Scared to put miles on an Aston ?
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A few years back, I was doing 22k miles per year in my 89 Xpack V8 Vantage. It was serviced, at the time, at RS Williams where, apparantly, I was their highest mileage customer by a factor of 2 or 3.
I leave an estimation of the annual service cost (4 major services at RSW per year) as an exercise for the reader...
I have only reduced to the 5k/year amoc insurance policy cos I have other things to drive these days as well. Without question the best thing to do is to drive them as much as possible.
I leave an estimation of the annual service cost (4 major services at RSW per year) as an exercise for the reader...
I have only reduced to the 5k/year amoc insurance policy cos I have other things to drive these days as well. Without question the best thing to do is to drive them as much as possible.
Gareth135R said:
I'll go hang my head in shame
Speechless 
Hope your V8V is back on the road OK.
As you'll see from my other post my battery appears to have given up the ghost so it's into the Smart Fortwo until it's back on the road. Apart from that I take the V8V everywhere and will continue to do so.
I have done an average of 3500 miles a year over the last 5 years which usually includes a Le Mans trip. Living in Scotland the main factors are weather and city driving on crap roads is no fun in a manual beast that will take 'the huff ' and burn through it's clutch if asked to do slow speed manoeuvres . Do another 10k in the 4x4 which is not great on petrol either but is auto and a high up comfortable place to sit in traffic and a convenient carrier of junk the OH deems essential for the weekend.
Has anyone tried running the AM on red wine like Jockman - if so what Vintage ? I assume it only works on DB 9 's and above and the children get Robinson's Barley water for the Vantages ?
Has anyone tried running the AM on red wine like Jockman - if so what Vintage ? I assume it only works on DB 9 's and above and the children get Robinson's Barley water for the Vantages ?
johng39 said:
260 miles, wow that is a motorway run for me. I would say that I have never put more than 70 litres in (light on) and that is not quite 16 gallons and I average 15MPG. 15x16 = 240 miles and that is mixed driving (town, dual carriageway & spirited). If it is full chat, I cant get better than 11 (around 170 miles).
Perhaps you have he long range tank option? OR possibly a V8V
Strange - I did Bielefeld to Berlin - approx 270 miles - and for a reasonable stretch was cruising at 220kph and flooring it to get up to that speed after being required to slow down to 120 due to pesky speed limits and generally going for it when i could - and the fuel gauge reckoned there was 70+ km left...weird.Perhaps you have he long range tank option? OR possibly a V8V
Last time I looked under the bonnet, I definitely counted 12 pots...maybe they're smaller than I thought?
:-)
johng39 said:
330 miles is around 19 MPG. That is optimistic in a V12 either that or you drive like a woosy . No, I am wrong, you are a scotsman and probably to tight to drive fast
You are correct John - 18.9 mpg to be precise is my normal anticipated consumption in the V12.. No, I am wrong, you are a scotsman and probably to tight to drive fast Others on this forum will confirm my manhood
Us Jock's use Irn Bru, made from Girrrrrderrrs 
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t on em...... Rusty water tastes betterDavidV12V said:
Strange - I did Bielefeld to Berlin - approx 270 miles - and for a reasonable stretch was cruising at 220kph and flooring it to get up to that speed after being required to slow down to 120 due to pesky speed limits and generally going for it when i could - and the fuel gauge reckoned there was 70+ km left...weird.
Last time I looked under the bonnet, I definitely counted 12 pots...maybe they're smaller than I thought?
:-)
Motorway driving, that seems reasonable mileage to me, even at high speed. I did average 19 on the motorway recently although not at those speeds Last time I looked under the bonnet, I definitely counted 12 pots...maybe they're smaller than I thought?
:-)
George H said:
Done 5800 miles actually. Hasn't been anywhere this weekend as I've been doing bikey things (albeit quite badly) instead
Errr that's a 3 year old car
I've walked further than that in the last 3 years, and I'm a crippleMind you.... You'll have to go some to beat the mother in law.... We've just borrowed her 2002 Yaris.... It turned over to 9000 miles today, and it was on 6k when she bought it in 03..
Lunablack said:
Errr that's a 3 year old car I've walked further than that in the last 3 years, and I'm a cripple
Mind you.... You'll have to go some to beat the mother in law.... We've just borrowed her 2002 Yaris.... It turned over to 9000 miles today, and it was on 6k when she bought it in 03..
2 and a half years old actually I've walked further than that in the last 3 years, and I'm a crippleMind you.... You'll have to go some to beat the mother in law.... We've just borrowed her 2002 Yaris.... It turned over to 9000 miles today, and it was on 6k when she bought it in 03..
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