RE: The £35k Aston Rapide | Spotted

[mrfunex]

ntiz said:

My memory of these was that they weren’t very fast? Mid 5s to 60? At the money really wasn’t very impressive in 2010.

Never really liked them in general though don’t seem sporty enough or luxury enough. Sort grey area of not quite that good at anything.

I looked into one of these, and as a car to drive to the south of Spain in, it'd be brilliant - a proper continent-crusher and a lovely thing in the cruise. For the majority of my personal use though, it'd be characterful, but the wrong car.

It's quoted as 5.1s to 60 which, given it's a GT, is of course fine. Top speed is around 190mph too. I'd think that's perfectly fast enough, no?

[BFleming]

g7jhp said:

BFleming said:

g7jhp said:

Friend just bought one, with 23 in the PH classifieds it's quite exclusive.

It's the 760 on UK roads that counts towards exclusivity, not the 23 in the classifieds.

I bet the 760 aren't dailies, so not a common site and 23 examples is just as idea of how few are on sale versus other models. Still a relatively exclusive Aston. In another 10 years that exclucivity will only increase.

As you mentioned the Quattroporte in your original post, I see there are 1441 on UK roads, so nearly double - so I'll give you the exclusivity top trump there. There are 6000ish Panamera's out there, so more common - but dirt cheap as a result (from £20k or so, and that's not usually even a Diesel).

There's a daily Rapide near me; I want to be excited about it, but I'd sooner turn my head at a Quattroporte. And what's that about having to replace manifolds? Are they chocolate?

[AeroS]

sidewinder500 said:

Helicopter123 said:

None of us married our wife's because they were cheap to run...

This has to be the best quote for a long time...
Thanks for that

Seconded. And I’m clearly going to steal it and use it as my own.

Good stuff

[Church of Noise]

Wonderful car car for sure. Stylish, timeless, V12 engine with the associated noise, ..

Yet, if I were to spend this amount both in buying and running a car, it'd end up being a Maserati Quattroporte.
Why? The drama, the noise, the way driving it makes me feel.

[OddCat]

JJbing said:

gigglebug said:

That would put me off too and I have passed on cars which have obviously been smoked in but to be fair I've never personally seen an advert which has disclosed this information. I always check the ashtray/lighter and the tyres early on as these are usually good indicators of the cars past which don't often show up in the advert.

This is possibly the worst case I've ever smelt, it was actually uncomfortable sitting in it. The sales guy was nice enough, tried to tell me he could get rid of it, I've tried in previous cars. It's always there.

It is always best to avoid, where possible, buying a car that has previously been owned by a fuc#wit. For me there is no better indicator of this than a person who smokes (or vapes) in a car. Especially a car like this....

[ntiz]

mrfunex said:

ntiz said:

My memory of these was that they weren’t very fast? Mid 5s to 60? At the money really wasn’t very impressive in 2010.

Never really liked them in general though don’t seem sporty enough or luxury enough. Sort grey area of not quite that good at anything.

I looked into one of these, and as a car to drive to the south of Spain in, it'd be brilliant - a proper continent-crusher and a lovely thing in the cruise. For the majority of my personal use though, it'd be characterful, but the wrong car.

It's quoted as 5.1s to 60 which, given it's a GT, is of course fine. Top speed is around 190mph too. I'd think that's perfectly fast enough, no?

In this context perfectly good enough. But all the competition were quite a bit faster. Your equivalent Bentley had around 600bhp low 4s and 200mph. In the context of its rivals it was a bit tame.

Not saying it’s a bad car just that I was personally was quite underwhelmed when I t came out. I was invited to the launch and seriously considered it.

[CSK1]

ntiz said:

Your equivalent Bentley had around 600bhp low 4s and 200mph. In the context of its rivals it was a bit tame.

Yes but it was based on a Volkswagen!

[Heathlegend]

Helicopter123 said:

randlemarcus said:

Panamera warranty for 900ish per annum, or a Rapids warranty for £4k per annum? They both cost 35k now, buy neither are cheap cars...

Panamera the better car on any measure, but wouldn't you rather have that V12 in your life?

None of us married our wife's because they were cheap to run...

Yes!.. But!.. The car was almost open and honest about how expensive it was going to be!