Aston Martin Reading (Pangbourne) - full throttle

Aston Martin Reading (Pangbourne) - full throttle

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JimboA

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305 posts

171 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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I was kindly invited to attend the official opening of Aston Martin Reading last night - HR Owen and the dealership is in Pangbourne. bowtie Just thought that I would say that the hospitality, team ethos, new workshops et al, all seemed absolutely excellent. In this day and age I think it's great to see an AM dealership opening up! Technically I know there was a dealership in Reading... but it could have been a story of closure with nothing to replace it!

Good luck to the team there and thank you for the invite... It was also great to see a lot of customer cars turn up! I am of course ashamed that I took the Merc and not my P&J. getmecoat

hashluck

1,611 posts

274 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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I was there as well (in my Aston of course smile

I agree with your sentiments

wokkadriver

695 posts

241 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Agreed - a first rate evening and well hosted!

phil 5 aston

149 posts

121 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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Plus there was a very nice goody bag at the end of the night :-) :-)

Good luck to the branch

Maff

611 posts

266 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
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Pleased to report I've just bought a brand new V12S vantage roadster in volcano red from Aston Pangbourne. (To replace my 6 month old V12S roadster, don't ask!!) A great team of guys there, very down to earth and a pleasure to do business with. Worth a trip to visit them, even if it's just to take the kids there to look at their cars.

hashluck

1,611 posts

274 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Maff said:
Pleased to report I've just bought a brand new V12S vantage roadster in volcano red from Aston Pangbourne. (To replace my 6 month old V12S roadster, don't ask!!) A great team of guys there, very down to earth and a pleasure to do business with. Worth a trip to visit them, even if it's just to take the kids there to look at their cars.
Wow, well done. Lovely. I shall be in there next week having my seat recall done. We won't ask but of course all would like to know smile

Maff

611 posts

266 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
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hashluck said:
Wow, well done. Lovely. I shall be in there next week having my seat recall done. We won't ask but of course all would like to know smile
I bought a ceramic grey V12S Roadster in October, and just happened to be passing Aston Pangbourne and saw the volcano red one they had. It looked fantastic, great set of options and colours. 30 mins later s deal was done to trade in the Gray car for very little money. So I'm chuffed to be picking it up next week!

hashluck

1,611 posts

274 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Maff said:
I bought a ceramic grey V12S Roadster in October, and just happened to be passing Aston Pangbourne and saw the volcano red one they had. It looked fantastic, great set of options and colours. 30 mins later s deal was done to trade in the Gray car for very little money. So I'm chuffed to be picking it up next week!
Very cool!

Manwhoneverwas

598 posts

130 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Maff said:
I bought a ceramic grey V12S Roadster in October, and just happened to be passing Aston Pangbourne and saw the volcano red one they had. It looked fantastic, great set of options and colours. 30 mins later s deal was done to trade in the Gray car for very little money. So I'm chuffed to be picking it up next week!
Excellent story, enjoy your new Roadster and please let us see pictures (both cars?)

wokkadriver

695 posts

241 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Maff said:
I bought a ceramic grey V12S Roadster in October, and just happened to be passing Aston Pangbourne and saw the volcano red one they had. It looked fantastic, great set of options and colours. 30 mins later s deal was done to trade in the Gray car for very little money. So I'm chuffed to be picking it up next week!
Bravo - I saw it outside the dealership on the opening weekend, winning choice!

wokkadriver

695 posts

241 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Maff said:
I bought a ceramic grey V12S Roadster in October, and just happened to be passing Aston Pangbourne and saw the volcano red one they had. It looked fantastic, great set of options and colours. 30 mins later s deal was done to trade in the Gray car for very little money. So I'm chuffed to be picking it up next week!
Bravo - I saw it outside the dealership on the opening weekend, winning choice!

JimboA

Original Poster:

305 posts

171 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I am sure a couple of you on here will have taken part in the HR Owen 'driving without limits day lat Thursday at Millbrook and I thought I would just add to my original post by saying what a great day they put together. I was fortunate enough to spend an hour with one of the factory drivers showing me the ins and outs of the Vantage V12S... I say fortunate but as you all know, I have now committed the sin of driving the V12. It's a superb car and now I want one!!! It's certainly not quite the fire breathing monster I had expected (though it can be!) and it's actually much more than that - perhaps the biggest surprise was the apparent lightness of the steering (in a positive way) brought about in part by the ceramic breaks. Anyway, I won't re-run a review but just wanted to say a thanks to the team at Aston Martin Reading for a great day and some excellent hosting.

hroalex

1 posts

108 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Just to say thanks for all the great feedback from all at HR Owen. Posted a few pics of the Millbrook track day and a full list of the cars we had on track at http://news.hrowen.co.uk/millbrook-drive-day-focus...

JimboA

Original Poster:

305 posts

171 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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hroalex said:
Just to say thanks for all the great feedback from all at HR Owen. Posted a few pics of the Millbrook track day and a full list of the cars we had on track at http://news.hrowen.co.uk/millbrook-drive-day-focus...
Alex, does this mean that I'm in for a HUGE discount the next time I visit you?! woohoo Anyway, great job and keep up the good work.