So what have you done with your Aston today?

[Shnozz]

Sebastian Tombs said:

I think the mirror auto-folding is a setting in the car menu.

I thought it was a dealer computer plug in job? Annoying when it resets after a battery cut.

[raceboy]

Sebastian Tombs said:

I think the mirror auto-folding is a setting in the car menu.

It might be on newer cars, but not on early ones, the manual states refer to Dealer to enable/disable this function.

[Incognegro]

Buster73 said:

No heat discolouration at all .

Only takes five minutes to whip the cover off , no need to wait till it gets serviced.

Oh I know that bit mate, but will just be convenient then I won't want to drive car while its away lol

[dalecan]

raceboy said:

Sebastian Tombs said:

I think the mirror auto-folding is a setting in the car menu.

It might be on newer cars, but not on early ones, the manual states refer to Dealer to enable/disable this function.

It’s a check box option in the car menu in my 2012 Vantage S.

[northernmedia]

Took the car in for a service.

Technician video...
https://video.citnow.com/vtwk8qSfXN0

Apart from worn tyres and discs I also appear to have a slight leak from the timing cover.

What should I be paying to get that sorted?

[anonymous-user]

northernmedia said:

Took the car in for a service.

Technician video...
https://video.citnow.com/vtwk8qSfXN0

Apart from worn tyres and discs I also appear to have a slight leak from the timing cover.

What should I be paying to get that sorted?

Haven't you gone through a set of discs already, or am I thinking of someone else? Someone here went through some ceramics in 20-25000 miles, I'm sure of it. As a matter of interest, what's your mileage?

I think worn discs would put the fear of God into me more effectively than an oil leak (but maybe that's naive).

[northernmedia]

Greg66 said:

northernmedia said:

Took the car in for a service.

Technician video...
https://video.citnow.com/vtwk8qSfXN0

Apart from worn tyres and discs I also appear to have a slight leak from the timing cover.

What should I be paying to get that sorted?

Haven't you gone through a set of discs already, or am I thinking of someone else? Someone here went through some ceramics in 20-25000 miles, I'm sure of it. As a matter of interest, what's your mileage?

I think worn discs would put the fear of God into me more effectively than an oil leak (but maybe that's naive).

Actually, I think my car is already on its second set as the factory replaced the originals (former press car) before they sold it at around a year old.

But yes I was told by my main dealer about 12 months ago that these were on the way out due to a rattling I had at slow speed.
Thankfully that was sorted by a new set of pads via BR - I'll nurse the discs for a while yet!

Nearly 29k miles now I think, sadly I've not used it a great deal this past year!

Discs are coming down in price.
If I decide to keep the car and replace them I reckon I'll go with Rebrake in Germany at around €1k each exchange.

[DocW]

northernmedia said:

Took the car in for a service.

Technician video...
https://video.citnow.com/vtwk8qSfXN0

Apart from worn tyres and discs I also appear to have a slight leak from the timing cover.

What should I be paying to get that sorted?

I’ve just had my 3rd service so still under the manufacturers warranty and there was a leak from the timing cover. It was worse than yours but I presume would need the same work. Labour alone was 12 hours so be prepared for that little shock. I guess that warranty work is as specified by Aston so if they pay for that time I imagine that’s correct.

[AMVSVNick]

Greg66 said:

Haven't you gone through a set of discs already, or am I thinking of someone else? Someone here went through some ceramics in 20-25000 miles, I'm sure of it. As a matter of interest, what's your mileage?

I think worn discs would put the fear of God into me more effectively than an oil leak (but maybe that's naive).

[B4rnst4ble]

Not technically car minded at all but how can a tech say disks are on there way out flippantly isn’t there a way of measuring them ?

[bignoise]

[quote The way I see it, it's a public service. People want to see and hear these cars. It brightens their day!
[/quote]

I agree, it is our duty, and a pleasure, to please

[AMVSVNick]

B4rnst4ble said:

Not technically car minded at all but how can a tech say disks are on there way out flippantly isn’t there a way of measuring them ?

They resemble cheese graters, I know. Perfectly serviceable but eat pads for breakfast

[B4rnst4ble]

Thanks nick !

[anonymous-user]

AMVSVNick said:

B4rnst4ble said:

Not technically car minded at all but how can a tech say disks are on there way out flippantly isn’t there a way of measuring them ?

They resemble cheese graters, I know. Perfectly serviceable but eat pads for breakfast

Supposed to be removed, kiln dried and weighed to ascertain the amount of disc material remaining to check if in tolerance.

[AMVSVNick]

soofsayer said:

AMVSVNick said:

B4rnst4ble said:

Not technically car minded at all but how can a tech say disks are on there way out flippantly isn’t there a way of measuring them ?

They resemble cheese graters, I know. Perfectly serviceable but eat pads for breakfast

Supposed to be removed, kiln dried and weighed to ascertain the amount of disc material remaining to check if in tolerance.

Rest assured if they are fked no amount of drying, weighing etc will make them better. Once they have turned to cheese graters they are done for, sadly.

I suspect Matt's are fked rather than low on disc material

[Big Ry]

Getting back to the timing chain cover leak....... I know this used to be a fairly common issue on the early 4.7's, but I've never heard of it happening on a V12.

Have I just missed something or is this now starting to become more wide spread ? I assume the leak would affect all V12's ?

[PotentiallyaHorse]

Suns out, got a bit dirty

[Shinjuku79]

A few months ago I got a pet photographer to take some shots of my car and my dog. My favourite from the batch is below.

[AstonZagato]

Is that in Blakeney?

[Shinjuku79]

AstonZagato said:

Is that in Blakeney?

It's mid Essex. Tollesbury