Ma Voiture nouveau est arrivee!!

[Trefor]

Picked it up this afternoon. Got about 200 miles on the clock so far. Excellent!!!! I do have a problem with people driving up my arse trying to read the badge though now ... Amazing ride and handling so far (and that was with all the tyres at 27/28 PSI as I found out later (insert dealer moan here). Can't wait to pile the revs on once it's run in.

Gave it a proper clean this evening (why can't TVR dealers do it properly!?!). Got rid of all the glue marks with white spirit, cleaned all the orifices etc. Even filled up with petrol without any spitting back! I did take it slowly though ... but not that slowly.

I have a number of small niggles which I will post about in the morning (pics also to come tomorrow AM, they're on my PC, just need to upload them). But to keep you going:

- On serious bumps in the road I get a rattle which sounds like the boot glass rattling on the surround - it is latched closed. Any ideas? It doesnt do it much, but you know the quality of our roads ...

- On the motorway I get a chirping sound from somewhere near the instrument pod at 80ish (didn't go any faster - it's still running in remember). Not revs/gear/pedal position related - I'm sure I've read something about this a few weeks ago ... off to do a search.

More to come tomorrow. I'm going out to the garage now for another look ...

>>> Edited by Trefor on Saturday 5th June 22:44

[VYT]

Do you have Goodyear F1's? I was told by the dealer to use 27psi all round with the F1's. Say's 24psi in the manual but I just stick to what the dealer said, seems quite happy.

[rebelstar]

Trefor said:

- On serious bumps in the road I get a rattle which sounds like the boot glass rattling on the surround - it is latched closed.

I found that it was the 2 cans of tyre weld rattling around. Packing the compartment with foam seems to have solved it.

[Trefor]

Hmm, I found the compartment ... no cans of tyreweld. I put a can in. Thanks dealer!

VYT - yes, they are Goodyear F1s - oops. I'll see how it runs today with 25psi in.

[nickfb1]

You might find the rattle is the rear glass hatch locating pin moving in the lock. All you need to do is undo the allen key bolt holding the pin in place, move the pin along the slider so and tighten so that when you shut the hatch it is pulled me securely into place. I had the same problem.
Hope this helps

[Trefor]

nickfb1 said:

You might find the rattle is the rear glass hatch locating pin moving in the lock. All you need to do is undo the allen key bolt holding the pin in place, move the pin along the slider so and tighten so that when you shut the hatch it is pulled me securely into place. I had the same problem. Hope this helps

Thanks - had to adjust the latch tighter once already at the dealers (the boot wouldn't latch shut, glad I checked before leaving!). Will try to tighten some more.

I had a look whilst driving along today and it is the hatch definitely - only on the worst bumps though.

[SebM]

Why the subject is in french ??

Do you have any pictures of your car ??

[rods]

SebM said:

Do you have any pictures of your car ??

Take a look in his profile,very nice

[fish]

Only other point for a rear rattle not covered is the exhausts catching on the rear valence. Worth checking as if you don't they will damage the paint.

[neil.b]

Trefor said:

nickfb1 said: You might find the rattle is the rear glass hatch locating pin moving in the lock. All you need to do is undo the allen key bolt holding the pin in place, move the pin along the slider so and tighten so that when you shut the hatch it is pulled me securely into place. I had the same problem. Hope this helps Thanks - had to adjust the latch tighter once already at the dealers (the boot wouldn't latch shut, glad I checked before leaving!). Will try to tighten some more. I had a look whilst driving along today and it is the hatch definitely - only on the worst bumps though.

Did you ever get to the bottom of this? Recently I discovered the source of my similar rattle and it wasn't the boot at all - it just sounded that way from the drivers seat. All the passengers I had in the car listening for it said it was coming from the front.

It was actually coming from the bonnet! If you open it up, at the two points nearest the windscreen are two metal feet covered in rubber. The rubber had actually worn away on one of them so the noise was actually bare betal knocking against the fibre-glass in the engine bay. A large piece of sticky-back foam in the right place cured it temporarily, but after a while the metal wore through that as well. Will get it looked at when the car is back at the factory in a couple of weeks.

[trefor]

SebM said:

Why the subject is in french ?? Do you have any pictures of your car ??

Dunno, just felt like writing it in French. I think I had a Beaujolais Nouvau thought in my mind at the time.

[trefor]

neil.b said:

Trefor said: nickfb1 said: You might find the rattle is the rear glass hatch locating pin moving in the lock. All you need to do is undo the allen key bolt holding the pin in place, move the pin along the slider so and tighten so that when you shut the hatch it is pulled me securely into place. I had the same problem. Hope this helps Thanks - had to adjust the latch tighter once already at the dealers (the boot wouldn't latch shut, glad I checked before leaving!). Will try to tighten some more. I had a look whilst driving along today and it is the hatch definitely - only on the worst bumps though. Did you ever get to the bottom of this? Recently I discovered the source of my similar rattle and it wasn't the boot at all - it just sounded that way from the drivers seat. All the passengers I had in the car listening for it said it was coming from the front. It was actually coming from the bonnet! If you open it up, at the two points nearest the windscreen are two metal feet covered in rubber. The rubber had actually worn away on one of them so the noise was actually bare betal knocking against the fibre-glass in the engine bay. A large piece of sticky-back foam in the right place cured it temporarily, but after a while the metal wore through that as well. Will get it looked at when the car is back at the factory in a couple of weeks.

I kind of solved mine by:

- resticking the plastic thingy around the top of the screen, it's now in the boot as it came unstuck again - it was tapping on the glass.
- wrapping the lock pin in insulating tape. It looks like the lock mechanism is loose internally. If I close the lock with a screwdriver (i.e. keep the hatch open) and wiggle the lock it rattles.

The hatch still rattles on some really bad bumps, but randomly.

The driver's side/centre of my bonnet shut seem to fit OK, but the passenger corner has rubbed the paint a bit - I stuck a rubber pad on to stop this, so I'm reasonably sure this isn't the cause of the noise on mine.

I've still got that chirping behind the dash though, sounds like a bag of ferrets sometimes - I think it is the dashpod.

[SebM]

rods said:

SebM said: Do you have any pictures of your car ?? Take a look in his profile,very nice

So nice !!!!!!!!!!