Man Maths required- maintenance costs
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Have to agree with the above, I love TVRs and have come close to buying a couple in the past, I'm so glad I bought the z4m, I like to think of it as a German TVR, surprisingly big personality and character for a German car, and apart from petrol and tax, quite decent running costs for a 10 year old, 350bhp car from standard. I'm daily driving mine at the moment, but then again I am mad...
I daily mine as well...life is way too short to drive a shitbox if you don't need to!
Just realised I've hit 4 stars now....others have said it, but we're all very lucky to have such a decent forum for our choice of car! 
Toneycaroney
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Beedub said:
haha, excellent! Very much forward to trying one soon. Thanks all for the good advice. Seems a friendly bunch on here
Have you not thought of just getting a rebuild on the TVR? £5k for a 3 year unlimited warranty.
Just seems a shame to sell a TVR at the moment due to running costs and problems when they are doing nothing but surging in price.
Just seems a shame to sell a TVR at the moment due to running costs and problems when they are doing nothing but surging in price.
Toneycaroney
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Monkeydonkeyratmagic said:
I hear what you're saying, but it doesn't need a rebuild, it's just expensive to maintain. Tbh, its not really the engines that are the worry (V8s, anyway). It's everything else! For instance, earlier this year the brake master cylinder failed - £150 for the part but a total bill of £1k (yes really) because you have to remove the pedal box, steering column and a whole load of other s**t to get to it. Everything is like that on a TVR! Plus, you are looking at £600-900 just for an annual service. They are going up in value but not hugely once you factor in the negative effect of putting miles on it (same with a Z4M though I suppose).