So what have you done with your Aston today?

So what have you done with your Aston today?

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NeinFondue

860 posts

155 months

Friday 17th February 2017
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This lovely piece of machined jewellery arrived today biggrin


old phart

404 posts

109 months

Friday 17th February 2017
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Wow! Tony's really going big on those replacement radio knobs. laughlaugh

Seriously, pitty it will be seen by so few people.

tonyhall38

4,194 posts

215 months

Friday 17th February 2017
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northernmedia said:
A nice drive into central London, are you mental!?
Yes

NeinFondue

860 posts

155 months

Friday 17th February 2017
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old phart said:
Wow! Tony's really going big on those replacement radio knobs. laughlaugh

Seriously, pitty it will be seen by so few people.
Yeah... Thankfully my eyes are the only ones that matter thumbup

V12JDC

190 posts

89 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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NeinFondue said:
This lovely piece of machined jewellery arrived today biggrin

Looks great, what is it?

I have been off the forum a bit this year so am out of the loop

John

NeinFondue

860 posts

155 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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V12JDC said:
NeinFondue said:
This lovely piece of machined jewellery arrived today biggrin

Looks great, what is it?

I have been off the forum a bit this year so am out of the loop

John
Hi John.. It's a billet oil cap to replace the old plastic unit.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...


Frances The Mute

1,816 posts

240 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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Looks to be an oil filler cap.

NeinFondue

860 posts

155 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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Frances The Mute said:
Looks to be an oil filler cap.
Yes it is..

Not a massive difference, but more in keeping with the finishing of the rest of the car.

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Small Car

877 posts

198 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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I thought this was worth posting - the Rapide continues its load carrying duties. I have had the mountain bike in before, and these are the wheels for my rally car. They fitted perfectly! Dropped them off at the rally team, who didn't bat an eye at the delivery vehicle!


Small Car

877 posts

198 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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One of the pair -


James Alexander

65 posts

96 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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Its best described as Cloudy Grey outside but Apple is saying it'll stay dry this weekend......

1st run out from after Christmas and enjoying every minute of it !!!!!!

cayman-black

12,624 posts

215 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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NeinFondue said:
Yes it is..

Not a massive difference, but more in keeping with the finishing of the rest of the car.

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That does look good Nein.

Buster73

5,042 posts

152 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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Been down on the NY moors , made a mistake on a turning and ended up going over 15 miles down a single track road including going over one ford .

The road was so narrow I'd didn't even show on the sat nav !

All part of life's rich tapestry.

telum01

987 posts

114 months

Saturday 18th February 2017
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Started fixing the plethora of issues on the red V8V I just bought.

For those that aren't aware: the original FEAD belt is NOT COMPATIBLE with the updated double-wall pulley. You have to use the updated FEAD belt with the updated pulley. And no, spraying anti-squeal on it will not help!

Of all the stupid hack repairs I've seen, this is way up there.

Big Ry

1,678 posts

118 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Realised that it accelerates far quicker than I can drop the clutch and change gear smokin

Pitcombe

39 posts

86 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Collected my first Aston Martin on Tuesday, an 06 plate Vantage V8 in Titanium Silver, and for it's first major run I had an entry for the Pistonheads Sunday Service at Prodrive in Banbury, a return journey of 200 miles. All I can say is Wow !, what a fantastic experience. From Wincanton, I Picked up a friend in Trowbridge, and the route was over fast twisty roads via Chippenham, Melksham to Cirencester and then the Fosse Way as far as Stow in the Wold, turning off for Chipping Norton, Bloxham to Banbury. On the return journey we came back via Burford and Bibury to Cirencester. The handling, the sound, the comfort and the performance, What can I say. Fantastic. I didn't even need to drive fast to enjoy the experience, and even recorded 23.4mpg for the entire journey. The turn out at Prodrive was tremendous with large numbers of Aston owners attending and the almost production line of racing Vantages in Prodrives workshops absolutely amazing. Seeing the classic Subaru's once driven by Colin Mcrae and Richard Burns, The BAR F1 driven by Jenson Button, The Rothmans liveried Metro 6R4 and the British Saloon Car championship Ford Mondeo and Honda Accord were an added bonus. I have always thought of Prodrive for the running of Race or Rally car teams and was truly amazed by the diversification of the work undertaken, including manufacture of centre consoles for top model Range Rovers to electric powered Ford Transit Custom vans. A big thank you to Pistonheads for organising this event, and to Prodrive for allowing us to roam around their factory at will, also to the members of their staff who were there to talk about what they do.

biggsjfp

20 posts

97 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Took the Vantage out for its first good run of 2017, forgot how sublime this car is.

tonyhall38

4,194 posts

215 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Brooklands breakfast meet......a couple of common cars and some nice other stuff....



Then mine.....

dalecan

315 posts

250 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Took her out of hibernation for a quick clean and spin. I can't wait for the nice weather to come back!




Car mad enthusiast

571 posts

86 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Lovely car cover. I think a tidy up in that cave is well over due though. LOL
dalecan said:
Took her out of hibernation for a quick clean and spin. I can't wait for the nice weather to come back!



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