What goes with an Aston ?
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Just wondering what other cars people run with their Astons?
I am thinking of updating my fleet but keeping my DB9 convertible manual and I am curious what other cars people drive ?
I'll kick off. I have a Lexus RX300 for when I am not in the mood for driving,need to shift stuff or people in comfort, a boxster for when I am really in the mood for back road driving ,and the wife has a clk convertible for when four people need to pose in the sun in comfort.
All these cars are getting a bit long in the tooth so ideas are welcome for replacements that do the same jobs.
I am thinking of updating my fleet but keeping my DB9 convertible manual and I am curious what other cars people drive ?
I'll kick off. I have a Lexus RX300 for when I am not in the mood for driving,need to shift stuff or people in comfort, a boxster for when I am really in the mood for back road driving ,and the wife has a clk convertible for when four people need to pose in the sun in comfort.
All these cars are getting a bit long in the tooth so ideas are welcome for replacements that do the same jobs.
Ash250k said:
hartley - What a stupid question to ask. You sound a real upper class t
t !!
A working class hero that drives an Aston - whatever next.t !!It is not a stupid question because the majority of Aston drivers have other cars and not all Astons are useable as everyday cars. Even if they can't afford it most car nuts have a fantasy garage which would meet all their needs.
I am sorry that it offends you that I spend my money on cars but I can assure you it is my money I have earned it not inherited it.Don't be so quick to judge.
Thanks for the ideas - funnily enough I have toyed with most of the suggested cars.
I don't commute any distance but I do a 120 mile round trip most weekends on a mix of motorways and rough forest roads so I can't have anything too low ( Aston gets left at home ) but it would be nice if it was fast,comfortable and economical ( I like efficient things ) - and of course looked good.
Second requirement is the boxster replacement - or does a car exist that could do the above trip plus the back road easy driving fun and 5 mile commute (it can't be too hardcore - I still like .
a bit of comfort ).
Range Rover Sport perhaps but seriously inefficient but then again with the new 3 litre diesel - but do I really want a diesel? As I am fast becoming an old git with the kids up and away I was also thinking about a golf R to replace the 4x4 but as someone says the driving position in a range rover/ 4x4 is so good it's hard to go back to a conventional car.
Anyway events took another turn today . I had been trying to persuade the wife into a 911 convertible to replace the boxster and her CLK with one car. However she thought this was far too 'flash' .She has very little interest in cars,and sadly , knows when I am trying to manipulate her choice .On the other hand she can recognise a mercedes star when she sees one. So the CLK has been traded in today for a new SLK 200 with sportspack in Indigolite blue which arrives next month . It looks good ,has a big mercedes star on it and a metal folding roof. Best of all I probably won't go near it as it drives like a shopping trolley ,so she will get her first brand new car . I have therefore been badly outmanouvered and need help !!
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Better keep the suggestions coming to replace the ( 7 year old ) Lexus and the (12 year old)boxster or I am going to end up with a bunch of sensible cars
I don't commute any distance but I do a 120 mile round trip most weekends on a mix of motorways and rough forest roads so I can't have anything too low ( Aston gets left at home ) but it would be nice if it was fast,comfortable and economical ( I like efficient things ) - and of course looked good.
Second requirement is the boxster replacement - or does a car exist that could do the above trip plus the back road easy driving fun and 5 mile commute (it can't be too hardcore - I still like .
a bit of comfort ).
Range Rover Sport perhaps but seriously inefficient but then again with the new 3 litre diesel - but do I really want a diesel? As I am fast becoming an old git with the kids up and away I was also thinking about a golf R to replace the 4x4 but as someone says the driving position in a range rover/ 4x4 is so good it's hard to go back to a conventional car.
Anyway events took another turn today . I had been trying to persuade the wife into a 911 convertible to replace the boxster and her CLK with one car. However she thought this was far too 'flash' .She has very little interest in cars,and sadly , knows when I am trying to manipulate her choice .On the other hand she can recognise a mercedes star when she sees one. So the CLK has been traded in today for a new SLK 200 with sportspack in Indigolite blue which arrives next month . It looks good ,has a big mercedes star on it and a metal folding roof. Best of all I probably won't go near it as it drives like a shopping trolley ,so she will get her first brand new car . I have therefore been badly outmanouvered and need help !!
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Better keep the suggestions coming to replace the ( 7 year old ) Lexus and the (12 year old)boxster or I am going to end up with a bunch of sensible cars
Thanks all.Sounds like a solution will involve a 4x4 but the reason I got the Lexus was because it is much lighter than a Range Rover ,the X5 I tried had a dreadful ride on the run flats ,and the Toyota engine revs and goes when you thrash it ( would not be surprised if it is related to the Evora engine - does anybody know ?).New Lexus is a heavy hybrid - efficient but too big and heavy.
ML63 sounds fun but petrol consumption just seems profligate. I like the torque of a diesel and it's efficiency but I hate the fact you can't rev them .Is the 335d or Audi 3.0d thrashable as well as economical ?
TVR an interesting thought for the boxster although getting rid of the old faithful will feel like shooting the family labrador - years of faithful service ( Le Mans etc )and still eager to please !
ML63 sounds fun but petrol consumption just seems profligate. I like the torque of a diesel and it's efficiency but I hate the fact you can't rev them .Is the 335d or Audi 3.0d thrashable as well as economical ?
TVR an interesting thought for the boxster although getting rid of the old faithful will feel like shooting the family labrador - years of faithful service ( Le Mans etc )and still eager to please !
oceantools said:
The other half has a Scoobie Legacy 2.0D - thats a cracking car for sprogs, dogs and bikes... My daily drive is a clinically conceived and dull as anything X5 3.0SD. For those days when I don't want to look like an ostentatious prat in the V8V or the X5 I get out the 1964 Volvo P1800S..... Cooler than a polar bears jacksie!!
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