V12 - MPG???

[JohnG1]

Zod said:

JohnG1 said:

Steve*B said:

If it was a flat in London, to work in London, then I'm not sure I'd bother taking the Aston. Surely 6mpg in London isn't achieved by 'having fun' but rather quite the opposite sitting in traffic?

I used to drive to work at 6am. So not much traffic.You can generally drive in bus lanes before 7am.

Lots of stop and start and pulling away from the lights, so lots of first and second gear action. Great fun but you have to be so aware of your surroundings....

After 8pm, there's a surprising number of opportunities to have a little bit of fun.

Yes, but if I leave for work at 6am and don't leave until 8pm then I'll find myself never seeing nearest and dearest. I do agree though. There is something great about the Beech Street tunnel or a blast up Moorgate in 2nd when the sound bounces off the buildings...

[Zod]

JohnG1 said:

Zod said:

JohnG1 said:

Steve*B said:

If it was a flat in London, to work in London, then I'm not sure I'd bother taking the Aston. Surely 6mpg in London isn't achieved by 'having fun' but rather quite the opposite sitting in traffic?

I used to drive to work at 6am. So not much traffic.You can generally drive in bus lanes before 7am.

Lots of stop and start and pulling away from the lights, so lots of first and second gear action. Great fun but you have to be so aware of your surroundings....

After 8pm, there's a surprising number of opportunities to have a little bit of fun.

Yes, but if I leave for work at 6am and don't leave until 8pm then I'll find myself never seeing nearest and dearest. I do agree though. There is something great about the Beech Street tunnel or a blast up Moorgate in 2nd when the sound bounces off the buildings...

Being a lawyer, I don't leave for work anywhere near that early, so I see the kids in the morning, not the evening.

You can make pedestrians jump in that tunnel.

[JohnG1]

Zod said:

Being a lawyer, I don't leave for work anywhere near that early, so I see the kids in the morning, not the evening.

You can make pedestrians jump in that tunnel.

Oh yes!

The great thing about that tunnel and owning an Aston Martin can be encapsulated in this...

A few months back in one week I went through that tunnel in my car, a 911 997.2 turbo convertible and an SL63 AMG convertible. In all cases holding in a low gear and red lining. The Merc got eyebrows raised, the Porsche got coffee-beans handshake. The Aston Martin gets a smile...

[MrOrange]

CatalystV8V said:

The purpose of the thread was not to determine whether I could afford the petrol.

It was genuine curiosity about what was achievable in real world driving situations...

Thanks again..

Richard.

As said elsewhere. Petrol is not a cost to consider with pretty much any Aston, depreciation, service, tyres, tax, insurance etc are bigger costs.

For the record my computer frequently tells me that I'm doing 18-19mpg. When I did a real fill, drive, fill test the real figure was actually 14.5mpg. In my 4.3. I don't really believe the computer.

[Zod]

JohnG1 said:

Zod said:

Being a lawyer, I don't leave for work anywhere near that early, so I see the kids in the morning, not the evening.

You can make pedestrians jump in that tunnel.

Oh yes!

The great thing about that tunnel and owning an Aston Martin can be encapsulated in this...

A few months back in one week I went through that tunnel in my car, a 911 997.2 turbo convertible and an SL63 AMG convertible. In all cases holding in a low gear and red lining. The Merc got eyebrows raised, the Porsche got coffee-beans handshake. The Aston Martin gets a smile...

That's generally my experience too, but there was an exception this morning. Driving slowly down the back street to where I park, I met a hatchet-faced dyke on a bike coming the wrong way at me down the one way street. There was plenty of space, so no risk to her, despite her being in the wrong, but still she mouther "tt" at me. Fortunately, I had the window open, so she definitely heard me reply "ugly bh".

[gibbon]

oceantools said:

If I take into consideration Petrol, Tyres, Servicing, Insurance and Depreciation then my V8V has cost me approximately £5.31 per mile thus far....!! So, assuming my office is 11 miles away from my house, if I get to work to find that I've left my packed-lunch on the worktop, I am cheaper getting a taxi to the most expensive restaurant in town, having a slap up meal and getting a taxi back than I am driving home to pick up my sandwiches...

You obviously dont work near any good restaurants.

[Adam2S]

gibbon said:

oceantools said:

If I take into consideration Petrol, Tyres, Servicing, Insurance and Depreciation then my V8V has cost me approximately £5.31 per mile thus far....!! So, assuming my office is 11 miles away from my house, if I get to work to find that I've left my packed-lunch on the worktop, I am cheaper getting a taxi to the most expensive restaurant in town, having a slap up meal and getting a taxi back than I am driving home to pick up my sandwiches...

