Goodbye V12V; Hello 12 C

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Firstly, may I say a huge hello to all of you ladies and gents on the forum; I feel very privileged to have become a member of such a special fraternity!

Following a wonderful 6 year period of owning several Aston Martin's, I finally succumbed to temptation and traded in my 2013 Stratus White V12 Vantage and collected the 2012 Volcano Red 12 C on Saturday, McLaren Ascot. Nearly two hundred miles covered this sunny weekend.....and well, you all know what it's about!!

The V12 Vantage was and indeed is a great car, the McLaren is simply a sublime piece of machinery!

Anyway, all I wanted to do was introduce myself and say just "Hello"

Kind regards,
Jonathan

[v12v2013]

Thank you all for the congrats and friendly welcome, I'm sincerely flattered

Couldn't wait to get home tonight and take it out for a "driving miss daisy" run, damn its so easy!...I must admit no car I've owned has ever received so much positive emotion from members of the public... the brand, colour, I don't know? Whatever, I'm just elated.

Thanks again for the welcome, I certainly want to catch up with you!!

Also thank you for the advice on buying- I have lurked for a while and taken onboard a lot of information, resulting in my 3000 mile beauty.

[v12v2013]

Yes indeed Mikey, seems to be a natural progression, (although "her in doors" doesn't quite understand)

mikey k said:

What is it with Aston owners buying Volcano Red Mclarens

OP glad to hear you are enjoying the move
I've got an other 7 weeks before my 650 is built (long summer)

Edited by mikey k on Tuesday 4th August 21:10

[v12v2013]

And I can totally understand your excitement, waiting patiently/or perhaps impatiently for your 650S ...happy days !

v12v2013 said:

[v12v2013]

not mine, though to be honest, after owning a few Astons , one expects gremlins- albeit my last one was a trouble free car...( apart from the numerous official throttle lever recalls)..

mb1 said:

Geoff Stilwell said:

Sounds like that's my old McLaren. Is it on a 64 plate?

Geoff, did you part company with your gorgeous VR less than a year after purchase ?
I noticed you had a few gremlins. Did they get the better of you ?

[v12v2013]

I must admit I never had any issues in relation to this- although it did have standard electric seats, so perhaps would have been a different story had it been adorned with the bucket seats providing a different seating position?

mikey k said:

shigs said:

Op, was your V12V manual? if so did you find the arm rest irritating when changing gear?

Test drove one from Aston Park Lane a year or so ago and I just couldn't get on with it due to that very silly design flaw!

I wasn't sure if it was the seating (wasn't the buckets) or if just a stupid design

It's worse in the light weight(bucket) seats
It's what stopped me buying a V12V

I must admit I never had any issues in relation to this- although it did have standard electric seats, so perhaps would have been a different story had it been adorned with the bucket seats?....

mikey k said:

shigs said:

Op, was your V12V manual? if so did you find the arm rest irritating when changing gear?

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controlz said:

Well that makes 3 of us upgrading our V12V's to 12C! Here's my new toy I picked up over the weekend:

Yes indeed, there is certainly natural progression... yesterday, when I saw my Stratus White with Lancaster Sevenoaks on their sales promo video, I did feel a bit sad; though after 5 seconds of looking at my 12 C, all was good again