My first Aston Martin
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Hi everyone,
I just thought I’d say hello. I have just acquired my first Aston Martin, a lovely V8 Vantage 4.3 roadster from McGurks. I hope the pictures have uploaded ok.
I’ve had nice cars before such as Jaguars and TVRs but this Aston Martin is just fantastic. Coincidentally my wife and I had a long weekend in the Lake District scheduled for the weekend after we collected the car. We went in the Aston and it was a baptism of fire so to speak – awful weather whilst travelling there and back plus a hotel car park so steep that getting in and out without grounding was a challenge (a challenge a little bit too far on one occasion).
After much debating I decided not to be frightened of using the car in anger so took on the Honister Pass in it. All went well until we met a bus on a long, narrow twisty bit of road. There was no way the bus could back up so I reversed until I got to a bus-sized passing space. That took quite a while, being very careful with the clutch, but we did OK despite a little bit of clutch burn smell.
We had our fair share of minor electrical anomalies such as the car not wanting to let me in (who could blame it?) but since arriving home the car is behaving itself perfectly.
Its not going to be my daily driver but will be used for work one or two days each week and for the weekends.
Ian
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I just thought I’d say hello. I have just acquired my first Aston Martin, a lovely V8 Vantage 4.3 roadster from McGurks. I hope the pictures have uploaded ok.
I’ve had nice cars before such as Jaguars and TVRs but this Aston Martin is just fantastic. Coincidentally my wife and I had a long weekend in the Lake District scheduled for the weekend after we collected the car. We went in the Aston and it was a baptism of fire so to speak – awful weather whilst travelling there and back plus a hotel car park so steep that getting in and out without grounding was a challenge (a challenge a little bit too far on one occasion).
After much debating I decided not to be frightened of using the car in anger so took on the Honister Pass in it. All went well until we met a bus on a long, narrow twisty bit of road. There was no way the bus could back up so I reversed until I got to a bus-sized passing space. That took quite a while, being very careful with the clutch, but we did OK despite a little bit of clutch burn smell.
We had our fair share of minor electrical anomalies such as the car not wanting to let me in (who could blame it?) but since arriving home the car is behaving itself perfectly.
Its not going to be my daily driver but will be used for work one or two days each week and for the weekends.
Ian
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