T350 at Henley Heritage
Discussion
is it me, or does £30k seem a little... erm.... on the cheap side for a T350C?
for example, it has 4500 miles on it and is a 2003. A quick check shows another dealer has a spectraflair silver one with 1800 miles and also 2003 model for £37k..... the difference in miles surely doesn't make £7k worth of difference??
for example, it has 4500 miles on it and is a 2003. A quick check shows another dealer has a spectraflair silver one with 1800 miles and also 2003 model for £37k..... the difference in miles surely doesn't make £7k worth of difference??
TheHobbit said:
is it me, or does £30k seem a little... erm.... on the cheap side for a T350C?
for example, it has 4500 miles on it and is a 2003. A quick check shows another dealer has a spectraflair silver one with 1800 miles and also 2003 model for £37k..... the difference in miles surely doesn't make £7k worth of difference??
Looks competitively priced to me
. It has been there a while. My guess is that they want shut of it. It's got a rather unusual colour combo on the seats which may have put a few people off previously? I think that's only the 2nd one advertised at that price, 1st one was private and sold within hours...
This car looks lovely, but it has been for sale for a few months now - it was 34,995 (I think, maybe 1k less) for ages. IMO many other dealers have overpriced T350s sitting around on 03 plates (so a year old) at 37-38k. They're obviously not flying off the forecourt at that price. 34k wasn't too bad. 32-33k seems a fair price for a car this age, so why are some at this price not selling?
I guess the low price on this particular car is because they want to/need to get it off the forecourt.
I'm going to look at a T350 this morning. No more details until I do/don't buy it as I don't want any competition or for it to sell before I make my decision
I guess the low price on this particular car is because they want to/need to get it off the forecourt.
I'm going to look at a T350 this morning. No more details until I do/don't buy it as I don't want any competition or for it to sell before I make my decision
I have seen the car. Immaculate so far as I can tell. A lovely colour and the interior works well too. I was told that the owner who bought it from new had a few 'issues' with the engine. I went back to TVR to be sorted (although the dealer did not know exactly what they did to it) and the owner decided to get shot of it. Price has dropped because he needs to sell quickly now (HH are broking the car). I was hoping that someone here might know the full story.
Comes with 12 months warranty. I have asked to talk direct to the previous owner and will also do check with TVR. I would like to think that this is simply a case of someone needing to convert into cash quickly, but I agree it requires checking out. Thanks again for your feedback and advice.
I went to look at this car about 6 weeks ago - it's an absolute shed! I have never seen a one year old car look so bad and really did put me off buying a TVR. I know people on here won't like me saying this, but no matter how hard you tried you could never get a Porsche in that state. Shocking.
I took a day off work and drove down from Manchester to have a look having already agreed a price if the car was "immaculate" as described. It was so bad I didn't even bother to drive it. If someone could get a car to the "cosmetic" state it was in in just one year, I'd hate to think how they treated the engine when it was cold.
The leather was badly scuffed in a hell of a lot of places, there was glue all over the lamonta trim (why didn't they get that sorted?), the wheels were scuffed and worst of all there was a huge "stone chip" about 3" x 1" which had been really badly touched up. There were other problems but really this was a terrible car very badly prepared. Ok, some of these could have been sorted before the car was presented, but it really was awful to see.
Fantastic colour though!
BTW, the dealer said they were brokering the car for some guy and had offered him £27k. Hey, only £14k/year depreciation!
It made such a contrast to the car I saw a few days previously which was totally immaculate...
Andy
I took a day off work and drove down from Manchester to have a look having already agreed a price if the car was "immaculate" as described. It was so bad I didn't even bother to drive it. If someone could get a car to the "cosmetic" state it was in in just one year, I'd hate to think how they treated the engine when it was cold.
The leather was badly scuffed in a hell of a lot of places, there was glue all over the lamonta trim (why didn't they get that sorted?), the wheels were scuffed and worst of all there was a huge "stone chip" about 3" x 1" which had been really badly touched up. There were other problems but really this was a terrible car very badly prepared. Ok, some of these could have been sorted before the car was presented, but it really was awful to see.
Fantastic colour though!
BTW, the dealer said they were brokering the car for some guy and had offered him £27k. Hey, only £14k/year depreciation!
It made such a contrast to the car I saw a few days previously which was totally immaculate...
Andy
arwebs said:
I went to look at this car about 6 weeks ago - it's an absolute shed! I have never seen a one year old car look so bad and really did put me off buying a TVR. I know people on here won't like me saying this, but no matter how hard you tried you could never get a Porsche in that state. Shocking.
I took a day off work and drove down from Manchester to have a look having already agreed a price if the car was "immaculate" as described. It was so bad I didn't even bother to drive it. If someone could get a car to the "cosmetic" state it was in in just one year, I'd hate to think how they treated the engine when it was cold.
