So what have you done with your Aston today? (Vol. 2)

So what have you done with your Aston today? (Vol. 2)

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8Speed

722 posts

65 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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DAVIDOXE said:


Put a deposit down on this!
Lovely! I particularly like the wheels in silver.

milu

2,340 posts

265 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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8Speed said:
DAVIDOXE said:


Put a deposit down on this!
Lovely! I particularly like the wheels in silver.
Yep. Silver wheels for the win

Mr.Tremlini

1,458 posts

100 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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DAVIDOXE said:


Put a deposit down on this!
A beauty, and a beast!

LanceRS

2,171 posts

136 months

Sunday 6th September 2020
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DAVIDOXE said:


Put a deposit down on this!
This is the first one of these that I have actually liked the look of. Looks restrained and classy in that way that an Aston should. More pictures please once you have taken delivery.

EVR

1,824 posts

59 months

Monday 7th September 2020
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CAPP0 said:
What have I done today? Been out in it with MrsC who hadn't driven it before, so she took the wheel.

What am I doing tomorrow? Arranging to get the kerbed front wheel refurbed. irked
The struggle is real! biggrin

I am laughing but I feel you, I have avoided so far for a year having my GF driving the Aston. It's not she's a particularly bad driver, but she seems to lack any sort of width awareness that scares the living crap out of me. confused

geresey

386 posts

122 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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Last stop on West Country Road trip. Made sure no "fishermen only" signs around before parking...

CAPP0

19,523 posts

202 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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EVR said:
CAPP0 said:
What have I done today? Been out in it with MrsC who hadn't driven it before, so she took the wheel.

What am I doing tomorrow? Arranging to get the kerbed front wheel refurbed. irked
The struggle is real! biggrin

I am laughing but I feel you, I have avoided so far for a year having my GF driving the Aston. It's not she's a particularly bad driver, but she seems to lack any sort of width awareness that scares the living crap out of me. confused
Likewise - she's generally a decent driver and has driven plenty of large/powerful cars before, so I don't really know why she didn't think about this one!

Mr.Tremlini

1,458 posts

100 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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CAPP0 said:
EVR said:
CAPP0 said:
What have I done today? Been out in it with MrsC who hadn't driven it before, so she took the wheel.

What am I doing tomorrow? Arranging to get the kerbed front wheel refurbed. irked
The struggle is real! biggrin

I am laughing but I feel you, I have avoided so far for a year having my GF driving the Aston. It's not she's a particularly bad driver, but she seems to lack any sort of width awareness that scares the living crap out of me. confused
Likewise - she's generally a decent driver and has driven plenty of large/powerful cars before, so I don't really know why she didn't think about this one!
My wife is a good driver, and has driven the Vantage many times, but she got caught out by passing over the top of a curb stone while parking, and upon reversing broke the little spoiler protector thingy. A 100€ part and easy to replace, but to be fair this is the reason why I opted not to fit a carbon piece there, as I suspect I would wreck it sooner or later myself!

BigMig

205 posts

110 months

Monday 14th September 2020
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Popped in to AM Nottingham to pick up a new head lamp level sensor and fitted it this evening. Simple job that should rectify my dancing headlights, but note to self, let the discs cool down a bit more when doing a job like this I nearly burnt my arm several times getting access to the sensor.

They had 4 second hand DBSS in stock ranging from £170k to £305k (OHMSS edition) makes me wonder who is it taking a £70k plus hit on depreciated on these? One of them only had a few hundred miles on the clock.

oilit

2,613 posts

177 months

Tuesday 15th September 2020
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DAVIDOXE said:


Put a deposit down on this!
Congratulations - does indeed look great in that colour with the silver wheels !

Buster73

5,033 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th September 2020
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Got a puncture.

A nice bolt through the centre tread , heard it and knew immediately I’d be in bother , got home and in that time I’d lost 5 psi in a couple of miles

Whipped the wheel off and it was still hissing when I took it in .

Bugger.

nglasbey

45 posts

119 months

Saturday 19th September 2020
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Dropped my Vantage off at HWM this morning for a service and it's first MOT.
As usual they had some lovely cars there.






Neil

EVR

1,824 posts

59 months

Sunday 20th September 2020
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What a fantastic few last days.

I had friends driving from Stuttgart to Milano in a DB7 GTA, and I hooked up with Misterblu to meet them in an incredible hotel on the Como Lake.

Our two Astons together at Porsche Como, we wanted to take a look around ze germans while waiting.



The drive toward the hotel, taken from Misterblu's Vantage Roadster with a little cameo biggrin



Our arrival at Il Sereno, we started with a couple drinks while the DB7 team was exiting Switzerland. The place is, needless to say, breathtaking.









