New to AM: Buying a Vantage Roadster - what to check

[mikey k]

yeti said:

Yep - get rid of the plinth, you'll be amazed at the difference it makes to the sleekness of the car.

Very nice and well done by the way

+1 to the front plate


Eurohoon 2011 30 072 by mikey k V8VR, on Flickr

[yeti]

Damn... that's a big... err, dam...

[mikey k]

yeti said:

Damn... that's a big... err, dam...

I see what you did there
Couldn't get the top in!

[AMDBSNick]

mikey k said:

I see what you did there
Couldn't get the top in!

Where is that mikey

[mikey k]

AMDBSNick said:

Where is that mikey

Here, tucked out the way but worth the trip

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Dixence_Dam

[Cockernee]

AMDBSNick said:

Where is that mikey

As a guess Grande Dixence, Switzerland?

Edited to say: Stuff you must have hit the submit at the same time

Edited by Cockernee on Friday 8th February 13:15

[mikey k]

Cockernee said:

As a guess Grande Dixence, Switzerland?

Edited to say: Stuff you must have hit the submit at the same time

Edited by Cockernee on Friday 8th February 13:15

Wouldn't have thought there was enough loot in that area for you

[Lunablack]

mikey k said:

+1 to the front plate


Eurohoon 2011 30 072 by mikey k V8VR, on Flickr

I refuse to take anyone who'd wear a hat like that seriously

[Cockernee]

mikey k said:

Cockernee said:

As a guess Grande Dixence, Switzerland?

Edited to say: Stuff you must have hit the submit at the same time

Edited by Cockernee on Friday 8th February 13:15

Wouldn't have thought there was enough loot in that area for you

Plenty of banks in Switzerland that have ill gotten gains Mikey They won't miss a few gold bars....

[mikey k]

Lunablack said:

I refuse to take anyone who'd wear a hat like that seriously

Fair point, I was sorting the boot of the Aston in the week and seemed to have collected 11 hats

[AMDBSNick]

Seen this a few times on the way to skiing in Val d'isere

[jazzybee]

drmw said:

The squealing when at low speed & turning is one/both side of the handbrake which has separate calipers and as the car turns the rear subframe flexes and the handbrake cable routing is such that the flex actually pulls the handbrake on, albeit slightly, causing the squeal.

The cable can be rerouted & adjusted to make this go away or at least improve - one of several "features" of the V8V!

Took the car back to the dealer this afternoon and immediately the engineer said it sounded like the handbrake pads. He did some work for 30 mins and the sound did go away, but is creeping back. Re-routing of the cable sounds drastic... Is it?

[mikey k]

jazzybee said:

Took the car back to the dealer this afternoon and immediately the engineer said it sounded like the handbrake pads. He did some work for 30 mins and the sound did go away, but is creeping back. Re-routing of the cable sounds drastic... Is it?

I had something similar on both of mine
Talking to a senior tech from the factory it is quiet common for the rear pads to harmonically vibrate at low speed giving a squeal
The solution was Plastilube anti squeal compound on the rear pads
It is a blue polymer based anti squeal paste rather than copper based

[drmw]

jazzybee said:

Took the car back to the dealer this afternoon and immediately the engineer said it sounded like the handbrake pads. He did some work for 30 mins and the sound did go away, but is creeping back. Re-routing of the cable sounds drastic... Is it?

It's not - in fact in 30 minutes he's probably already done it. It does come & go - I found that gently pulling the handbrake on at speed for a second or so seemed to help - that could however be psychological!

[jazzybee]

Squealing and groaning back again, so will put it on the niggle list to fix. Checked the rear wheels, and the smaller pads do look like they had fresh blue liquid on the back of them - so I guess that was what they were up to.

[Bincenzo]

I too get a slight rattle when pulling away at low revs, got them to have a look during last service, nothing found. I'd suspect a loose heat shield / bracket somewhere. Never happens any other time btw - I now ignore it.