Is there a "Sensible TVR"?

[David White]

I want to buy a TVR, but which one? I have test driven and loved the Tuscan Speed 6, but it seems to be getting a bad press. Is there anyone out there who has owned a Cerb, Chimera, Tuscan and Griff and can honistly comment on which of these is the most "sensible" new or used TVR to buy.
No biased, just the honest truth please.

[Toffer]

There isn't a sensible TVR...find one, buy it and fall in love!!!

Sensible cars are for work or numpties!

Your selection process has not let you down so far...

I have a Griff 500 & love it!

[MikeyT]

First of all, there is NO SUCH THING as a sensible TVR in my book.

All depends on your budget – just get THE NEWEST one you can afford ...

Chim – cheap to buy, fantastic looks (but then I've got one), more of a cruiser with the big boot etc, softer suspension (I think) – or that may be true of the earlier ones.

Griff – rare than the Chim so a bit more exclusivity, tiny boot, more direct handling, slightly more expensive to buy than the Chim.

Cerb – evil looking (the best looking TVR IMO), tremendous road presence, best performance this side of 100k supercar, rare on the roads (unless you're in Surrey/Hants ). *Can* be costly to maintain depending on vehicle.

Tuscan – as for the Cerb – others will say more about this and the Tamopra as I don't have sufficient knowledge to talk about them. Tuscan beats Tamora for looks IMO, but loses out in every other dept if you listen to the owners on here.

Your call!

[.mark]

Guess it depends on what you mean by sensible David. We have a 4.0l Chimaera and it gets used everyday.
Insurance is resonable, reliability is great. It acts as a top down cruiser, roof-up tourer, shopping trolley, comfortable rocket - what more could a chap ask for?

[dopamine]

Ditto .Marks comments, I have had a 4.5 Chim for about 6 weeks now (not long I know) and for the sake of practicality I kept my 1.6 almera for the day to day 'sensible' stuff... However I am now thinking of selling the almera because I never drive it. The boot in the Chim is huge, I always do my shopping in it and it swallows a trolley and a half of shopping bags with ease, last night I drove a new computer round to a mates house - I got a monitor, and a PC case in the boot, and the other bits and pieces went in the passenger footwell. I use it all the time, and the only thing that makes this slightly less than sensible is that the petrol costs are a *little* steep. And of course wherever you end up you always have a less than sensible smile on your face!! Do it... you know you wanna!

Travis

[Twin Turbo]

How does driving a computer compare with driving a TVR?

Sorry, I'll get me coat....