V12VSR or Vanquish S Volante?
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I very much enjoy my V12VSR but I have a 5 year old son and I never get to take the car for a short family trip. So tempted to change for a Vanquish S Volante. Is this a wise decision or am I mad? My intention was to keep my car forever but it is a very selfish indulgence.
I've test driven both a DB11 and a Vanquish S coupe back to back and the Vanquish S got my vote, I wasn't at all impressed by the DB11.
Anyone knows if you can get a booster seat for a 5 year old in the back of a Vanquish Volante?
I've test driven both a DB11 and a Vanquish S coupe back to back and the Vanquish S got my vote, I wasn't at all impressed by the DB11.
Anyone knows if you can get a booster seat for a 5 year old in the back of a Vanquish Volante?
CSK1 said:
I very much enjoy my V12VSR but I have a 5 year old son and I never get to take the car for a short family trip. So tempted to change for a Vanquish S Volante. Is this a wise decision or am I mad? My intention was to keep my car forever but it is a very selfish indulgence.
I've test driven both a DB11 and a Vanquish S coupe back to back and the Vanquish S got my vote, I wasn't at all impressed by the DB11.
Anyone knows if you can get a booster seat for a 5 year old in the back of a Vanquish Volante?
I struggled with a DB9. If the booster fits the seat (most are too wide), then the child must have thighs long enough for the lower leg to hang comfortably in the gap between the back of the front seat and the rear squab. It didn't work for my then five year old, so, in almost the reverse of your swap, I bought a V12V.I've test driven both a DB11 and a Vanquish S coupe back to back and the Vanquish S got my vote, I wasn't at all impressed by the DB11.
Anyone knows if you can get a booster seat for a 5 year old in the back of a Vanquish Volante?
... Not helping I know. 
I was horribly tempted by the Ceramic Grey Vanquish Volante S at AM Bristol, and am very glad to hear it's been sold! Didn't help that it was basically the spec of my upcoming V12VSR.
The Vanquish Volante S seems to be well north of £200k and with so few coming, doubt they are going to plummet any time soon.
Reality is the trade in you'd get on yours, you could probably start to creep into a standard Vanquish Volante and come out about the same price as a new S!
The Vanquish Volante S seems to be well north of £200k and with so few coming, doubt they are going to plummet any time soon.
Reality is the trade in you'd get on yours, you could probably start to creep into a standard Vanquish Volante and come out about the same price as a new S!
I don't think that convertibles are really for rear seat passengers anyway unless you take an S-Class Merc or something where rear seat passengers can sit in comfort with the roof closed. None of the Astons really offer rear seats that are halfway useable so unless this is a "man math" argument for changing to a Vanq SV I would keep the V12VSR.
I used to fairly easily fit a five year old in the back of my DB9 (indeed had a full sized adult in there on occasion). Remember for an adult you sit with your legs either side of the seat in front, almost like a pillion passenger, so actually it becomes the headroom that causes problems.
For a child though I'd ask big your front passenger is going to be (the wife presumably?) - in my case I usually had another child there so could bring the passenger seat forward a fair way to create some rear legroom. That's the thing to check for.
Booster seat-wise I just had a fairly standard thing I bought from Halfords. Not sure how big your 5 year old is though and whether they need something beyond a simple booster
For a child though I'd ask big your front passenger is going to be (the wife presumably?) - in my case I usually had another child there so could bring the passenger seat forward a fair way to create some rear legroom. That's the thing to check for.
Booster seat-wise I just had a fairly standard thing I bought from Halfords. Not sure how big your 5 year old is though and whether they need something beyond a simple booster
OK thanks for your contribution guys.
It would be for day trips only, my wife would sit next to me and my 5 year old son behind her.
Feasible but my wife always complains I'm going too fast so the fact my V12VSR has only two seats might actually be an advantage.
On the other hand with a Vanquish S Volante I could just cruise gently when I'm with the family and have fun when I'm on my own, but perhaps not as much fun as I would have with my V12VSR. Best is to have both I know but I can only afford to have one (which is a great position to be in already!).
It would be for day trips only, my wife would sit next to me and my 5 year old son behind her.
Feasible but my wife always complains I'm going too fast so the fact my V12VSR has only two seats might actually be an advantage.
On the other hand with a Vanquish S Volante I could just cruise gently when I'm with the family and have fun when I'm on my own, but perhaps not as much fun as I would have with my V12VSR. Best is to have both I know but I can only afford to have one (which is a great position to be in already!).
CSK1 said:
OK thanks for your contribution guys.
It would be for day trips only, my wife would sit next to me and my 5 year old son behind her.
Feasible but my wife always complains I'm going too fast so the fact my V12VSR has only two seats might actually be an advantage.
On the other hand with a Vanquish S Volante I could just cruise gently when I'm with the family and have fun when I'm on my own, but perhaps not as much fun as I would have with my V12VSR. Best is to have both I know but I can only afford to have one (which is a great position to be in already!).
Totally... I was on a different planet thinking I'd be able to keep both my DBSV and V12 AMR.. Oh well, reality eventually kicked in and sadly I had to let the DBSV go. It would be for day trips only, my wife would sit next to me and my 5 year old son behind her.
Feasible but my wife always complains I'm going too fast so the fact my V12VSR has only two seats might actually be an advantage.
On the other hand with a Vanquish S Volante I could just cruise gently when I'm with the family and have fun when I'm on my own, but perhaps not as much fun as I would have with my V12VSR. Best is to have both I know but I can only afford to have one (which is a great position to be in already!).
With a very young child, I will no longer be able to disappear for a weekend away in a GT with my mates, so more important at this point in my life to have a car I can have fun in for short drives.. Fooling myself again, but I dream to one day be able to reintroduce a GT in the garage to sit along side the V12 AMR.
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