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Can you guys please not stereotype nations, i mean what if everyone hated Americans because of that penarse George "dubya" Bush.

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I am no fan of GWB, but 85% of this online forum does so that comment probably did not make sense to most of the members here.

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The problem with TVR is that they are not all that reliable. They are very quick cars, but can't be difficult to sort out. I have only seen one 'in the flesh' - a Y-Reg (year 2000, I think) in dark blue with a beige interior. The blue paint was flaking off! Not what you would expect on a car costing in excess of 40K pounds!

Jason

That would probably annoy most. I've got a car that has 1/2 of its paint off (lots of random kerry/edwards and support our troops stickers in place of the missing paint though..looks kind of stupid now

) but I bought this car for 300 dollars which I believe is roughly 150 pounds (haven't been to the UK for about a year now and I don't check the exchange rates randomly) and that kind of car should. Not a 40k TVR!

The quality control of most American cars used to be utter crap, hence my 300 dollar car is only 13 years old, but they are getting better.

Regarding that Top Gear test, you like the Chrsyler they tested? My family bought one of those suckers

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Nov 15, 2004 | 11:43 AM

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I would love to get my hands on a TVR Tuscan S. I'm envious of the Brits on this one, and they have better beer. For you dumbasses on here that don't know your automobiles except what's featured in the latest issue of GM High Tech Performance, go here:
http://www.tvr-eng.co.uk/intro.html

Nov 15, 2004 | 12:17 PM

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TVR, on the other hand, have tried to develop their own angines, and it hasn't really worked.

It works great!(some of the time

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Nov 15, 2004 | 12:19 PM

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That's where I got my TVR info. It's a good site with some great graphics. I'd like to see some rolling footage, though.

Nov 15, 2004 | 12:28 PM

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That's where I got my TVR info. It's a good site with some great graphics. I'd like to see some rolling footage, though.

Can you imagine blowing someone away with a car that size? That car would be absolutely lethal on a road course. They'd never see you coming.

Nov 15, 2004 | 12:29 PM

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What do you guys think about the Lotus Elise? I love it.

Nov 15, 2004 | 12:30 PM

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Oh, they'd see you coming. Then they'd say, "What the Hell is that?" I can't say I like some of the headlight configurations, but their body designs are very bold and stand out, even in a crowd of Euros.

Nov 15, 2004 | 12:42 PM

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What do you guys think about the Lotus Elise? I love it.

I'd rather have a vette but it is an amazing machine. A guy bought one around here and just strapped a 150 shot on it

-Todd

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Nov 15, 2004 | 12:53 PM

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I'd rather have a vette but it is an amazing machine. A guy bought one around here and just strapped a 150 shot on it

-Todd

How did he like it? Have you tried to race him? It's about the size of a Fiat from the 70's.

Nov 15, 2004 | 01:23 PM

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All I want out of the Lotus is a Seven-speed Transmission

Nov 15, 2004 | 01:27 PM

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How did he like it? Have you tried to race him? It's about the size of a Fiat from the 70's.

We did race actually. The results were not very good for me. Bottle-off I got him pretty good, but bottle-on I got

I got to drive it (bottle-off) and I have never driven a car that was so much fun to drive.

The owner is having more fun than you can imagine.

The car is about the size of the love-seat in my room.

-Todd

Nov 15, 2004 | 03:13 PM

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Went to a show we have in the Uk called Trax, saw this modded TVR on show.

its running nos but I have no idea what it is putting out.

Nov 15, 2004 | 06:14 PM

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Went to a show we have in the Uk called Trax, saw this modded TVR on show.

its running nos but I have no idea what it is putting out.

Here we call a car that looks like that a ricer. Are you familiar with the term 'ricer'?

Nov 15, 2004 | 06:18 PM

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Went to a show we have in the Uk called Trax, saw this modded TVR on show.

its running nos but I have no idea what it is putting out.

Wow, I thought FNF was bad.

Nov 15, 2004 | 06:19 PM

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Went to a show we have in the Uk called Trax, saw this modded TVR on show.

its running nos but I have no idea what it is putting out.

Bond,,James Bond. Why didn't Bond drive one of these things? That's real mean looking. It's kind of sinister from the front. Who makes those wheels, Dymag?

Nov 15, 2004 | 06:34 PM

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I can't say much for the wing, but it probably tops out over 200mph, so it may actually need it.

Nov 15, 2004 | 09:37 PM

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Is that two intercoolers?

-Todd

Nov 15, 2004 | 09:39 PM

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The small one is most likely a PS cooler, or a tranny cooler.

Nov 16, 2004 | 01:18 AM

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