It was too dark to take pictures when the others arrived, so on to the next day: we went to AM Milano for a service on the GTA, then Misterblu's contacts organised us a test drive to the nearer Alpine center. It has been very interesting, the car was the sportier 292 HP version, very nimble, almost electrical in response but very comfortable and well built.





I then took everyone downtown Milan, we stopped by Larusmiani, a beautiful gentlemen's shop in Via Montenapoleone where I knew David Brown's 1964 DB5 Volante (finished in Caribbean Blue) was on display. I took just one picture since I was pretty excited and living the moment.





We then attended a white party at Bagni Misteriosi, a very nice pool downtown Milano.





The next day, we had lunch at Tagiura, a typical Italian trattoria who kindly reserved us the best parking spots biggrin.



Finally, after lunch we all went to the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, where we crossed path with an unexpected Vanquish.





The museum is an absolute must if you are even remotely near Milan.















I left out some parts, like all the pics taken on the Furka pass in Switzerland by the DB7 team (I will tell them to sign up on here and publish them!), a impromptu photo shooting for Rivers & Vega, the gentlemen shoe brand owned by the passenger on the DB7, haggling with a South Korean guy on the street to buy his 1995 Jaguar XJR Supercharged inline 6 (quite a rare machine), a visit to Garage Italia, turning heads everywhere we went and all the food, the cocktails & beers and the car talks at 3 in the morning.

Misterblu, did I missed something? smile

Needless to say, if any of you are planning a road trip in Italy, I will be more than glad to do it all over again! biggrin

Sebastian Tombs

2,042 posts

191 months

Sunday 20th September 2020
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Sold it :-(

The new owner is delighted. He arrived on a motorcycle and undid his motorbike gear to reveal a dinner jacket.

Mr.Tremlini

1,458 posts

100 months

Sunday 20th September 2020
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EVR said:
What a fantastic few last days.

I had friends driving from Stuttgart to Milano in a DB7 GTA, and I hooked up with Misterblu...

Needless to say, if any of you are planning a road trip in Italy, I will be more than glad to do it all over again! biggrin
Looks like you had a terrific few days, and the Alfa museum looks excellent, thanks for sharing!

raceboy

13,069 posts

279 months

Monday 21st September 2020
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EVR said:
The museum is an absolute must if you are even remotely near Milan.
Looked like a fantastic trip, made a mental note of the Alfa museum that looks easy enough to get to from central Milan, last time we were there I filled my 'car day' with a trip to Monza, absolutely fantastic place, the history of the old circuit, a lap of the track in a Transit Vanhehe the park setting and the town itself looked lovely, found ourselves looking longingly in the real estate windows. yes

MarkM3Evoplus

800 posts

199 months

Monday 21st September 2020
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DAVIDOXE said:


Put a deposit down on this!
Agree with all the comments, silver with silver wheels, classy spec

EVR

1,824 posts

59 months

Monday 21st September 2020
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Mr.Tremlini said:
Looks like you had a terrific few days, and the Alfa museum looks excellent, thanks for sharing!
It was, now we wait for you Dean! That museum is begging for a pro photographer; even with my not-really-cutting-edge-anymore iPhone X, lights, settings and frames are incredibly beautiful as you can see. I am sure the interior designer thought about how cars would look on social networks.


raceboy said:
Looked like a fantastic trip, made a mental note of the Alfa museum that looks easy enough to get to from central Milan, last time we were there I filled my 'car day' with a trip to Monza, absolutely fantastic place, the history of the old circuit, a lap of the track in a Transit Vanhehe the park setting and the town itself looked lovely, found ourselves looking longingly in the real estate windows. yes
Yes, the museo is in Arese to be precise, super easy to get there with the same highway you take to arrive in Milan coming from north-west, the A8. Even the parking was quite interesting, with 4Cs, Giulia Quadrifoglios, vintage Giuliettas and cool non-Alfa cars all over.

Misterblu, the PHer & owner of the Vantage Roadster you can see in the pics is actually from Monza, he was telling us that he lives basically IN the circuit. biggrin

Edited by EVR on Monday 21st September 13:54

Misterblu

35 posts

79 months

Monday 21st September 2020
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Misterblu, did I missed something? smile

EVR ...You did not miss anything
Great People, great places, great food, great Weather, great cars ...What can i add ? wink

EVR

1,824 posts

59 months

Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Misterblu said:
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Misterblu, did I missed something? smile

EVR ...You did not miss anything
Great People, great places, great food, great Weather, great cars ...What can i add ? wink
Some more pics from the DB7 team on the Furka Pass arrived.