So what have you done with your Aston today?

[Wessa]

V8LM said:

Didn't do much today.

IMG_1688 by v8lemon, on Flickr

Simply.... WOW.. Love both of those.

[BlackV8]

... had a blast today on a short trip towards Maloja Pass, Switzerland. Lot‘s of the well known German sports cars, but have only seen one Aston Martin in the wild ...

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[Chris Hinds]

Little 40 mile trip round Leicestershire and Derbyshire this morning. One of those trips where everything just seems to work right, you don't miss a gear change or find yourself in the wrong gear. Good set of bends that mean you get to extend the engine without breaking the limit all over the place. My little boy (4) just sat there in his seat next to me and enjoyed the trip too... lovely morning!

[V8 Roadster]

Coming back from a beautiful tour trough the Alsace in France ..... 3 days driving curvy roads, good food and a lot of tasty wine ......

[Ken Figenus]

Wessa said:

What a great photo.. Ive never seen a Vulcan in that colour too..

Where was that taken?.

Vulcan was in that colour as it was pencilled in to drop an Atomic bomb and the white colour would protect it better from the flash

It was here: http://avroheritagemuseum.co.uk/

Cheers

[steveway]

Went to a car show at Breamore House, today, near Salisbury, got there a little early but at least a shot of the house

[cypriot]

Just came back from a long weekend up in the Cairgorms and the NC500. What a spectacular part of the world, and some fantastic roads up there. Aston was its element. Perfect for the job.

[MO55]

cypriot said:

Just came back from a long weekend up in the Cairgorms and the NC500. What a spectacular part of the world, and some fantastic roads up there. Aston was its element. Perfect for the job.

Super picture, super car, super post,,,, exactly what I had in mind when as Y100 I started the thread way, way back. Long may it continue.

[Mr.Tremlini]

BlackV8 said:

... had a blast today on a short trip towards Maloja Pass, Switzerland. Lot‘s of the well known German sports cars, but have only seen one Aston Martin in the wild ...

Good stuff, looks like a nice day for it! There are plenty of lesser know passes in the region that are also a good drive.

[m.barnes]

Went to caffeine and machine for the first time. Will be sure to go back. Was nice and quiet Monday afternoon. Gave me a chance to have a proper-ish drive of my new to me V8 vantage.

Edited by m.barnes on Monday 12th August 12:28

[LPH]

A very boring drive along the A50 and up the M6 to visit my parents. 105 miles each way. It rained a lot but I got just under 27mpg on the way back!

[andyvvc]

Bought the car about 3 weeks ago (v8 MY08).

Drove it to Europe with some like-minded friends and their cars (France/Switzerland/Austria etc) - Furka pass et al.

Covered about 2600 miles i think.

Used about a litre of oil.

Found the lambda/cat slow response light came on a few times.

Got annoyed by the handbrake!

Averaged 23.2mpg.

(I have no idea how we managed the above - 130kph on French motorways. 1st and 2nd gear at high revs up almost all of the passes...)

I'll post a few pics up when i get them downloaded. Obviously without pics this never happened

[Minglar]

Took my V12V to Millbrook Proving Ground for an Aston Martin PDC. After much head scratching a few months ago, I decided to do it in a DBSS. Unfortunately, past models are no longer available, and the manual Vantage AMR isn’t on the list yet, so the DBSS seemed a sensible option. What a wonderful machine. Thanks to my instructor, Paul Beddow, for an informative, educational and thoroughly enjoyable day. He is a very knowledgable and talented man, and a great teacher. If any of you guys get the chance to do it, go for it. Cannot recommend it highly enough. I’m knackered now, but out for a birthday dinner tonight and a well earned beer or two!

Best Regards

Minglar

[AMVSVNick]

Minglar said:

Took my V12V to Millbrook Proving Ground for an Aston Martin PDC. After much head scratching a few months ago, I decided to do it in a DBSS. Unfortunately, past models are no longer available, and the manual Vantage AMR isn’t on the list yet, so the DBSS seemed a sensible option. What a wonderful machine. Thanks to my instructor, Paul Beddow, for an informative, educational and thoroughly enjoyable day. He is a very knowledgable and talented man, and a great teacher. If any of you guys get the chance to do it, go for it. Cannot recommend it highly enough. I’m knackered now, but out for a birthday dinner tonight and a well earned beer or two!

Best Regards

Minglar

Paul is a top guy. Had him one to one for the entire day at a couple of track days. Well worth the investment.

[Jon39]

If you wish, you can watch Paul Beddow racing at Spa Francorchamps.

https://youtu.be/d3C7rOqNWQs

[MarkM3Evoplus]

Great vid!

[RL17]

Waiting to wash car after road trip to Bremen and Bremerhaven for long WE. Great trip, great company and great cars 😀

[RL17]

A few pics

[Manners79]

Got my key issue sorted. My crystal key started the car but wouldn't unlock / lock it but my valet key did everything albeit with buttons so worn I couldn't read them. One of the lads at work managed to transfer the relevant innards of the valet key over to the crystal key so I now have a fully working crystal key with buttons I can read and a valet key that only starts (albeit combined with the manual key that is of some use). It appears the crystal key suffered water damage at some stage in its life. Next plan is to try and get the valet key working by removing the chip that contains the programming codes from the PCB and moving it onto a new PCB from a donor volvo key. Not sure if it will work but worth a try for the sake of a £10 key!

[8Speed]

Got a new playmate for the Aston.