open feel, the alloy switchgear looks great as well. All nice and contemporary. There are a couple of areas where the glue seems to have leaked out between the overlapping areas of trim but that should be easy enough to shift with some interior cleaner.
Outside the fit and finish is good, though not up to the standard of my previous car (Audi TT). The only source of complaint is the A pillar on the drivers side where the rubber strip between the car and the window doesn't seem to be seated correctly. The gap between the window and the windscreen on the drivers side is noticeable bigger than on the passenger side. TMS tell me they will correct this when it goes in for its 1000 mile service, along with a few other interior niggles like the gear knob facing the wrong way.
I am starting to think that the fit and finish is something that needs to be lived with and that TVR prefers to let the customer do the final part of the quality control in the first 1000 miles.
Funnily enough I haven't picked up anymore stone chips since my first duo on the drive home on saturday. Still, they really can't be seen unless you stare at the bonnet close up.
The car grabs attention in a way that I never thought possible. People stop in the street and look at it. I parked it yesterday outside a car hifi shop and when I walked out it was surrounded by a group of lads looking through the windows and walking around it.
Awesome is the only word that describes the car accurately.
I`ve had my Tuscan S for a few weeks now. The other day I came back to it to find an old lady walking round it remarking on how the colour "changed". It`s reflex charcoal and changes from a "metallic racing green" to "blackcurrent" in sunlight. The aircon is being fixed but apart from that it`s fine. Very smooth and the power at the top end is awesome.
On the subject of poor rubber fit on the A post, mine was the same. I also had mine from TMS.
The angle of the rubber wasn't correctly aligned with the leading edge of the glass, this caused a gap to open (employing Bernoulli's theorem if I remember correctly) when the air pressure in the car was greater than outside. Anyway, enough science.
True to their word, TMS build up the A post and repositioned the seal - all sweet and dandy now.
Although you'll find, as I did, at the 1000 service that you give TMS a list of niggles and they then need to get approval from Blackpool that it's a warranty issue before they lay a finger on the car. Be patient and it'll be sorted. Personally I typed out all my niggles, questions and gripes and handed them over at the service. Then went through each one to make sure they weren't forgotten.
The angle of the rubber wasn't correctly aligned with the leading edge of the glass, this caused a gap to open (employing Bernoulli's theorem if I remember correctly) when the air pressure in the car was greater than outside. Anyway, enough science.
True to their word, TMS build up the A post and repositioned the seal - all sweet and dandy now.
Although you'll find, as I did, at the 1000 service that you give TMS a list of niggles and they then need to get approval from Blackpool that it's a warranty issue before they lay a finger on the car. Be patient and it'll be sorted. Personally I typed out all my niggles, questions and gripes and handed them over at the service. Then went through each one to make sure they weren't forgotten.
On mine its the opposite. The drivers side pillar has a kink in it which causes the trim to bow out half way down in a dog leg fashion. This means the trim can't fit around properly and leaves an expanse of matt black metal that is a lot bigger than on the passenger side.
TMS say they will take the trim off and grind down the A pillar so that it is straight.
It is very nice to know that TMS are held in such high regard and that my impression of them being highly professional seems to be held by all of their customers.
I'm hoping they can make a couple of stone chips vanish as well since the chips away guy they suggested wouldn't travel to me, and the guy that he suggested told me not to worry about minor chips unless they might cause rust on the bonnet since TVRs are prone to that.... exactly.... Needless to say I won't be letting him loose on the bonnet!
TMS say they will take the trim off and grind down the A pillar so that it is straight.
It is very nice to know that TMS are held in such high regard and that my impression of them being highly professional seems to be held by all of their customers.
I'm hoping they can make a couple of stone chips vanish as well since the chips away guy they suggested wouldn't travel to me, and the guy that he suggested told me not to worry about minor chips unless they might cause rust on the bonnet since TVRs are prone to that.... exactly.... Needless to say I won't be letting him loose on the bonnet!
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