It Had To Happen Someday!

lexussport · August 20, 2003

Since selling the GS 430 and buying a TVR I have received lots of comments from LOC about the relabilty of TVR's and what a mistake I was making.

Well its finally broke down with a failed starter motor

So where you all right with your comments about reliablity?

NO Cause the starter motor is from a Nissan Skyline :o :P :P

Let down by :tsktsk: japanese junk.

It should have been a Lexus motor cause they are so reliableeeeeeeee ;)

Micelis · August 20, 2003

bummer m8, hope you'll get it back up and running again soon! :-D

may I suggest you buy a jaguar starter motor..?

...it's the only part on mine that never failed!

Loz · August 20, 2003

Zee,

Are you paying attention mate....

:P

Zee007 · August 20, 2003

Zee,
Are you paying attention mate....

:P

damn..............

Claire G · August 20, 2003

One of my ex-bosses picked up his new TVR Tuscan and went off to a customer meeting. Next thing we know he's being relayed back to the office as his car would only go into reverse gear :P

Loz · August 20, 2003

All TVRs come with a sheet that you fill in and tell the dealers what was wrong with it. I know the tuscans were among the first to adopt this system. and the New 350R Targa has certainly got a few glitches. I met the first one in the country while filling up with optimax... he has a little hole to fill up with and when its full it just p1ssed petrol all over his rear quarter panel. also the lever for the flap is manual and in the boot, Still looked great though!!!

TVR Rules!!

Dave, is yours good for 200mph+ ? And can I have a ride in it some time please? (not at 200mph of course...)

lexussport · August 20, 2003

Loz,

If I can get it started it will do just over 200mph, if only it would start :o

Little know fact Tuscans are much more reliable than BMW 3 series "M3" their engines blow up as regular as clockwork (1,000s of far) :D

Shame is nobody talks about that or when they had a TVR versus a boxter on Top Gear and they had to push the boxter into the studio cause the clutch went :P

Still Im not complaining :D

Loz · August 20, 2003

Back in the Day I had one of the 323I Coupe BMWs that had an Engine replacement. Remember they tried a new liner in the bores and it was no good and thousands of the 2.5 6cyl BMW engines were recalled and replaced with "pukka" items. Mine was one of them. BMW are pretty good about recals though. I drove a 318ti compact while mine was sorted... Wasa company car by the way.

TVRs are a great symbol for Britishness. I think they are well 'ard! and never driven by pussies! well not hard anyway...