Wife mode for TVR

Switchable TC is what the OP needs, the TVR isn't bad when moving but half the people I know who have driven them have spun them at least once pulling out onto main roads.

Have you considered a Clio V6? I am led to believe that it is the 2nd best car on the market after the MX-5.

Interesting. I'm not refuting what you say, but I am about 6'4" and I've driven my MX-5 about 20k over the last year with no ill effects. Mine is a 2003 MK2 with heated leather and the seats are noticeably higher than earlier cars. I'll not say it's a perfect fit, but its less of a compromise than some other small and medium sized cars I have driven. I don't think I fit in the MK3 so well.

If you don't fit cos you're too tall, I guess it depends where your height is. I think my dad is the same height as but has a longer back than me and he doesn't fit quite so well. Good excuse not to lend it to him.

Only if you want to look like an 18 year old who spent more on there bodykit than the 1.2 Dynamique it's bolted to. ;)

Hmm - do you know what a Clio V6 is? It's not really comparable to a Vectra v6...

Quite easy to position on the road though. Except for the mirrors. And reversing, of course.

Dunno if I mentioned it here, but mine's on Colway remoulds. Which grip like an alcoholic to the bottle in the wet. Quiet, too. Pity they've gone bust. ;-)

Yes - it's easy enough to slide the rear in the wet with poor tyres. Tell her only to use 5th gear. ;-)

Start off in a higher gear, then?

No, I'd say mach 6 is better. More accurate though.

That's part of the point, in a perodua kelisa the bad handling is not a problem because the crash will be at low speed.

Hmm - the later Trophy and TF were a different drive altogether, but even the standard F in 160 form can be a little too lively for the inexperienced on a slippery road. Most are underpowered 1.6 and 1.8 engined ones though.

I've spun one. On dry roads.

Indeed, one is fast, handles well and reliable, the other is a clio V6

Still not as easy as the BX in my opinion though. Although she was reversing when she hit the wall, so it was failure to appreciate how big the bonnet was when turning.

Yeah I've experienced Colways before, back in my rallying yoof days, and they were rather good.

Nah, I'll just let her stick to the 106 instead. Much safer :)

It has the suspension of a Metro, and that's what it feels like.

The PSA group van? Bit of a change from a TVR.

And just after that, comes the Xantia Activa, shortly followed by the Mk2 Golf GTI 2.0 8v. Big people would fit in either of them and have fun.

That's what I did :-)

Mike P

Maybe it's the astramax of it's day, up behind you at 95 flashing the headlights...

Talking of shoes, could the OP not just suggest his wife buys lighter ones?

Which is no bad thing. The MGF is considerably nicer to drive in real world conditions than a TF, which is fantastic on a track but harsh and unsettled at legal speeds and on poor - i.e. "British" - roads.

The MGF appealed to me greatly. The TF put me right off.

FWIW, the R6 Metro - K-series models - also handles well, with a far more entertaining and mature chassis than more "modern" rivals of the period like the Punto. If they'd engineered the body correctly (or people weren't so obsessive about safety; people drove that car body for

18 years without caring how it folded in a crash) it would have remained a competitive package for ride, handling, comfort and efficiency of the overall design.

Of course, bashing MGR products is easy, but the MGF's competence as a practical sportscar should not be overlooked. It does have high limits and a responsive chassis; it just manages ride comfort too, something with modern cars often fail miserably at.

Richard

I've a feeling the subframes and suspension were actually Maestro.