Scared to put miles on an Aston ?
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George H said:
Well for me it makes what shoud be a special occasion less special. It should be something to look forward to, and using it every day kills that for me. Oh and the crippling fuel costs, plus I'm on limited mileage insurance 
Fair enough - I just didn't think many aston owners would consider a few k here and there for fuel, that is me told!yeti said:
the 911 only seems to be for when the Aston is away being fettled
Yeti - the only man who has a sports car for when his main sports car is being modified. I love it I do approx 7-8k miles a year in mine but really only because it's not a commute car (I live and work in London) and therefore it's only used on weekends and holidays.
If I worked a 20-60 min drive away on decent roads, I'd happily use my car as a DD and would have no qualms about putting 15-20k a year on it, and accept the lower value at sale.
Starting and finishing your day in an Aston reminds us why we work so hard in-between-times
Edited by AdamV8V on Wednesday 11th April 17:58
George H said:
Doing 10k miles per year at 35mpg vs 15mpg makes a considerable saving - will pay for my new Planet Ocean or another Grand Prix I can go to
Sorry - what is planet ocean?I have 4 cars for what it is worth but I don't do a lot of miles so never have to think of it as 10k at xxx mpg. Dog car, fun car, town car, track car...
I can echo much of the sentiment on here. I didn't buy the V8V as a drive ornament but to use it. That said my own circumstances are that I am a light user of cars - I work from home and we holiday on cruises rather than driving so it's not by choice that my car is low mileage ( just under 5000 miles now at just over 2 years old) but by lifestyle. My wife's car is a Z4 and it has 23000 miles on at 9 years old.
I drive it at every opportunity, the only thing that puts me off is where it will be parked. If I think it's a dodgy area or multi story car park, we take the Z4. Otherwise it's the Aston - I love it!
I drive it at every opportunity, the only thing that puts me off is where it will be parked. If I think it's a dodgy area or multi story car park, we take the Z4. Otherwise it's the Aston - I love it!
I love using my Vantage as much as possible, but I'm selective about the type of use it gets...
I refuse to get it out of the garage just to nip into town for example... If I can't do a minimum of 50 miles, I go in the DD..
As for putting miles on the clock, I'm not bothered one bit... I'd love to think ill still have it with 100k on the clock
I refuse to get it out of the garage just to nip into town for example... If I can't do a minimum of 50 miles, I go in the DD..
As for putting miles on the clock, I'm not bothered one bit... I'd love to think ill still have it with 100k on the clock
Lunablack said:
I love using my Vantage as much as possible, but I'm selective about the type of use it gets...
I refuse to get it out of the garage just to nip into town for example... If I can't do a minimum of 50 miles, I go in the DD..
As for putting miles on the clock, I'm not bothered one bit... I'd love to think ill still have it with 100k on the clock
Ahhh....But would you use it to put your dogs in..... I refuse to get it out of the garage just to nip into town for example... If I can't do a minimum of 50 miles, I go in the DD..
As for putting miles on the clock, I'm not bothered one bit... I'd love to think ill still have it with 100k on the clock
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