Speaking of chav...

[xnetco]

KarlFranz said:

I'm sure that's what some of you will think (looking at you Mr. Gould ) but I figured I'd post a picture of my car.

Your garage is so what impressive. I have a similar garage door but your floor and living is like my living room. What have you done to it? :-)

[KarlFranz]

It's just a standard epoxy floor. I have lots of fluorescent lighting in the garage so that it is easier to see my work.The side effect is that it makes the floor look brighter and cleaner in pictures. Having a nice climate-controlled garage with a clean floor and a good set of tools makes working on cars a much more pleasant experience. I just wish I had enough room for an underground lift like they have at the dealership.

[W1111AM]

George29 said:

V8Andrew said:

Yup, can definitely imagine turning up in a corvette. Wouldn't describe this as vulgar.



And that Steve McQueen, he wasn't very glamorous was he?

Id describe both of them as vulgar.

Oh boys, here you go, a nice calm scene for our views

[KarlFranz]

krisdelta said:

Lovely looking car Karl, have you re-done your laser detector fitting for the interior lighting binnacle also? Surely a consultancy role in Q for you is only a matter of time

Thanx, Kris.

The new cars have a different (and larger) setup for the dome/map lights due to the addition of the rain sensor for the wipers. Consequently, creating a housing for the Valentine 1 similar to the one in the previous Aston was not possible. I studied the different possibilities, and the best that I could come up with was to mount the detector in the same area but outside and below the dome light rather than within it. I modified the mounting bracket so that it slips into the hole where the microphone used to be in older cars

Valentine sells a module called Savvy which allows you to power the detector by plugging into the vehicle's OBD-II port. The benefits of this include: No hard wiring to fuseboxes or ugly cables to cigarette lighter ports; The unit powers itself On and Off with the ignition, and; You can use a dial to set a vehicle speed under which all alerts are automatically muted. I actually attached the remote display to this OBD-II connector which places the unit in a location (in the lower panel right beside the fuel filler and bonnet release) that allows me to view all the information through the 7 to 8 o'clock opening in the steering wheel without it being visible at all from outside the vehicle.

To finish off the installation, I covered the detector unit in matching Alcantara which makes it blend with the rest of its surroundings. Its location behind the rear view mirror prevents the unit from being seen from behind the vehicle while allowing easy access to the mute button.

As usual, all was done without any permanent or irreversible modifications to the car. I'll try to take a few pictures of it later for you guys to see.

[BigScotty]

You're car looks fantastic!!

Any pictures of it in the wild?

[vpr]

"Chav" is the frozen white Volante on the Aston stand at Geneva show

What were they thinking

[divetheworld]

Is this cheeky or have you started a new business Karl?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aston-Martin-V12-Vantage...

Edited by divetheworld on Sunday 8th March 18:52

[KarlFranz]

Nope, just somebody using a picture of my car for their eBay auction.

[KarlFranz]

BigScotty said:

You're car looks fantastic!!

Any pictures of it in the wild?

Here you go:

Edited by KarlFranz on Tuesday 10th March 06:47

[divetheworld]

KarlFranz said:

Nope, just somebody using a picture of my car for their eBay auction.

Someone being cheeky then. Thought so.
Some outfit based in Thailand (might be the same outfit here) harvested my pics to punt their carbon bits last year.

[V8Andrew]

KarlFranz said:

Here you go:

That sir is stunning.

[Ken Figenus]

Far prefer it to big lipstick look! Only thing I don't like is the Bridgestone Potenza writing - they should say Michelin Pilot Super Sport instead. Try them Karl - leagues ahead!

[KarlFranz]

I know. I've had the Michelins on my other Aston and Lotus. But my car is only a few months old, so I need to go through this set first.