Another new owner

[stepej]

Finally, after a long time yearning, i've gone & done it!

On Friday i went from this...



to this...



2017 Vantage S Manual - I'm thinking it might be a keeper

Thanks to everyone on this forum who has unknowingly helped in the decision

[N430]

Welcome to the club, your grin would have just got bigger!

[Import]

Fun times..enjoy..still a beauty..

[BiggaJ]

Lovely ... welcome to Aston ownership.

[zorba_the_greek]

Gorgeous

[Blitzuk]

Congratulations, welcome to the club. Out of curiosity, how did you find the Supra? What made you decide to get rid of it and get a Vantage?

[VantageHead]

Very nice, and in that colour, the smoked rear lights look absolutely perfect. As your car was made towards the end of this model’s lifecycle, many of the issues had largely been ironed out.

Some nice road trips beckon once the nicer weather arrives I suspect!

Enjoy.

[jazz.cat]

Fantastic upgrade! That's a real looker. Enjoy.

[XMark]

Lovely, enjoy! I’m a closet Supra fan but the Vantage is another level

[Calinours]

Congratulations and welcome to the world of AM ownership and this friendly forum from another V8S owner, albeit mine is from from the other end of the model life

[Davil]

Well done. Definitely a keeper. The 2017 model has all the things. A manual too! Enjoy.

[V8V Pete]

Congratulations from another manual Vantage S owner. Looks lovely, is that Titanium Silver?

I'm guessing that those are not its original wheels because I think they'd stopped doing those rims by 2017 but I prefer them anyway, so maybe someone changed them sometime in the car's history (I could be completely wrong on that BTW).

Is it on the new Bridgestones (Potenza Sport)? How do you find them?

[stepej]

Thanks for the welcome & kind comments about the car

The colour is Lightning Silver - i'd not really considered silver until i saw this one with no chrome

The Supra was a fabulous car, easy to drive around town and great fun when 'pushing on' - faster than the Vantage but less of an experience, if that makes sense?

Why change? - I've always wanted a Vantage, ever since i sold my TVR Chimaera, in fact i first test drove one in 2009! I started looking properly last Autumn but wasn't in a rush - just waiting for the right manual one to come available - i'd have quite happily kept the Supra for as long as it took

Glad to be back in a manual - and a V8

[Apollya]

stepej said:

Thanks for the welcome & kind comments about the car

The colour is Lightning Silver - i'd not really considered silver until i saw this one with no chrome

Definitely the best colour

Not that I’m biased *snickers*

[Go60 Jay]

Another V8V S owner here. Although I have Sports Shift 2. That looks stunning. Congratulations.