Almost one year of a dream come true

[lestrat]

During the last year, I have been eagerly reading this subforum, and I think that it's time already to say hello and thank you for the excellent information and nice readings.

I came here searching for a buyers guide when I first thought of purchasing a V8 Vantage, and I stayed ever since. Of course all my doubts were solved with the help of the excellent 'Definitive Guide to new Gaydon era Aston Martin', the best money I spent for a long time.

In September 2017 I finally managed to make a dream come true and bought a 2006 V8 Vantage. Here it is during his first mountain pass trip in San Bernardino and Lavertezzo (Switzerland).





I hope that, since now, I contribute as much as I can with this community.

Edited by lestrat on Monday 30th July 09:48

[dbs2000]

Great car, great colour, great pics. It's nice to see AM's out in the wild.

[baconsarney]

Looks absolutely lovely on those wheels

[M5MarkM]

congratulations, albeit a year late! STUNNING backdrop also!

[shinjuku]

Great photos, lovely car, and great route!

[nickv8]

Lovely! Amazing how the original is so close to a Vantage made 10+ years later... Enjoy!

[lestrat]

Thank you all for your warm welcome.

If anyone here is based in Switzerland and willing to drive around, please let me know.

[Jon39]

Welcome Jose, your car looks great.

Please tell us about the extra orange wing lights.
I had thought they were only on USA specification cars, but perhaps other countries also have them.

[lestrat]

Thank you Jon :-)

You supposed well, the car is US spec (originally sold in November 2006 in North Carolina) , it was imported to Switzerland by a previous owner in 2011.

I don't have much information about the car's previous life, apart from the inspections and carfax reports.

[shinjuku]

Are you in Switzerland now then?

[lestrat]

Yes, I live in Switzerland.

[anonymous-user]

The proportions are just perfect on the Vantage.