1000 mile trip and.....

[neil.b]

....nothing to report except the heater fan stopped working for about 20 minutes....

Spent the week driving around the south-west;

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=102295&f=23&h=0

Car never missed a beat. Brilliant.

[rolex]

Neil, was the air-con okay? On longish journeys mine starts to blow warm air. The dealer has regassed it but its still doing it.

[neil.b]

It was fine. Have to say I'm really glad I've got it, despite having the Targa roof - sometimes it was so hot that the only way to cool the car down was to put the roof back on and put the air con on full, otherwise it was just too hot.

And it makes the glove box into a bloody good drinks/chocolate cooler

[sacha]

I did 1000 miles in the tuscan on th 12th of may in 13hrs (venice to london) then returned to italy having swaped it for the t350 the following week. both trips were amazing, fuel economy, comfort was better than the M3, i was less tierd only slight dicomfort was the wind noise, but thats just the windows needing adjustment.

[Trefor]

neil.b said:

It was fine. Have to say I'm really glad I've got it, despite having the Targa roof - sometimes it was so hot that the only way to cool the car down was to put the roof back on and put the air con on full, otherwise it was just too hot. And it makes the glove box into a bloody good drinks/chocolate cooler

I just tried mine with the roof back on to see how cool it kept - not bad at all. Bit tricky keeping your right hand cool though.

The glovebox does get nice and cool - no ABS or Airbag, but a built in fridge

I still need to fiddle with my targa fittings though, It either threatens to lift up at the front (accompanied by wind noise), or whistles at the back. Homebase or B&Q probably have a better solution than TVR! Current solution is to leave the roof off

[neil.b]

sacha said:

I did 1000 miles in the tuscan on th 12th of may in 13hrs (venice to london) then returned to italy having swaped it for the t350 the following week. both trips were amazing, fuel economy, comfort was better than the M3, i was less tierd only slight dicomfort was the wind noise, but thats just the windows needing adjustment.

I had a couple of M3s before the T350 and, to my amazement, I find the TVR more comfortable and less tiring to drive.

[tail slide]

T350 more comfortable than a 993 too; somehow expected Porkers to be made to measure for tall &/or wide, but not so.

[sacha]

they are just noisier, but hey, soundproofing is heavier