TVR are high performance sports cars designed and constructed in the UK. They are made from fibreglass and are a rare, but beautiful vehicle that many people have longed for, and still long after. They are not mass produced, and as such each car is bespoke, and built by hand – by highly skilled craftsmen. It goes without saying that if you wish to be the proud owner of one, you will have to have a huge amount of dedication, passion and determination to own one of these elusive vehicles. It also goes without saying that if you own one, your knowledge of the inner workings of its engine, the layout of the electrics and the beauty of its design will be an obsession. It’s simply not enough to know how to drive one of these cars. You need to know how to fix it, and lovingly maintain it.
My current pride and joy is a 2000 model year TVR T350c – the “C” denoting the “Ceramic” finish, which is a grey colour and a very special and rare body finish. My vehicle also has the 4.0L Charger engine, which was only available on a limited number of cars. I have joined TVRC, the magazine group based in Belgium for overseas models – and I’m on Version 3 of the T350c web-based support for members. I have owned and driven this vehicle since August 2002. It’s a stunning car, and I love it. But I haven’t always loved the car. There have been times when I simply despised it, and my husband has had to put up with me cursing and shouting at it, whilst mounting the terrace wall to get into our driveway…He even made me practice reversing up and down it first, with the help of the neighbours – all this so that I wouldn’t ruin the car!!
This has all been great fun, and each and every member of my family has had to suffer me talking to them about it, (my dad quite likes the car, I think he’s rather jealous TBH) and I am regularly reminded that I am listening to music or watching the television when I have actually been studying the repair manual for the T350 and practicing my practical skills using my husband’s computer. Well, I am learning the steps involved in becoming a legal translator…and according to the law of b****y averages so we all know too well, it does translate each day into something like this:
If you drop the ‘E’, that’s how to become a legal translatoR.
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