So what have you done with your Aston today?

[V12JDC]

V12JDC said:

Picking it up at 4pm so just some daylight and a 1hour drive home with my son.

Then no doubt evening trips out with friends.

Then Sunday cleaning!

Well it's all tucked up in the garage, just needs a proper valet, machine polish, wax, leather clean and drive.

Seems to have had the gearbox oil changed so no clunky 1st and 2nd.

I have had to sneak out to the garage to have just one more look though..

[hartley]

shunt said:

divetheworld said:

I looked at the F type. Nice car and probably ranks with the best of the heavily mass produced sports cars.
I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

Cheers, I hope so too. The V8V lost very little money during my tenure but it's now a 10 year old car and in my opinion will start to cost money that it's not worth investing for me. I've done very few miles in it recently due to having a daily auto M135i which makes it feel old, heavy and just hardwork. I did take the Aston to work on Monday and watched it shine in the sunlight wondering if I'd done the right thing.

Maybe I'll miss it maybe I won't, but I've been pondering this for ages and after an hour in the V8 F Type it was a game changer. That thing is bonkers.

And if I got it wrong I can always come back to the fold.

On my way home from test driving it I happened across an old gent in a DB7 on the M6. That knowing nod had me having second thoughts too.

Make sure you get a good discount off the Jag , bought a boxster from an independent garage last week and the chat was they can't shift the jag v8's because they are just too powerful/ hairy and everybody goes for the v6 .He also said trade has been very quiet in the last 3 months - dealers getting worried ! So now might be a good time to buy

[shunt]

hartley said:

Make sure you get a good discount off the Jag , bought a boxster from an independent garage last week and the chat was they can't shift the jag v8's because they are just too powerful/ hairy and everybody goes for the v6 .He also said trade has been very quiet in the last 3 months - dealers getting worried ! So now might be a good time to buy

I got a really good deal thanks, only a few ££ more than a standard V6 version I'd looked at a few weeks ago. The V8 is in a different league to the standard or S version.

[V12JDC]

Went visiting friends and hung my new wall emblem

[northernmedia]

Nice, where'd you get it?

Edited by northernmedia on Monday 7th November 15:48

[V12JDC]

northernmedia said:

Nice, where'd out get it?

Ah friend gave it to me after closing down his body shop business

I think they were made by a guy in Leicester, I'll find out the details

John

[northernmedia]

thanks!

[cayman-black]

12pack said:

Could be Chris Horner's or Adrian Newey's. The latter quoted as saying (regarding the original V12V ) "...that is simply the greatest road car ever made. Extremely small and pretty with a huge, hulking engine squeezed into the front."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2553...

12 pack its Daniel Riccardos car the F1 driver. Must be good when Newey and Horner say that.

[V12JDC]

Started my to do list, led bulbs added tonight and started the gliptone of the seats.

[ace of the base]

V12JDC said:

Started my to do list, led bulbs added tonight and started the gliptone of the seats.

Get rid of those airbag stickers!

[V12JDC]

ace of the base said:

Get rid of those airbag stickers!

Yes, good point!

Funny that I don't really notice them driving it, does everyone remove them?

[V12JDC]

northernmedia said:

Nice, where'd you get it?

Edited by northernmedia on Monday 7th November 15:48

All I can find out is that it is a guy that also sells on e ay from Birstall in Leicester, I'll keep looking but that's where it came from

Thanks

John

[Jon39]

cayman-black said:

12 pack its Daniel Riccardos car the F1 driver.
Must be good when Newey and Horner say that.

There was a fairly long item, shown during the TV coverage of the 2016 Belgium Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo was driving a Vantage, with David Coultard, from his hotel to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. A good advert for Aston Martin, but I have not seen that film appear on YouTube.

Adrian Newey and Christian Horner bought their V12V cars from Lancasters Reading (no longer an Aston Martin dealer).

[FrankieV12VS]

Jon39 said:

cayman-black said:

12 pack its Daniel Riccardos car the F1 driver.
Must be good when Newey and Horner say that.

There was a fairly long item, shown during the TV coverage of the 2016 Belgium Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo was driving a Vantage, with David Coultard, from his hotel to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. A good advert for Aston Martin, but I have not seen that film appear on YouTube.

Adrian Newey and Christian Horner bought their V12V cars from Lancasters Reading (no longer an Aston Martin dealer).

I think this is the peice you are referring to: https://youtu.be/rRhxf6fx7Ow

[northernmedia]

V12JDC said:

ace of the base said:

Get rid of those airbag stickers!

Yes, good point!

Funny that I don't really notice them driving it, does everyone remove them?

Yes get rid!

[Buster73]

northernmedia said:

Nice, where'd you get it?

Edited by northernmedia on Monday 7th November 15:48

£35 on flea bay.

Search aston martin signs

[blade runner]

The £35 ebay ones are just a piece of flat white foamex with the logo printed on top, so nothing like the one in the original image which looks more 3D looking with silver outlines etc.

I'd be interested to know the source for this as well if it can be tracked down.

[V12JDC]

blade runner said:

The £35 ebay ones are just a piece of flat white foamex with the logo printed on top, so nothing like the one in the original image which looks more 3D looking with silver outlines etc.

I'd be interested to know the source for this as well if it can be tracked down.

I think mine is the same as the one in eBay. It's a 13mm mdf board with a high resolution vinyl on the top. Effectively a sticker on a bit of wood but it looks great hanging up

John

[rog007]

V12JDC said:

ace of the base said:

Get rid of those airbag stickers!

Yes, good point!

Funny that I don't really notice them driving it, does everyone remove them?

Everyone except you and I! You watch; in 50 years time our cars will be highly collectible as the only two in existence with the original airbag stickers in place!

[V12JDC]

rog007 said:

Everyone except you and I! You watch; in 50 years time our cars will be highly collectible as the only two in existence with the original airbag stickers in place!

Hi, nearly took them off tonight but ended up leaving them.

I really hope I a an 88 year old driving a DB9!