Picked this up a couple of weeks ago as a replacement for my Saab 9-5 Aero. I intend to take the mad risk of running it as an everyday car...... and apparently most of TVRs woes revolve around the poor things sitting unloved in garages and only coming out to play on high days and holidays! :x
She's a 1998R with 25000 miles on the clock, 4.0litre V8, and is pretty much immaculate inside and out, but for a few stone chips - and I need to wait for ICI to mix some of the custom paint before I can touch those in.
Economy is more than satisfactory - my 80 miles round trip to work is returning 22.4mpg on a mix of town and country roads, and I'm not going gently....
As for the performance.....
...... well frankly it's mindblowing, and the V8 howl that charges out of the twin exhausts is fantastic..... and brilliant for scaring small children!
TVR Chimaera 400
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