You obviously dont work near any good restaurants.

Have to be a very good restaurant to pay more than £116.82 for a slap up lunch for one!

[michael gould]

Adam2S said:

gibbon said:

oceantools said:

If I take into consideration Petrol, Tyres, Servicing, Insurance and Depreciation then my V8V has cost me approximately £5.31 per mile thus far....!! So, assuming my office is 11 miles away from my house, if I get to work to find that I've left my packed-lunch on the worktop, I am cheaper getting a taxi to the most expensive restaurant in town, having a slap up meal and getting a taxi back than I am driving home to pick up my sandwiches...

You obviously dont work near any good restaurants.

Have to be a very good restaurant to pay more than £116.82 for a slap up lunch for one!

13.8 MPG for me over the last 3000 miles.....going to a 1* Michelin for dinner next week .....downside...no change out of £200....upside its 100m from my home

[JohnG1]

michael gould said:

13.8 MPG for me over the last 3000 miles.....going to a 1* Michelin for dinner next week .....downside...no change out of £200....upside its 100m from my home

Then think of the 100m worth of petrol you save !!

[michael gould]

JohnG1 said:

michael gould said:

13.8 MPG for me over the last 3000 miles.....going to a 1* Michelin for dinner next week .....downside...no change out of £200....upside its 100m from my home

Then think of the 100m worth of petrol you save !!

The trouble is .....Being only 100m away we can walk home obviously...which means we drink more and the wine list is expensive......but it has just been voted in the top 50 restaurants in the country

[yeti]

michael gould said:

which means we drink more and the wine list is expensive...

Doesn't have to be... I ate at El Bulli in Seville a few years back, tasting menu of 32 courses! Asked the sommelier for a recommendation for a bottle that would go with everything, he said try a local Eu15 bottle of white! It was delicious and meant we got out for *only* about Eu750 for two!!

[JohnG1]

yeti said:

Doesn't have to be... I ate at El Bulli in Seville a few years back, tasting menu of 32 courses! Asked the sommelier for a recommendation for a bottle that would go with everything, he said try a local Eu15 bottle of white! It was delicious and meant we got out for *only* about Eu750 for two!!

Barcelona surely?

[JohnG1]

michael gould said:

The trouble is .....Being only 100m away we can walk home obviously...which means we drink more and the wine list is expensive......but it has just been voted in the top 50 restaurants in the country

Don't drink and be a cheap date!

[michael gould]

yeti said:

michael gould said:

which means we drink more and the wine list is expensive...

Doesn't have to be... I ate at El Bulli in Seville a few years back, tasting menu of 32 courses! Asked the sommelier for a recommendation for a bottle that would go with everything, he said try a local Eu15 bottle of white! It was delicious and meant we got out for *only* about Eu750 for two!!

Yes but it was El Bulli !!!!!!......how the hell did you get a table? And I don’t believe you for a second that you could buy any bottle of wine for Eu15 there ......we will be having the tasting menu, but its only 14 courses

[peterr96]

yeti said:

Doesn't have to be... I ate at El Bulli in Seville a few years back, tasting menu of 32 courses! Asked the sommelier for a recommendation for a bottle that would go with everything, he said try a local Eu15 bottle of white! It was delicious and meant we got out for *only* about Eu750 for two!!

Sir you have a drink problem! There's no way I could do 32 courses with only one bottle of wine, let alone if Mrs was there as well. She can't stand me sober.

[George H]

peterr96 said:

...let alone if Mrs was there as well. She can't stand me sober.

Are you describing yourself as "an 8-pinter" there?

[peterr96]

George H said:

Are you describing yourself as "an 8-pinter" there?

Judging by how I felt this morning after "sunday lunch" that seems like a fair appraisal.

[George H]

peterr96 said:

Judging by how I felt this morning after "sunday lunch" that seems like a fair appraisal.

I imagine it was something similar to how I felt on Sunday morning after going out to watch the football...

I made the massive mistake of discovering a new drink - like a jaeger bomb but with champagne instead of red bull

Edited by George H on Monday 28th November 18:03

[Jockman]

yeti said:

Doesn't have to be... I ate at El Bulli in Seville a few years back, tasting menu of 32 courses! Asked the sommelier for a recommendation for a bottle that would go with everything, he said try a local Eu15 bottle of white! It was delicious and meant we got out for *only* about Eu750 for two!!

You jammy git le Yeti

So they've moved the restaurant several hundred miles south, eh? I thought it was now closed

[Mako V12V]

......and V12's mpg????
LOL