ReekieVR 0 Posted May 18, 2007 For infomation regarding cost of running a Chim - i am about to pick mine up from Hexham at the weekend. Its just had a 12k mile service (on a new engine) and some extra bits done. Rough break down as follows: Service: £760 ( big one - next should be half that ) - loyalty discout = £680 New rear suspention bush - £95 Replace drive shaft inner cv boot - £100 Replace front brake pad clips - £5 Replace middle zorst braket - £10 Trace and repair fault in rear light cluster - £20 Whack the vat on and it just over 1k Advisories: new rear dampers required at some point as they 11 yr old and clunking a bit - decided on Proteck @ £750 fitted. Will get that done during the winter. Nothing nasty in there and not bad at all for an 11 yr old, hand built fibreglass sportscar pushing 320 ft torque ! So its currently sticking to the rule: get a good one and budget £1 - £1.5 k a year to maintain ( excluding ins and petrol ). Keep a grand in the bank for emergencies, and enjoy the utter loonacy ! Does that sound about right KUTR ? :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kick Up The Rs 0 Posted May 18, 2007 Yes it does, although I did a lot of the work myself to keep the costs down. Find a good specialist and you'll be quids in - pardon the pun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pau1 0 Posted May 18, 2007 Where do you use for your TVR service Reekie? Not many places up here that specialises. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReekieVR 0 Posted May 20, 2007 Pau1 - i used to use a fab bloke called Noel Flannery - a well respected TVR specialist with a garage out nr Drem ( V8 Sports & Classics). Unfortunatly he has shut up shop to work with a race team in the A1GP ( http://www.a1gp.com ). Dream job Alert ! Anyway, that has left a bit of a hole in south east Scotland, so your only main choices are between Dreadnought in Callendar, or Hexham Horsless Carrages in er.. Hexham. Had a f*kin mental drive back up the A68 this afternoon. Sun out, roof off, no traffic, dry roads ( untill i went through a hail storm just outside Edin . V funny having loads of hail bouncing around inside the car ! ). 110 mins of sheer fun . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pau1 0 Posted May 20, 2007 Yeah, i read on the yahoo groups about Noel closing up and moving on to bigger better things. Might have to check out Dreadnought now though. Can't wait to get home in a couple of weeks and drive the TVR again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReekieVR 0 Posted May 21, 2007 Hexham are really good, but i think Dn are a bit cheaper. Gis a shout when you get back and maybe we can meet for a coffee somewhere between Aberdeenshire and Lothianshire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiAsAKite 0 Posted March 1, 2008 Sorry to reopen an old thread, but 9 months after we last discussed this, I've finally got my hands on this beauty :-) 4.0, picked up this afternoon, sounds the dog's danglies..:-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ADZ_VR6 0 Posted March 1, 2008 That is very nice mate 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReekieVR 0 Posted March 3, 2008 ...Back of the Net.... Partridge> Nice one, man. Have you got that silly grin off your dial yet ??! Just be aware of the loonacy - especially in this weather. How are you with heel-toeing? Its really the best way of keeping TVRs on the blackstuff. Best advice i can give is: * Get a copy of Steve Heath's book - the Bible as its known. It explains exactly how they are bolted together, what goes wrong and how to fix / maintain them. Even if your not one for oily hands, its rather interesting reading. * Only put your foot flat with the wheel dead straight - until you get to know the back end. * Get a day with Ride Drive. Its the best £250 you can spend on a Tiv. Its a long and sometimes steep learning curve (I still cant keep up with my mate in his MX5 in the twisties after 3 years of driving it ..:( ), but its the most involving and challenging drive you can get. Enjoy the madness !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiAsAKite 0 Posted March 3, 2008 ...Back of the Net.... Partridge> Nice one, man. Have you got that silly grin off your dial yet ??! Just be aware of the loonacy - especially in this weather. How are you with heel-toeing? Its really the best way of keeping TVRs on the blackstuff. Best advice i can give is: * Get a copy of Steve Heath's book - the Bible as its known. It explains exactly how they are bolted together, what goes wrong and how to fix / maintain them. Even if your not one for oily hands, its rather interesting reading. * Only put your foot flat with the wheel dead straight - until you get to know the back end. * Get a day with Ride Drive. Its the best £250 you can spend on a Tiv. Its a long and sometimes steep learning curve (I still cant keep up with my mate in his MX5 in the twisties after 3 years of driving it ..:( ), but its the most involving and challenging drive you can get. Enjoy the madness !! Ta mate :-) - I've been very delicate with it so far (even to the point of giving way to traffic on sliproads where I would normally plant the throttle in the VR), plan to slowly build up my experience with it until I'm confident- its a much more physical car than the VR (getting back into the Corrado it felt like I could steer/change gear etc with a single finger by comparison!).. ...however...just cruising along, slowly feathering the throttle surrounded by that noise :D I used to heel toe a lot in my old mk2 GTI, I haven't tried it in this yet but I think the pedals a may need adjusting as the brakes too high wrt to the accelerator... .. *1-Already have a copy of the bible- its been my bedtime reading..just need work out where to get some 40A fuses, PTFE tape and a spanner to get the stepper motor out for when the inevitable happens...;) *2-As you've probably guessed I've yet to do anything sudden with the accelerator yet...will find somewhere large and deserted to explore how it behaves.. *3- I've heard ride drive recommended elsewhere too- my first priority is to get someone like Dave Batty (The Garage, nr Guildford) to go over it, service it, and just check again state of the fuel hoses, cooling system etc... had the car inspected pre-purchase and these should all be ok, but no harm in playing double safe... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReekieVR 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Great stuff man. Sounds like you are taking it nice and sensible. The back of the bible goes on about heel-toeing and why you need to do it. I was only half convinced at first. Then took the Chim around Knockhill. Braking hard as i approached the hairpin - and still doing about 60, i put it into 2rd. Without heel-toeing, i lifted the clutch and the rear wheels just 'locked' as they tried to convince a now idling 5l V8 ,to get back up to 5k revs ! No harm done, but i the next time around i did some clumsy throttlepress ( remembering what Steve said )on the downshift and everything was peachy. I was immediatly sold on the technique ! Let us know how you get on and pm me if you want to chat about Tivving. Whats your name on PH by the way ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
