My car history so far...

[ArtVandelay]

I've come full circle and bought another Citroen C1.

It's on order so here are some shots of the car from the configurator. Putting more and more miles on the Aston, the Citroen is going to ease the load on it somewhat.

[TheDoggingFather]

ArtVandelay said:

TheDoggingFather said:

Those pictures really make it look like a fine shade of JRG!

It's one of those colours that varies with light! Honest!

I'll be the judge of that.. Hopefully

[ArtVandelay]

TheDoggingFather said:

I'll be the judge of that.. Hopefully

I'll get down your way eventually!

[thatguy11]

The AMV8's interior is lovely mate! Love a nice deep red, my dad's got a 4.7 and the one thing I'm not so keen on is the black interior. Just doesn't look special enough somehow

[ArtVandelay]

thatguy11 said:

The AMV8's interior is lovely mate! Love a nice deep red, my dad's got a 4.7 and the one thing I'm not so keen on is the black interior. Just doesn't look special enough somehow

The 4.7 does have an improved interior though!

I've never been a fan of black interiors (despite the new C1 and the 6 series having them) so the iron ore red on the V8 was a huge selling point for me.

I keep looking for the next car but a lot of the German cars I'm considering are black or grey inside

[ArtVandelay]

It was new car day today so it was time to say goodbye to the Aston Martin. 2 years and 3 months of ownership, so far the longest I've ever had a car!

I didn't know what to replace it with initially, I looked at Bentley Continentals, Lotus Evoras, M3s, C63s etc until I finally decided on a Jaguar XJ Supersport. Over 500bhp from a car with more gadgets than I know what to do with. Only had it 16 hours so not had the chance to take too many photos yet.

[rm89]

That is bloody gorgeous. Pretty ideal 2 car garage actually!

[ArsE92]

Very nice. What is it with you and grown-up cars? You're only a young lad!

[ArtVandelay]

I'm sure people will see me in it and think that it's my dad's car

I love it though, impressed with everything (though the touch screen isn't as slick as the C1)

It's a big old bus, think it'll take a while to get used to parking it

[TheDoggingFather]

Beast.

[JFReturns]

Looks great, almost as good as an Aston Martin V8 Vantage

[Jonny1984]

You certainly know how to buy cars That's some history so far!

[ArtVandelay]

I've been playing about quite a bit now in the big Jag, it's turning out to be more economical than the Vantage it's replaced (not that I care)

I quite enjoy driving it in manual mode, if set to sport and dynamic it'll hold the gear regardless of whether you hit the limiter. It will change down though if you forget you're in manual and slow down for a roundabout

Poor C1 hasn't been used... It's taking me and the Mrs for a meal tonight though

[ArtVandelay]

Met up with a few PH guys in Berwick the other day, all 3 of us having just bought cars in May.



Perks of the Supersport are PURPLE FUZZ

[Y7TSY]

This is why I love working away aswell! Would not dream of being able to run my rs6 day to day working on shore, been qualified as a 3rd engineer for a year now on a standby/supply vessel and the only bad part is lots of time while I am away to research on what car to get next!!

[ArtVandelay]

Y7TSY said:

This is why I love working away aswell! Would not dream of being able to run my rs6 day to day working on shore, been qualified as a 3rd engineer for a year now on a standby/supply vessel and the only bad part is lots of time while I am away to research on what car to get next!!

Would not fancy commuting in any of my last cars, bar the C1 really

[slomax]

So, so jelly.

Some decisions are hard to make, like which supercar to tick off the list next!

[ArtVandelay]

slomax said:

So, so jelly.

Some decisions are hard to make, like which supercar to tick off the list next!

Good to see the Lomax is still goin!

Used the superbarge today to take the grandparents shopping. They love it, not sure what it says about the car...

[ArtVandelay]

Bugger

Turns out McDonald's drive thru isn't XJ friendly

[ArtVandelay]

Was chatting to a friend about my Megane and remembered this thread.

Currently got these two:









Since this was last updated I've moved house and married my wife