The plinth is good. All hail the plinth.
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I was going to remove the front number plate plinth on my V8V last weekend...
Yesterday, at Victoria Station car park in Manchester, I drove forward into a kerb that I hadn't noticed was there. I heard a really awful crunch-like sounds. My heart skipped a few beats, I tugged on the door handle more times than I needed to and tried to leap out of the car with my seat belt firmly fastened. After the asphyxiation brought on by a seat belt tightening itself around your throat, I sat back, calmed myself and with great trepidation climbed out of my 2nd wife. Fully expecting to see 'significant' damage to my front-end, I was relieved beyond description to see that all that had happened was that I'd lightly scraped the number plate.
The plinth stays (at least until I learn how to park).
Yesterday, at Victoria Station car park in Manchester, I drove forward into a kerb that I hadn't noticed was there. I heard a really awful crunch-like sounds. My heart skipped a few beats, I tugged on the door handle more times than I needed to and tried to leap out of the car with my seat belt firmly fastened. After the asphyxiation brought on by a seat belt tightening itself around your throat, I sat back, calmed myself and with great trepidation climbed out of my 2nd wife. Fully expecting to see 'significant' damage to my front-end, I was relieved beyond description to see that all that had happened was that I'd lightly scraped the number plate.
The plinth stays (at least until I learn how to park).
According to some emminent forum members Slarti, your car is now UNSALEABLE due to this mishap.
May as well hang up your boots matey, your 2nd wife is henceforth damaged goods.
Why on earth did you tell us ?? Oh, and the world ends at midnight tonight
BTW http://www.parkinglessons.com/
May as well hang up your boots matey, your 2nd wife is henceforth damaged goods.
Why on earth did you tell us ?? Oh, and the world ends at midnight tonight
BTW http://www.parkinglessons.com/
Mako V12V said:
I was told by the factory that everything on the Aston is there for a specific reason. I'm sure the plinth is only there to protect the spoiler/bumper rather than having a aesthetic purpose!
As in the satnav and bluetooth options allow buyers to tick the mental box that says "hmmm, i need satnav and bluetooth" - now that i've used both in my car, I can see no other practical purpose.By the way I think I remember watching a movie that involved teenagers who for one reason or another find occupying a dark forest with a crazy machete wielding lunatic . I do believe one of them said something like, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself", just before his role in the movie resembled that of the unknown star trek extra that beams down with kirk and never makes it back to ship.
Don't be that extra my fellow Astoneers. I'll take the Spok ears any day.
Jockman said:
According to some emminent forum members Slarti, your car is now UNSALEABLE due to this mishap.
May as well hang up your boots matey, your 2nd wife is henceforth damaged goods.
Why on earth did you tell us ?? Oh, and the world ends at midnight tonight
BTW http://www.parkinglessons.com/
Aah, Jockman, I racked my brains and it's the obvious that alludes the best of us at times. Why I didn't visit that site before ever contemplating driving my 2nd wife, I will never know! Thank you JM, you have just rescued me from a future brush with my local body shop. As for unusable, I've been selling for a sufficient number of years that I have lost most of my hair (on my head) and that I'm reasonably confident in my ability convince a future buyer that a lightly scratched number plate does not a lemon make. Hope you're well JM!May as well hang up your boots matey, your 2nd wife is henceforth damaged goods.
Why on earth did you tell us ?? Oh, and the world ends at midnight tonight
BTW http://www.parkinglessons.com/
May be you could invest in one of those:
http://www.parkingdynamics.co.uk/Universal-Sensors...
and then take the plinth off.
http://www.parkingdynamics.co.uk/Universal-Sensors...
and then take the plinth off.
George H said:
How tall was the kerb?! Sounds more like a wall 
Lol. I looked it up in websters taxonomy of walls and kerbs and it's diminutive height definitely puts it under the kerb heading. Message to the world (on Jockman's implied advice) - the car is not hurt in case you might be looking to buy it from me in a few years!Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff