So the mid life crisis must be kicking in as I find myself increasingly frequently trawling AutoTrader for a yellow Chimera for the weekends  Stephen Gazard

Range Rover L405 LWB SVA Overfinch / Bespoke
Maserati GT 2017
Maserati Levante Trofeo
Mercedes SL63 AMG
Mercedes S500L

if you are going to go down Satan's road, go the whole hog and get a Cerbera! my fave TVR!

Rusty chassis free with every car!  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

As an ex-TVR owner (OK, many years ago) my only tip is that you have an amazingly comprehensive warranty, and a 24/7 recovery service that will come out as many times as you need, to any location including the main agent forecourt.

Best of luck.

Utter sh ite in my view. Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Ive got a yellow Cerbera for sale without a rusty chassis and a tamora (orange) and a Tuscan (blue) why not get the hairy chested Griffin 500 and have a real car . One day your life will flash before your eyes......................................make sure yours is worth watching!

Johnny .. how much for the Cerbera Stephen Gazard

Range Rover L405 LWB SVA Overfinch / Bespoke
Maserati GT 2017
Maserati Levante Trofeo
Mercedes SL63 AMG
Mercedes S500L

£8.5K before we haggle !!!! One day your life will flash before your eyes......................................make sure yours is worth watching!

I've got a hankering for a Cerbera. I was thinking of adding a classic car to my collection but thought a Cerbera would be just as much trouble and a lot more fun. Anyway, it won't be this year, and probably not next year, by which time I'll probably have gone cold on the idea. I'm well aware of the problems with them, but it won't be an everyday car I have to rely on, or even an all season car.

I'd keep the VX as that's so cheap to run and such brilliant fun to drive. Just fancy thundering around in a baddass V8 drug dealer car from time to time.

A1GSS wrote:

As an ex-TVR owner (OK, many years ago) my only tip is that you have an amazingly comprehensive warranty, and a 24/7 recovery service that will come out as many times as you need, to any location including the main agent forecourt.

Best of luck.

Utter sh ite in my view.

I had a 4.5 chimaera a few years ago. Did 18,000 miles in it in 2 years.
The only time it ever let me down was when I managed to run out of petrol, when I'd had it for a week. Didn't realise that 1/4 on the guage meant it was running on fumes !

KurtVerbose wrote:

... a classic car to my collection but thought a Cerbera would be just as much trouble and a lot more fun...

Likely to be true....
Saw a fabulous Tamora yesterday, yellow. Sounded wonderful. Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Have always loved the idea of having a TVR and the Chimera's I have seen on the road look and sound awesome, well i definitely couldn't afford to buy or run one especially after my last purchase ( My Dream Car ) and the work I am having done to that as we speak but I have to say I just love the sound and the looks of most TVR's

In my honest opinion if you can afford it .... as the saying goes ... Just do it !!

But hey for me its good to dream

Dave

I think for the Cerbera it's best to wait a year or two when more of them have had a chassis out refurb. Either that or get a cheap one and do it yourself. Just be aware it needs doing at some stage on all of 'em.

I used to have the factory TVR record of 2 engines in 11 days.

That Tuscan also had suspension, brake, gearbox, windscreen, roof, dashboard, seat, door opener, window and differential warranty replacements, in some cases multiple times. Oh... And a full respray for faded paint after 1 year.

I also had a Cerbera which was more reliable, but the AJPV8 is known for slowly wearing itself away and the chassis had the worst powder coating ever applied to an automotive product.

Wish I had spent half the money on alcohol, then I could have forgotten about most of the problems. 2011 Stornaway Grey 5.0SC Autobiography