New TVR

Well I have been very busy. I have sold my Camaro and purchased another TVR! This one is a 2000 Tuscan and was being advertised quite cheaply on eBay. Getting the Camaro ready for sale has taken a lot of time, but the Chimaera has been running very well indeed.

We went to Snetterton on the spring Bank Holiday in the Chimaera to watch the TVR, Ferrari, Ginetta and Mini racing and had a brilliant day out. The weather was beautiful and Snetterton is a great venue. Loads of TVRs turned up and we all lined up so people could admire these great cars. The Chimaera looked a little sober compared to some of the other TVRs but I like the understated look. My Tuscan however really stands out in its reflex green paintwork and black spider alloys.

I had to lay some laminate flooring in the wife's salon this weekend and the Chimaera proved to be a great workhorse. I got 5 packs of laminate flooring in the boot and one in the passenger seat, plus all my tools! I can even get my workmate bench in the boot as well and still managed to take another Porsche (don't even bother to note which model any more) on the bypass at the same time! When will they learn?

I an going to include my adventures with the Tuscan as well on this blog and maybe do some camparisons between the two cars. The first thing to note isthat they have tthe same gearbox but feel very different. the tuscan gearknob gets so hot you can hardly use it, but the change is sweet. The Chimaeras gearknob is cold but the gearchange not as smooth, so I presume the linkage is different. the Tuscan definetly "Wows" people and creates a real stir, wherever you go, but I like driving the Chimaera as you can really chuck it about and use it more as an everyday car. Every trip in the Tuscan is an event though and I really like the look and the colour and the interior.