buzy Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Hi, I've been reading the forums these days as i am looking to buy a tuscan, and need some good samaritans guiding/opinions I recently sold my R34 GTR and have the appropriate cash to go for a used tuscan or T350. My dream is a 2002 Tuscan S in moonraker black a hell of a car im sure u would agree So i've heard that it needs the service every 6K but thats not too bad as i had my skyline's oil service every 3. How come the TVR's services are so coslty? would i be able to find someone to do this abroad?(ill be shipping the car to cyprus for the summer) or would i just have the service done here and not do over 6k when it is abroad? Also, how unreliable are they? the 2002 tuscan s i mean... in what terms are they unreliable? engine? clutch? the build quality doesnt affect me... a few squeaks wont ruin my day. the drifting will put the smile on my face So, please give me an insight on their reliability, what they do at their services and your opinions on the purchase... thanks everyone, and hi again p.s. heres the skyline i recently departed with i know iknow, ull go on with the electronics and [censored] Dont worry, i used to have an rx7. A limited slip differential is more than enough:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 bloody hell mate, that skyline is one nice car any chance on some more pics? where you from? and about the trevor, I'm sure Bison (with T350) and Lagoo (had a Tuscan Red Nose) can help you out with that one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 oh and WELCOME aboard mate!! happy reading and posting, damn that R34 is nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzy Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Thanx Nice to feel welcome... lots of pics, i could email some to u if u want, cos from what i see from the forum its only one at a time. I was out tonight with a friend, and he told me that the owner of gatwick tvr lives in the flat next to his. The opinions of people who own or owned one is priceless i think. Im from Cyprus, come to london regularly for work. I'll be here till june probably. Most people in the forum are from the uk i guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzy Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 since your into scoobys, here a pic ull like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Most ppl are from the UK but that's only 85%, we've got ppl from the states, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, ... Lagoo often goes to Gribraltar (he used to live there) so there's bound to be another person from Cypris, and I'm into scooby's at the moment, was into porkers a few months ago, but actually i'm into everything that has an engine stuck to it, your typical carnutter!!!! Ok gotta go now, i'm heading to the nurburgring today (the toll-road-racetrack in Germany) I'm sure Bison and Lagoo will pop in this weekend to help you with your question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 welcome to tyresmoke as for piccies, load them into the galllery and then send "gallery stig" a PM and hell set you up your own gallery 4 U/ I love Scoobys Too ! Look here : Scoobies (and a couple of pictures of my boat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzy Posted April 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 hey simon, thanx man... ill try that I was speaking to this guy who owns a griffith the other day, dont know if he was trying to act smart and say that he knew it all, but he got me concerned on one thing. He said that the 3.6 tuscan engine is ok in tvr's reliability terms, but that the 4 liter engine on the tuscan S is going to have me at the mechanic's 2 weeks out of the 4 a month. I mean come on! how bad could it be? i know the servicing is expensive but for what you get, its a F*^&$ing good deal sooo... anyone can enlighten me with theirs or their friends experiences? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoo Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Hi Buzy, Sorry for the delay in replying! I had a 4.0l Tuscan RR which is equal to a Tuscan S in performance but didnt have the front and rear diffusers on! All tuscans originally came with a 4.0l engine and then they reduced it to 3.6l, what for i am not sure but it may of been reliability. The Speed six engine (4.0 & 3.6 ) was TVR first engine ( used Rover V8 in the past ) so as you can expect they had reliability issues, but this was down to defective parts, one being the shims which where being made or a too soft a metal and then there where the finger follower issue which did lead to quite a few rebuilds ( of which i had one ). These problems seem to have been ironed out and a car made after 2002 should have had all the upgrades performed at the factory! In the year that i had it the car was off the road for 6weeks, 3 for the rebuild, 2 for the clutch (@22k) and 1week for the BIG service! I dont think you can get the car serviced outside of the UK ( think you can in Germany now) so that may be your biggest issue but if you went for an older V8 then you could most probably get your local mechanic to work on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_b Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 hi buzy and welcome sorry mate no info on the tuscan from me, except that i think that if your after proper 'grunt' then theres little else better reason for post was to say that was one mean looking r34, in the second pics, the front lip looks likes its touching the floor! do you have any side on pics? cheeRS max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzy Posted April 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Thanks man, all i have left are the pics now man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzy Posted April 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerbera Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Buzy - dude that is a beast!! Always fancied one of those Skylines..... Welcome to the forum mate and good luck with the TVR! JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 that beast sure is mmmm loverly!!!!! Can you upload your piccies in the gallery?? (you can find a linke if you Click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Sorry for taking the thread off topic AGAIN but that GTR is awesome It looks so mean in the black too. A mate of my neighbour has a blue one and you can hear him from about half a mile away when he comes around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzy Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Thanks ppl, i was very happy with it too... now about the raw stuff, no more semi cooked:) ant more opinion on reliability and maintenance? i mean, what could go bad? electronics? i can get that fixed easily... fuel pump? timing belt/chain? thanks... its different in terms of beauty and purebreed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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