Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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Well Ive had the Tuscan about a month now so I thought Id share what its been like!!!
Ill start with how things have broken I guess!!! 
First little thing was a frayed accelerator cable which I noticed the day I got the car home - Replaced it myself (£40) and claimed it back on the warranty.
Took the car for a service then at an independant dealer, just cos Im anal and wanted to make sure there were no major faults with the car before the warranty expired and also to get my rear cans sleeved. Service went well, no major issues, all the usual major things that wear on the speed six engine (cams, finger follwers, valve stem seals) were ok, only faults found were a split HT lead, a loose gear lever, a leaky oil pressure sender and one valve that had to be shimmed on the clearance test. Happy days! After the service it really was like a different car, less noisy, smoother, nicer idle and the sleeved cans sound awesome with loads of flamage and bangs on the over-run!
Then this weekend the wipers stopped working. Checked the fuse box and the fuse was blown - Easy fix so I thought. Anyway it just kept blowing them. Bit of fettling and Id found the car had got water in the wiper motor - Cleaned and dried and all is ok (for now) but I have a feeling it will pack up soon! Also, since Ive had the car the heater has never got warm so while I had the bonnet off I did a bit of investigation - Flap motor knackered!!! Which is now on order!
So yeah, TVR's are like people say - Niggly and pretty unreliable! But I love it! Forgot how enjoyable it was tinkering with my own car again (the P1 was so reliable I never got chance!)
On the road its awesome, the noise, acceleration and prescence is like nothing Ive ever experienced!
One little vid my mate shot the other day! Ill get a few more as and when!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJW78cNT3-E
Stu 
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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Brilliant...
Sounds like your having fun anyway!!!
Whats the total in repairs so far? I think you should have a total amount running in your sig so we can see how unreliable they really are!! ha
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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nice bit of tvr
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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Haha, yeah ok!!!
Accelerator cable - £40
HT leads - £58
Oil Sender Unit - £54
Heater flap motor - £45
7 fuses - £1.20
Stu
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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More sound clips 
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
More sound clips
Haha, will get some dude worry not!!!
That clip isnt with the sleeved zorsts on BTW, sounds a lot different now!
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K3 VMU
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Registered: 28th Jul 06
Location: Portlethen, Aberdeen,ken
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stuart u fukin show off
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Stu
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Ill say one thing tho - Took it out when it was very cold and damp the other night and got left by my mates RS turbo (circa 150bhp)!!!!!! Def something that wouldnt have happened in the P1! 
Altho on that one perfect day we get where its warm and dry, its gonna be awesome!!!!
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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quote:
Originally posted by Stu
Ill say one thing tho - Took it out when it was very cold and damp the other night and got left by my mates RS turbo (circa 150bhp)!!!!!! Def something that wouldnt have happened in the P1!
Altho on that one perfect day we get where its warm and dry, its gonna be awesome!!!!
So thatll be about a week every year 
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
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quote:
Originally posted by and-m
quote:
Originally posted by Stu
Ill say one thing tho - Took it out when it was very cold and damp the other night and got left by my mates RS turbo (circa 150bhp)!!!!!! Def something that wouldnt have happened in the P1!
Altho on that one perfect day we get where its warm and dry, its gonna be awesome!!!!
So thatll be about a week every year
Yeah, if that!!! And it will probably happen when Im on holiday too!!!
Its an "involved" drive to say the least!!!
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K3 VMU
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[Edited on 19-11-2006 by K3 VMU]
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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*seat of pants*
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Looks good 
Those wee things that break wouldnt put me off one bit, I enjoy spending 4 hrs on a sunday afternoon trying to make the wipers work again
Hopefully the engine wont prove to be an issue if serviced regularly 
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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your having the whole TVR experience
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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It wouldn't be a TVR experience if it didn't go wrong.
Least its cheap stuff so far
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
It wouldn't be a TVR experience if it didn't go wrong.
Least its cheap stuff so far
Yeah, pretty cheap..............so far!!!!
Have had my moneys worth in fun already anyway!!!!
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