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v8woollie

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4,363 posts

174 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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I can fit my golf bag in the back of my V8V. Will there be enough room for a golf bag in a roadster with the roof down or does the roof fill the space too much?

yeti

10,679 posts

304 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Ohh, exciting!! smile

Surely the roof occupies the space where the rear luggage area is?

woolders

874 posts

186 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Woolie, I can get my bag, albeit a soft carry bag, in the DB9 Volante. The driver has to sit with the driver or behind him. I would guess yes or just leave the wife behind and sit them next to you on a rug/bin liner.

Enough seriousness for the day. When are you organising the next city meeting?

moveover

367 posts

192 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Roof up or down; it doesn't affect the amount of space in the boot. The roof folds into its own separate compartment. And yes, I can fit my clubs in the boot of my roadster, though it helps to take the driver out and then slot it in on top of the bag. In fact, I've had two sets in there with a bit of fiddling.

AMDBSNick

7,215 posts

191 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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v8woollie said:
I can fit my golf bag in the back of my V8V. Will there be enough room for a golf bag in a roadster with the roof down or does the roof fill the space too much?
Look what happens when the sun comes out for a couple of days rolleyes

v8woollie

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Thursday 26th July 2012
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yeti said:
Ohh, exciting!! smile

Surely the roof occupies the space where the rear luggage area is?
Well exciting isn't the word I would have used frown More like nightmare, but hopefully to be sorted soon. Don't want to say any more right now but suffice to say that things are being dealt with very professionally.

v8woollie

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Thursday 26th July 2012
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AMDBSNick said:
Look what happens when the sun comes out for a couple of days rolleyes
I was just asking biggrin

v8woollie

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Thursday 26th July 2012
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moveover said:
Roof up or down; it doesn't affect the amount of space in the boot. The roof folds into its own separate compartment. And yes, I can fit my clubs in the boot of my roadster, though it helps to take the driver out and then slot it in on top of the bag. In fact, I've had two sets in there with a bit of fiddling.
Great, so basically the same as the coupe then. I take my driver out to get my bag in at the moment so that's good news.

v8woollie

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Thursday 26th July 2012
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woolders said:
Woolie, I can get my bag, albeit a soft carry bag, in the DB9 Volante. The driver has to sit with the driver or behind him. I would guess yes or just leave the wife behind and sit them next to you on a rug/bin liner.

Enough seriousness for the day. When are you organising the next city meeting?
Was it not decided that the Chien et Canard in Soho was a better lit and more convenient location for everyone? If so then perhaps Peter could book the room for us again. That burger was the best I have ever had burgerthumbup

Happy to do the City Boot at any time. In fact I shall be passing by there around 3:30pm today beer

AMDBSNick

7,215 posts

191 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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v8woollie said:
Was it not decided that the Chien et Canard in Soho was a better lit and more convenient location for everyone? If so then perhaps Peter could book the room for us again. That burger was the best I have ever had burgerthumbup
+1

woolders

874 posts

186 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Happy to go with the flow. There are noticeably more people lurking around the City today - maybe a torch thing. How is the West End doing?

peterr96

2,226 posts

204 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Name the date and I'll book the room.
Sometime after the 13th August and prior to the 23rd August would get my vote. After that I've got a month (maybe more!) off so Soho will be far away from my thoughts.

My train into town this morning was e m p t y. I'd guess about 20% occupancy
I've not ever seen a train that quiet at commute time even at Xmas/New year.

I truly expect the much predicted Olympic disruption to be another Y2K damn squib for the vast majority of us. Sure if you live in Stratford then things may me rather different.
Or I may be wrong. Whatever. Nothing that a pint or two can't get around.

jamesc12

281 posts

232 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Travelled past/through Stratford today on the overground and it was empty. confused

v8woollie

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174 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Thursday or Friday is preferable so 9th, 10th, 16th or 17th are OK for me.

Zod

35,295 posts

287 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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Drove out to City Airport this morning leaving loads of time for fear of Games Traffic (TM) but the roads were clear, so I got to open the throttle and ended up spending an hour at the airport waiting to board. I never get to City that far ahead of a flight!

peterr96

2,226 posts

204 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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v8woollie said:
Thursday or Friday is preferable so 9th, 10th, 16th or 17th are OK for me.
16th it is. Thread started.
Reading between the lines you can tell us all about the "big one" that your V8V received prior to your purchase that resulted in it tracking like a pig on castors, having a manky NS sill and a water leak through a dodgy glue joint.
Of course I may be putting 2+2 and making 1!

v8woollie

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Thursday 26th July 2012
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peterr96 said:
16th it is. Thread started.
Reading between the lines you can tell us all about the "big one" that your V8V received prior to your purchase that resulted in it tracking like a pig on castors, having a manky NS sill and a water leak through a dodgy glue joint.
Of course I may be putting 2+2 and making 1!
You forgot the passenger door window that doesn't drop fully and catches slightly on the chrome trim (even after a window reset), the passenger door that doesnt sit flush with the rear wing when shut and the passenger door window that leaves a bigger gap between it and the rear window than on the driver's side. Of course there was the matter of the sill not being aligned and the (to everyone's amusement) fact that one side of the car sits higher than the other. We are of course talking millimetre's here but enough things that got me asking questions.

However, I can neither confirm nor deny your reading between the lines smile As I said this is being dealt with as we speak and until the outcome is decided I would rather not say any more. Suffice to say at this stage that my faith in the dealer is still strong and hopefully will remain so.

Edited by v8woollie on Thursday 26th July 12:56

DB9VolanteDriver

2,658 posts

205 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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v8woollie said:
moveover said:
Roof up or down; it doesn't affect the amount of space in the boot. The roof folds into its own separate compartment. And yes, I can fit my clubs in the boot of my roadster, though it helps to take the driver out and then slot it in on top of the bag. In fact, I've had two sets in there with a bit of fiddling.
Great, so basically the same as the coupe then. I take my driver out to get my bag in at the moment so that's good news.
A little misleading. Yes, the convertible boot is the same size top up or down, but... the top does take boot space.

The DB9 coupe and DB9 convertible have considerably different sized boots. The convertible seems to be half the size of the coupe.

SS972

591 posts

212 months

Thursday 26th July 2012
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The convertible seems to be half the size of the coupe.
[/quote]leaving half of not a lot!!!

nw28840

1,009 posts

208 months

Friday 27th July 2012
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Golf bag went in my coupe ( taking driver out )

Same golf bag fits in my Roadster now , I just have to take out the driver and 3 wood and lay them seperately (and carefully) in the boot