Can't keep quiet anymore!!!!!!!!!
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ds2000 said:
Congratulations on the purchase. Sounds immense!
There's more than enough of us that'd have your old PB Fascia (we're currently converting to it). The CB sounds interesting though and will look forward to the pics that'll inevitably follow
I had no problems keeping the PB fascia looking good on my V8V coupe but on the convertibles it seems to attract dust and grit and cleaning without marking it is really difficult. There's more than enough of us that'd have your old PB Fascia (we're currently converting to it). The CB sounds interesting though and will look forward to the pics that'll inevitably follow
I saw your thread the other day and nearly responded. Just not sure when Q will get the CF parts to the dealer to go onto the car. Watch this space!
Y100 said:
RichB said:
enise has forbidden me from adding a pre-war Aston to my garage but when we next meet just mention to her in passing that it's quite normal to have a couple of Astons in the collection 
Begs the question Richard, do two cars constitute a 'collection'. 
IanV12VR said:
We spent a fabulous few hours up at Gaydon last Thursday seeing our new Aston in the early stages of its build. Having been lucky enough to see our current one in build back in 2012 that one was very close to being nearly finished whereas this one was very early in the production run but very easy to spot - for reasons which will become clear 
After many months of trying to decide whether we should buy a classic Aston or go for a new one we went against all investment sense and ordered a new V12 Vantage S Roadster. Whilst I would have loved to have gone for a DB7 Zagato or a V550 what we really wanted was one that we wouldn't mind putting miles on and not feel the need to keep it down to low mileage to maintain value. Our decision was to go for fun!!!!!
I know we already have a V12 Vantage Roadster and am very pleased to say we will be keeping that one but perhaps doing a few less miles each year in it, although we already have one European tour booked for it. You may question getting something so similar but we absolutely love the car we have at the moment! It's been great on tour, we love open top motoring and the noise of the V12 is just immense
The new one will look a bit different to the existing one. It will be Flugplatz Blue with a Dark Knight interior and California Poppy accents & stitching. It will have black lightweight wheels, lightweight seats, lots of CF outside and Q are putting a full carbon fibre centre stack for us. The only thing I don't like about the current car is the PB fascia and that is also being swapped to full CF as well. A great BOGOF deal - well not quite!
The new one looked fantastic on the line and our thanks to Steve, who gave us the factory tour, and took us back to the car on four times to see it moving down the line and to let us take some pictures for the cars history file which was very much appreciated and will give us some fantastic memories. The icing on the cake was seeing the GT3 in the flesh
Lloyd at Grange in Exeter has once again looked after us fantastically - this is the fourth time he has relieved us from our money - and now can't wait for it to arrive which will hopefully be in the next 2/3 weeks.
Further report and pictures to come!
Wow how did you keep that quiet for so long????!!!! You will have two very special cars to be very proud of. Will be interesting to see which one gets the most attention!! Well done. After many months of trying to decide whether we should buy a classic Aston or go for a new one we went against all investment sense and ordered a new V12 Vantage S Roadster. Whilst I would have loved to have gone for a DB7 Zagato or a V550 what we really wanted was one that we wouldn't mind putting miles on and not feel the need to keep it down to low mileage to maintain value. Our decision was to go for fun!!!!!
I know we already have a V12 Vantage Roadster and am very pleased to say we will be keeping that one but perhaps doing a few less miles each year in it, although we already have one European tour booked for it. You may question getting something so similar but we absolutely love the car we have at the moment! It's been great on tour, we love open top motoring and the noise of the V12 is just immense
The new one will look a bit different to the existing one. It will be Flugplatz Blue with a Dark Knight interior and California Poppy accents & stitching. It will have black lightweight wheels, lightweight seats, lots of CF outside and Q are putting a full carbon fibre centre stack for us. The only thing I don't like about the current car is the PB fascia and that is also being swapped to full CF as well. A great BOGOF deal - well not quite!
The new one looked fantastic on the line and our thanks to Steve, who gave us the factory tour, and took us back to the car on four times to see it moving down the line and to let us take some pictures for the cars history file which was very much appreciated and will give us some fantastic memories. The icing on the cake was seeing the GT3 in the flesh
Lloyd at Grange in Exeter has once again looked after us fantastically - this is the fourth time he has relieved us from our money - and now can't wait for it to arrive which will hopefully be in the next 2/3 weeks.
Further report and pictures to come!
Ed50 said:
Ian,
Do you know or for that matter does anyone know how many V12S Roadsters have been supplied into the UK market so far……..
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I for one haven't come across any so far,I also wonder how many they expect or forecast to sell here to the home market per annum ?.
Ed, I know the Aston dealer down here has had two. One was going to be a demonstrator but sold quickly and the other is available. My feeling is each dealer will have taken an initial two cars each but not sure after that. Can't see there being that many built and it will remain a rare beast, at least that is the impression I got at the factory.Do you know or for that matter does anyone know how many V12S Roadsters have been supplied into the UK market so far……..
.I for one haven't come across any so far,I also wonder how many they expect or forecast to sell here to the home market per annum ?.
The used one at WS went pretty quickly which was not a surprise given how low they priced it. Dealers are discounting new ones so that will harm used values in the short term but against that numbers will be low - so who knows?
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