The leather was badly scuffed in a hell of a lot of places, there was glue all over the lamonta trim (why didn't they get that sorted?), the wheels were scuffed and worst of all there was a huge "stone chip" about 3" x 1" which had been really badly touched up. There were other problems but really this was a terrible car very badly prepared. Ok, some of these could have been sorted before the car was presented, but it really was awful to see.
Fantastic colour though!
BTW, the dealer said they were brokering the car for some guy and had offered him £27k. Hey, only £14k/year depreciation!
It made such a contrast to the car I saw a few days previously which was totally immaculate...
Andy
I understand totally what you mean Andy, I too went all the way from the Forest of Dean to Poole in Dorset to buy this 'totally immaculate' Tamora, which, I did buy, although I had over £400 knocked off the price as I was initially disappointed with it.
It was in 'okish' condition, but the dealer had not touched the car before me looking at it, and that stinks when you think about it, it's not exactly a 5K Vectra we're looking at, is it, it's a 30K sports car!
Anyway, the reason I ended up buying it is that, it cost me £27,450 (after alomst walking away at the the nearer 29K price tag) Even after I gave her the 12K service (only 9.5K on the clock, but I wanted the whole car checked out), bought a new rear wheel,(I discovered it had THREE front wheels on it when County TVR in Cheltenham changed the tyres whilst doing the service), and I bought my own 12 month Warranty (limit is cost of vehicle), plus a couple of 'cosmetic' tweaks, the car thus far has still only cost me just over 29K, and it's now running and looks absolutely great. The same car at dealers are going for almost 31K. I can honestly say that the car now runs and looks like new,(had a great blast today)
If you are prepared to put a little effort in, there are some (relative) bargains out there, but,, having said that, dealers should be a little more honest in their adverts, as it is a hell of a lot of money we're paying for these cars, by anyone's standards!
Oh yes, I have also bought some custom Tamora car mats, Tamora kick plates, and the TVR logo'd tyre valve caps
Chris
PS, to the dealers who changed the rear wheels and tyres on my Tamora before I bought it (the front tyres have loads of tread, and allot valve caps, the rear ones didnt!),, thank you for making have to buy another rear wheel and 2 new rear tyres!!!
(am sure its the same dealer I bought the new rear wheel from!) >> Edited by chris watton on Sunday 16th May 19:28
I don't know for sure but a mate at the golf club had a T350 in same exterior colour (can't remember interior). He bought it from Henley and had lots of engine troubles. Off the road for weeks at a time. Only happened when he drove it hard.
Problem is he had a personalised plate on his so i don't know if this is the car.
If anyone is interested and knows the name on the V5 email me and i'll let you know if its him
In the mean time i'll try to find out if he's selling or not.
Problem is he had a personalised plate on his so i don't know if this is the car.
If anyone is interested and knows the name on the V5 email me and i'll let you know if its him
In the mean time i'll try to find out if he's selling or not.
arwebs said:
The leather was badly scuffed in a hell of a lot of places, there was glue all over the lamonta trim (why didn't they get that sorted?), the wheels were scuffed and worst of all there was a huge "stone chip" about 3" x 1" which had been really badly touched up. There were other problems but really this was a terrible car very badly prepared. Ok, some of these could have been sorted before the car was presented, but it really was awful to see.
Andy
Andy, do you recall where the stone chip was? I looked over the car and did not notice anything. Wheels looked OK too. I wonder if they have sorted some of these issues out. Think I will go back and look more carefully/critically. I guess I might just have been seduced by the glorious colour! Any pointers to faults you spotted would be appreciated. Thanks, Andrew
Andrew,
The "stone chip" was on the offside front bumper - you couldn't miss it. They have obviously struggled to sell it and have decided to try and tidy it up - something they should have done in the first place. I wasn't very impressed with HH at all and couldn't understand how a dealer could let a car be presented in that state.
My big concern wasn't so much with the appearance of the car, but the fact that if someone could be happy letting the car get into such a state in such a short space of time, then what else had they neglected? TVRs are cars that need cosseting - this one had been totally abused.
As an aside, when I was looking for a T350C about 6-8 weeks ago many of those same cars that were available then are still for sale now and I reckon a 1 year old car in a private sale is worth about £30k. Not pleasant depreciation...
Andy
The "stone chip" was on the offside front bumper - you couldn't miss it. They have obviously struggled to sell it and have decided to try and tidy it up - something they should have done in the first place. I wasn't very impressed with HH at all and couldn't understand how a dealer could let a car be presented in that state.
My big concern wasn't so much with the appearance of the car, but the fact that if someone could be happy letting the car get into such a state in such a short space of time, then what else had they neglected? TVRs are cars that need cosseting - this one had been totally abused.
As an aside, when I was looking for a T350C about 6-8 weeks ago many of those same cars that were available then are still for sale now and I reckon a 1 year old car in a private sale is worth about £30k. Not pleasant depreciation...
Andy
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