High powered, light-weight, pure British plastic sports car with no thought given to safety, built in a shed by a guy called Nigel – right? TVRs are often portrayed as red-blooded sports cars without any namby-pamby safety devices to get…
TVR Cerbera reliability – the simple truth
You know when you’re washing your car, and a passer-by says “you can do mine next hahahaha”. I think I pull the same face while rolling my eyes into the back of my head, as I do when a stranger…
Make the most of them while you can
This advice (rant) isn’t so much about Cerberas, nor even TVRs, it applies to all classic cars, regardless of make, model, value etc. The war on the motorist has been running for decades now, first we saw the use of…
TVR Cerbera Interior
It was the interior that convinced me I wanted a Cerbera. There is nothing quite like it out there, and maybe there never will be again. It’s jaw-droppingly beautiful, and somehow looks both ultra-modern and retro British; I suppose…
Making the most of your Power Band – Quaife Close Ratio gearbox
I’ve raved about my close ratio gearbox in a couple of posts already, but never really explained why and the science behind it. The close ratio gearbox (or gear kit to be precise) is a replacement set of gears designed…
TVR Cerbera – the performance numbers
TVR were well known (like a lot of others in the industry at the time) for being a little generous when it came to how realistic their power performance figures were in the real world. Factory performance numbers The table…
Happy 7th Birthday (ownership)
Seven years now I’ve been custodian of this Cerbera! It’s been a fairly uneventful year as far as unplanned maintenance is concerned. No breakdowns, no surprise bills. Just the usual service. I covered I think approx 4.5k miles in…
Cars at the Castle
Nestled in the Kent countryside, Hever Castle is a picturesque location with sprawling grounds, popular for weddings and family days out. And once a year host to Cars at the Castle car event. Despite the 2 random couple of…
TVR Cerbera – the UKs answer to the Dodge Viper
The Dodge Viper has always been revered as the ultimate widow-maker U.S Muscle car. Here in the UK, we’ve never really done muscle cars – was the Ford Capri a limp effort at a muscle car? Maybe, but all that…