New Vantage?

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TR-Spider

302 posts

77 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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EVR said:
Not an expert of doglegs and whatnot, but could it have been just for heritage reasons? Like a British sports car is expected to have a dogleg throwing back at the golden age of motoring?
I have a 5 speed dogleg in my BMW E30 M3 - and really love it, because during driving on mountain roads I'm always shifting between 2nd and 3rd. The fact that the dogleg places 2nd and 3rd within one straight gate makes shifting much quicker and more natural. I beleive thats the main reason for the dogleg's existance.
In fact I wish I had a dogleg in my V8V as well - however, not sure if I'd use 7th that often.

hornbaek

3,670 posts

234 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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With the torque available in the V12V I never used anything other than 3rd gear once moving. With my `76 Vantage (which has a dogleg 1st and 5 gears) it is the same. Probably the AMG 4litre needs a bit more revs before it gets going and hence the need for 7 gears. I have watched a couple of videos of the manual AMR Vantage and especially in the wet it seems to be a bit of a handful ( more than the V12VM ever was)

CSK1

1,598 posts

123 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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hornbaek said:
I have watched a couple of videos of the manual AMR Vantage and especially in the wet it seems to be a bit of a handful ( more than the V12VM ever was)
... Which is saying something! smile

hornbaek

3,670 posts

234 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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cayman-black

12,625 posts

215 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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So we now have a new manual Vantage that's not suitable for the UK weather, ok!

RichB

51,433 posts

283 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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sadlerj said:
Cold said:
Catchpole's video on the AMR Vantage manual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8QXKxfCYA
Henry has just made me want a manual one to replace my old girl even more.
Indeed, I just watched that and liked the look of it. Help, even the front is growing on me! hehe

NeinFondue

860 posts

155 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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Dewi 2 said:

On the occasions (all too rare now on UK roads) when I can give my 4.7 manual ‘the beans', I always have to back off whilst in 3rd gear. What is the speed at max revs in 3rd ?
If conditions allow continued steady high speed, I then short-shift from 3rd to 6th.

Under those particular circumstances, 4th and 5th gears serve no purpose.
It therefore puzzles me, as our cars have so much torque, why seven manual gears would be helpful to a driver ? I can appreciate the reason more gears in an automatic car, leaving aside emission regulations, because closer ratios mean the car occupants cannot feel the gearchanges.
The added fun of changing gear more frequently than is actually needed.. Life is short.

Nobody needs an Aston biggrin

bananarob

1,177 posts

180 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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cayman-black said:
So we now have a new manual Vantage that's not suitable for the UK weather, ok!
Ah bks, as per both videos I’ve seen, you just need to be skilled enough to drive it in the wet. Both my v12 and S manuals were a handful in the wet too.

cayman-black

12,625 posts

215 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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bananarob said:
Ah bks, as per both videos I’ve seen, you just need to be skilled enough to drive it in the wet. Both my v12 and S manuals were a handful in the wet too.
Lol.. that's true!

nickv8

1,342 posts

82 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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sadlerj said:
Cold said:
Catchpole's video on the AMR Vantage manual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8QXKxfCYA
Henry has just made me want a manual one to replace my old girl even more.
Yep - Catchpoll could account for 50% of AM sales in the last 10 years biggrin

Great video. Liked the white highlights on the dark blue car. Unusual and enhances things.

Gear stick seems fine to me. Seems to offend others. Easy to change!

The thing I’m most interested in learning about the new manual Vantage is whether the basic ergonomics of the seat-to-stick position is much better compared to the previous manual Vantage. To me, that was it’s undoubted Achilles heel.

I suppose if it’s not mentioned in the vids, it’s no longer an issue. A test drive would seal that Q...

Mr.Tremlini

1,460 posts

100 months

Thursday 24th October 2019
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I don`t hate the new gear knob per se, but when you consider what they have managed in the past it does look a bit like it`s not a push to imagine it`s been lifted from a Honda or Hyundai, and that`s not what you want for 150K. Cynic that I am, I imagine a Carbon, Alloy, Titanium or Moon Dust version in the spec list before too long...

AMVSVNick

6,990 posts

161 months

Friday 25th October 2019
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NeinFondue said:
The added fun of changing gear more frequently than is actually needed.. Life is short.

Nobody needs an Aston biggrin
Indeed.

Imagine having 8 to play with and not having to take your hand off the wheel wink

cayman-black

12,625 posts

215 months

Friday 25th October 2019
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AMVSVNick said:
Indeed.

Imagine having 8 to play with and not having to take your hand off the wheel wink
laugh

NeinFondue

860 posts

155 months

Friday 25th October 2019
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AMVSVNick said:
Indeed.

Imagine having 8 to play with and not having to take your hand off the wheel wink
8 gears yikes Now that’s waaaaay too many hehe

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

229 months

Thursday 14th November 2019
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Looks like Ferrari are fans of the DB10/Vantage styling with the new Roma!



V8V Pete

2,496 posts

125 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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Definitely prefer the black grille to the body coloured grill. Why are designers having problems with grilles at the moment?

yellow_tang

365 posts

210 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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The body bulges over the front makes the wheels look too small, and that front end don’t work for me. I would still choose my new Vantage every time.

Edited by yellow_tang on Friday 15th November 06:20

morty1961

379 posts

181 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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Beefmeister said:
Looks like Ferrari are fans of the DB10/Vantage styling with the new Roma!


Black grille all day long

Snozzer

127 posts

140 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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Nicer looking than the new Vantage for me. Infact most things are nicer looking!

bananarob

1,177 posts

180 months

Friday 15th November 2019
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Snozzer said:
Nicer looking than the new Vantage for me. Infact most things are nicer looking!
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