Not a nice one either.
http://www.petitiononline.com/HelpTVR/petition.html
I know you guys arent into Tivs, but here we see yet another brilliant british marque likely to go overseas and then lose its identity. TVR have been
in Blackpool for about 60 years, and should stay there.
Please sign the above if you feel it appropriate: 400 of us are parading our cars into London on Sunday, and are booked in 1400 at No10 Downing street
to deliver the peitition. 3 TVRs will be allowed to park outside No10, and the rest of us will parade up and down Whitehall, before heading back to
the ACE cafe on N. Circular.
It could also the largest ever single marque gathering...
If ya live in London, you'll hear us coming!
Ed.
P.S. more details of London Thunder are on Pistonheads.
Im 2044.
done!
Done.
a TreVoR fan.
Regards
Agriv8
AM I missing something here but what is the point? Do you really think 2,000, 20,000 or even 2 Million signatures will make any difference?
It is business not a popularity contest.
More people lost their jobs when Rover went down, now 2 years on I am not aware of the phoenix (sic) rising from the ashes.
Good luck anyway.
yeah but every extra post counts!!!!!!
quote:
yeah but every extra post counts!!!!!!
Probably make no difference, but are we all going to do that terribly british thing and sit on our fat arses and do nothing while ANOTHER british
asset goes overseas, or make ourselves heard?
Im not.
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Originally posted by ed_crouch
I know you guys arent into Tivs
When the russian guy bought TVR we were waiting to see how long before the new owner moved it abroad. What wasn't realised was that he
didn't have a lot of choice.
When Peter Wheeler sold the company he didn't sell the land on which the factory is based. This he leases to TVR and had no plans to renew it as
he has been planning housing development on the site.
Peter Wheeler has caused TVR to relocate knowing that this would force it abroad.
[Edited on 24/11/06 by jimmyjoebob]
Then Peter Wheeler is a right female genital orifice!
Not a nice one either.
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
More people lost their jobs when Rover went down, now 2 years on I am not aware of the phoenix (sic) rising from the ashes.
Annnnd iiiiiiiiiiii.Wannnnna beeeee!!Apathy.
The only real proper English lasting strength....Its a poor do realy isn't it.I have signed it.
At least 2000+ have bothered....
Basically the petition is to ask the DTI to work harder to find TVR a site, and to hopefully convince Smolenski that there are UK options.
It may be that hes hell bent on exporting it anyway, but maybe not...
Jims right tho, Pete Wheeler is defo a "businessman", although when he was at the reigns, the company really flourished. The S series cars
sold like hot cakes, and production volumes increased several fold. He had the wicked idea of putting the Rover V8 into the Tasmins, and hence my
390SE was born.
[Edited on 25/11/06 by ed_crouch]
Bit disappointed too read a few of the comments posted by TVR owners on piston heads re people turning up in anything other than a TVR.
I cant afford one, my support is not welcome ? Cheers chaps.
Jon, the people who said that shouldnt have done, and im sorry that they did. We did have people ther ein non TVRs. OK, so for the showboating outside
Downing St, it had to be a Tiv really, but all suport is welcome.
It was an amazing day, bought Whitehall to a standstill. Loads photos on the TVR section of Pistonheads:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?f=13&h=0&faq=False&p=0
Thankyou to those who signed the petition too. It was one hell of a test for the cars:
Torrential rain
We drove through 6 inches of standing water on the way
Loadsa traffic
Yep, we did have a few fall by the wayside, but out of 400 - 500 cars, thats not bad. There were also a few non Tivs conked out, so goes to show that
the conditions were arduous.
Ed.
[Edited on 26/11/06 by ed_crouch]