Aston Martin Reading (Pangbourne) - full throttle

[JimboA]

I was kindly invited to attend the official opening of Aston Martin Reading last night - HR Owen and the dealership is in Pangbourne. 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.

[JimboA]

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.

[JimboA]

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?! Anyway, great job and keep up the good work.