V12 Vantage Register

[WantanewV12V]

AMDBSNick said:

Possibly but the dealers up here were fighting over it if it's the car I was chatting to Stratstone about !

They were interested and put a reasonable offer in.

[AdamV12V]

WantanewV12V said:

They were interested and put a reasonable offer in.

OMG, you've sold the Magma Red Monster! How come - what have you replaced it with?

[silverspeed]

WantanewV12V said:

cayman-black said:

I bet they where for 70k trade tops.

You are wrong

I thought it was a keeper?

[cayman-black]

WantanewV12V said:

You are wrong

I thought it was yours WantanewV12V. See v12 service post. It looks mint.Sounds like you got a good price then.

[WantanewV12V]

It is a mixture of good news and bad news, although the good news far outweighs the bad. I have hinted a couple of times in posts over the past three years that my wife hasn't been well. She was seriously ill with cancer and undertook what amounted to almost two years of treatment before, last June, being given the good news that we had waited for. I decided to resign last July and have spent the past 12 months helping her to recover and regain her confidence. She is now well and a few weeks ago I started to look for a new role, to get back to what I do best. The car, one that has to be driven rather than be sat in a garage, managed 9,500 miles in its first year and almost 4,500 in its second. That coincided with the worst part of her illness but, including that period I have only driven the V12V 1500 miles in the past 12 months.

I gave myself an additional two months to find the right role before I would part with my V12V, a car that was intended to be a keeper. Given the state of the market I am yet to achieve that and decided to stay with my decision re the car. There is no immediate replacement planned although I hope to return to the fold once things are sorted out. For anyone brave enough Magma Red is a fantastic colour and I will look for a colour that lifts me again next time. Life is too short to be grey - in every respect. Right now, life couldnt get any better. Yesterday my wife walked around a golf course with me, something that was impossible twelve months ago.

[AMDBSNick]

Hi Phil. Here is another at the factory yesterday. Colour I believe is Silver Fox. Couldn't get any closer without being arrested

[George H]

AMDBSNick said:

Hi Phil. Here is another at the factory yesterday. Colour I believe is Silver Fox. Couldn't get any closer without being arrested

Wow that square numberplate looks terrible. As does that blue Vanquish

[silverspeed]

AMDBSNick said:

Hi Phil. Here is another at the factory yesterday. Colour I believe is Silver Fox. Couldn't get any closer without being arrested

Red Vanquish looks good at far end. I quite like the blue Vanquish but not sure I would be brave enough to order it in that colour.

[cayman-black]

Thats is good news WantanewV12V. Wish you and your wife all the best! Plus i agree with you about your cars colour.
Someone will have a lovely car.

[Retman]

What a great end to the post WantanewV12V. Jobs and cars will come along. Best wishes to you both.

[cayman-black]

silverspeed said:

Red Vanquish looks good at far end. I quite like the blue Vanquish but not sure I would be brave enough to order it in that colour.

The blue looks like the jag colour, but still better than silver.

[George H]

cayman-black said:

The blue looks like the jag colour, but still better than silver.

I think it's a Q by Aston Martin colour - possibly Monterey blue?

I prefer silver to it by far, looks too nouveau riche in that colour to me. I can see it being driven around Dubai already...

[cayman-black]

No i really dont like silver cars way to bland.

[CIE560]

That blue looks awesome I think.

[George H]

cayman-black said:

No i really dont like silver cars way to bland.

I really don't think Aston's silvers can be called bland. They're all stunning in the right conditions, but are great for when you don't want loads of attention. Lightning silver for example is fantastic, changes to bluey-purple, but discreet at the same time.

Also, is that V12V with the square plate on a UK reg but with US spec bumpers?

[silverspeed]

George H said:

cayman-black said:

No i really dont like silver cars way to bland.

I really don't think Aston's silvers can be called bland. They're all stunning in the right conditions, but are great for when you don't want loads of attention. Lightning silver for example is fantastic, changes to bluey-purple, but discreet at the same time.

Also, is that V12V with the square plate on a UK reg but with US spec bumpers?

Interesting also that KX12JNF (Virage?) next to the V12V - is registered as a DB9 ????

[AdamV12V]

silverspeed said:

Interesting also that KX12JNF (Virage?) next to the V12V - is registered as a DB9 ????

I think you might find that it is actually one of the new DB9's!

I found it quite interesting to see just how similar the front of the Virage(or DB9) is to the new Vanquish when lined up alongside each other...

[jonby]

George H said:

cayman-black said:

No i really dont like silver cars way to bland.

I really don't think Aston's silvers can be called bland. They're all stunning in the right conditions, but are great for when you don't want loads of attention. Lightning silver for example is fantastic, changes to bluey-purple, but discreet at the same time.

Also, is that V12V with the square plate on a UK reg but with US spec bumpers?

the indicators will give away whether it's UK or US but the plate holder is screwed on to the bumper and so it's only the plate holder, not the bumper, which actually needs to be different to hold that plate

Interesting to see the Virage and the Vanquish have no plate holder at all, which is the way I like to display the plate, but not the way Aston normally do it

[jonby]

AdamV12V said:

I found it quite interesting to see just how similar the front of the Virage(or DB9) is to the new Vanquish when lined up alongside each other...

Makes sense really

[jonby]

silverspeed said:

George H said:

cayman-black said:

No i really dont like silver cars way to bland.

I really don't think Aston's silvers can be called bland. They're all stunning in the right conditions, but are great for when you don't want loads of attention. Lightning silver for example is fantastic, changes to bluey-purple, but discreet at the same time.

Also, is that V12V with the square plate on a UK reg but with US spec bumpers?

Interesting also that KX12JNF (Virage?) next to the V12V - is registered as a DB9 ????

Indeed. One assumes it won't be long before DB9 & Virage are morphed into one car