New Car Purchase.......TVR

[Bazzon]

Hi,
Picked this up yesterday been wanting one for many years so thought it was time to scratch the TVR itch especially with carl now having his E92 M3 i needed something quick.
Near enough a standard T350 it has Nitron shocks on it, it lives up to everything i wanted it to be. it is brilliant, just got to be ready for the big bills when the come.

T350_004 by adrianbarron, on Flickr

T350_003 by adrianbarron, on Flickr

T350_002 by adrianbarron, on Flickr

T350_005 by adrianbarron, on Flickr

T350_006 by adrianbarron, on Flickr

T350_008 by adrianbarron, on Flickr

 

[Herr Flick]

Awesome.
Lovely colour. Is that your house?

 

[Pep]

I'm more jealous of your garage than the car I think! Love the colour though, want one of these at some point!

 

[Bazzon]

Awesome.
Lovely colour. Is that your house?

Sadly not, it was a lovely house, it is my garage though.

 

[bashracing]

Awesome, Best of British, if I wasn't so scared of the repair bills I would have one

 

[Ant1]

Good choice lad, good choice.

 

[Gally]

Lovely stuff. Great colour for it mate. Been well looked after I assume?

 

[Bazzon]

Lovely stuff. Great colour for it mate. Been well looked after I assume?

Yep All the correct stamps, low mileage that all checks out, i had it checked over by TVR Power and serviced by them before the purchase, and all was good. The paint is good all over and with it being a 05 so one of the later T350's is got all the additions to it that were made through out the production phases including the sagaris boot lifter and the luggage cover/sunvisors etc

 

[.GAZ.]

Lovely mate! You still got the RB Ph1?

 

[Wick]

Stunning, the T350 is in my mind the best looking TVR they ever made.

 

[GrahamS]

Incredibly envious. Proper poster material. I'm sure the sound just tops it right off!!

 

[Chi]

Beautiful that is all

 

[AlexW]

My fave TVR. Love these, really want one, so jealous.

Damn you.

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Love that, enjoy it mate :up:

 

[Ian_182]

That looks really nice, good luck with it...

Didn't @Waitey have one of these.Might be useful for some tips and hints,?

 

[Rob]

Oh my word. Perfect.

The interior is actual magic.

 

[Ian_182]

I cant believe the price of these.IIRC there were loads for sale between 15-20k a couple of years ago.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/tvr/t350/tvr-t350-coupe/2603254

 

[jesus]

I love how 'out of the ordinary' everything about TVRs are. Nice purchase and a lovely colour

 

[Bazzon]

I cant believe the price of these.IIRC there were loads for sale between 15-20k a couple of years ago.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/tvr/t350/tvr-t350-coupe/2603254

That was part or the reason for getting one now, been watching prices for the last very years and they were starting to become to expensive, the Sagaris has started to rise past the original sale value

Lovely mate! You still got the RB Ph1?

Yep she's parked alongside in the garage you can just see a flash or RB in the last pic.
580Bhp in the garage now but in 2 really light cars.

 

[Dan...]

:frowning:...... That is stunning.

 

[Ash']

Proper love that!

 

[Scrooge]

Properly nice.

 

[JCC]

Amazing. Absolutely love TVRs, everything about them is stupid in a good way. It's an experience just firing them up!

 

[AndyStew]

That interior!!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Hi,
Picked this up yesterday been wanting one for many years so thought it was time to scratch the TVR itch especially with carl now having his E92 M3 i needed something quick.
Near enough a standard T350 it has Nitron shocks on it, it lives up to everything i wanted it to be. it is brilliant, just got to be ready for the big bills when the come.

Very nice!
How big is big??

 

[Bazzon]

Very nice!
How big is big??

Could be any thing really for a full rebuild between 6k - 10k, but even for general stuff they are expensive. But I've wanted one for a long time and its not disappointed so far, the whole warm up procedure is a tad annoying mainly because it can take a while before you can actually drive the thing fast, but thats the nature of having a race car on the road.
The sound is the best bit, had to drive round the coventry ring road and the noise of the concrete walls was amazing.

http://www.powersperformance.co.uk/upgrades/36-litre-standard-upgraded-43-litre/

 

[brisa4984]

proper car. i always flick to piston heads to see how these are doing.. remember when they were 17k! they're going up

enjoy.

 

[Lal B3N]

That is stunning!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Could be any thing really for a full rebuild between 6k - 10k, but even for general stuff they are expensive. But I've wanted one for a long time and its not disappointed so far, the whole warm up procedure is a tad annoying mainly because it can take a while before you can actually drive the thing fast, but thats the nature of having a race car on the road.
The sound is the best bit, had to drive round the coventry ring road and the noise of the concrete walls was amazing.

http://www.powersperformance.co.uk/upgrades/36-litre-standard-upgraded-43-litre/

Unreal.
That is such a lovely looking car Bazzon!
After I posted last night I flicked to Google and ended up on PH TVR forums reading the goss. Came across a lot of people saying the later S6 engines (or ones that have been rebuilt) tend to have a bit more life in them, I suppose if it did require a rebuild at least it's not going to need another one for a while or the resale opportunity will be good.
No TCS etc either? My kind of car!

 

[BREMBO]

Wow very nice!

 

[adamlstr]

Lovely.

What's the ride like on the Nitron's?

 

[Bazzon]

Unreal.
That is such a lovely looking car Bazzon!
After I posted last night I flicked to Google and ended up on PH TVR forums reading the goss. Came across a lot of people saying the later S6 engines (or ones that have been rebuilt) tend to have a bit more life in them, I suppose if it did require a rebuild at least it's not going to need another one for a while or the resale opportunity will be good.
No TCS etc either? My kind of car!

There are plenty of cars out there with Rebuilds that i considered, but this car war immaculate and with a great history and if it does need a rebuild i will get it built to the spec i want it built and have it done right, people seem to get them rebuilt then put them up for sale, this rings alarm bells that they were cheap when rebuilding and are worried. Id get it done at power being only down the road and if serviced buy him its got a silly warranty with it so should be good.
Some cars don't need rebuilds if looked after well and with this being a 05 lots of the initial issues had been resolved but only time will tell.

 

[rctempire]

Looks really beautiful that. Bet it sounds amazing too.

 

[thedjse]

wow what a car looks awesome in that colour

 

[Coby.]

Mmmm lovely!!!!!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Awesome, just awesome.

 

[Waitey]

You'll get a good rebuild for £4k. Once you get over £5k I'd be wanting a 4.3 conversion.
Sod the warm up times to an extent people are far too precious over these. Its not a complex engine.
Watch for the nitrons leaking.
Also get a JP exhaust for it now.

The prices have got retarded. I paid £17600 for one with 12k in 4 years ago!

 

[Daz_RT_04]

Simply stunning! 10/10

 

[banther]

Well played.

 

[ColinG]

That is an awesome machine! Got a massive want for one of these too!