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

[Graze01]

Tony_L said:

Last week I mentioned that I bought my DB9. This weekend I took delivery of it.

Tony
Congrats on the purchase, trust you will smile every time you look at it. Best wishes with AM ownership

Graze

[abanks]

Had a trip out to Thelnetham Windmill with my XKEC buddies.

[geresey]

The wheels are actually a dark grey (graphite on the options). I'll post a detail shot when next out with the car. Funnily enough multi spoke wheels was something I wanted to avoid as I hate cleaning them, but I was willing to compromise my ideal spec as they looked so good on the car in the showroom !!

[geresey]

abanks said:

Had a trip out to Thelnetham Windmill with my XKEC buddies.

Great photo!! Love the colour scheme

[EVR]

Got back from Sardegna!

But before that, MisterBlu and I went to the Lago Maggiore to visit an old school independent mechanic. He was specialised in Ferrari and Porsche, but we started to inquire if he could also work on AM. If so, he could very well become the first Italian independent AM shop!

For the trip, we also switched our cars, so I got to try how is life with a 4.3 Roadster, while he tested out my 4.7 with a firmer ride, since I have the Sport Pack as part of the N420 mods.

A great day!

[shinjuku]

Looks amazing EVR!

Unfortunately, my heart is somewhat broken, as someone has had the shame and malice to steal my front and rear badges.



It's really upset me, but at the end of the day it's badges, the car is fine (no scratches, even) and I have my health, but come on

I don't suppose anyone here has a spare set for sale etc?

"This is why we can't have nice things..." etc

Edited by shinjuku on Monday 19th July 14:30

[Graze01]

Oh that's stf*ll! Sorry to see stuff like that. Hope you can get some replacement ones at a reasonable price

Graeme

[Trahison]

bds!

[EVR]

Dammit Shinjuku, sorry to see that. What a scum.

[Trahison]

At least you can take some solace in the fact that that is probably the closest that 'individual' is ever going to get to owning an Aston and, as a result, your life is likely to be immeasurably better than theirs.

[AdamV12V]

shinjuku said:

Looks amazing EVR!

Unfortunately, my heart is somewhat broken, as someone has had the shame and malice to steal my front and rear badges.



It's really upset me, but at the end of the day it's badges, the car is fine (no scratches, even) and I have my health, but come on

I don't suppose anyone here has a spare set for sale/donation etc?

"This is why we can't have nice things..." etc

Ohh sorry to hear that. Whereabouts in the UK are you - I've not heard of badge thefts for many years now, I thought that craze was well and truly over.

On the plus side, they are nowhere near as expensive as you might think, probably only £100 or so each and thats the new price, so it could have been far worse. Even a small scratch would have cost more than a pair will, and very easy to fit yourself.

[Buster73]

Trahison said:

At least you can take some solace in the fact that that is probably the closest that 'individual' is ever going to get to owning an Aston and, as a result, your life is likely to be immeasurably better than theirs.

Whoever took them is a thieving scumbag not an “individual “.

Why you’d get solace because your life is immeasurably better than a thief is beyond me.

What a strange post.

[shinjuku]

Thank you all for the kind words. It means a lot.

I'm in south Germany, to answer the question as to where in the UK.

[Trahison]

Buster73 said:

Whoever took them is a thieving scumbag not an “individual “.

Why you’d get solace because your life is immeasurably better than a thief is beyond me.

What a strange post.

Hi Buster. I'm putting it into perspective. Having the badge stolen off your Aston Martin stolen isn't great, but in the grand scheme of things, it could be worse - you could be the one going around stealing Aston Martin badges, you could even be a "thieving scumbag"! Knowing that would certainly give me some comfort, and it may comfort the OP or pick him/her up, or not, but look if it's beyond you then I wouldn't worry, it's only the internet.

[AstonV]

shinjuku said:

Looks amazing EVR!

Unfortunately, my heart is somewhat broken, as someone has had the shame and malice to steal my front and rear badges.



It's really upset me, but at the end of the day it's badges, the car is fine (no scratches, even) and I have my health, but come on

I don't suppose anyone here has a spare set for sale etc?

"This is why we can't have nice things..." etc

Edited by shinjuku on Monday 19th July 14:30

That is f***ed up. People are a holes anymore. No respect for anyone.

[N7GTX]

This respray lark is becoming tedious now. After discovering the badly corroded door cheater panels (mentioned previously) I ordered a pair from AM. Except the driver's side is not available. So a trip to the body shop - 36 miles each way - to collect the old one and repair as best I could for the time being. The new passenger side one came from AM so took that to the body shop.
Then I get a call to say the new one does not fit and we cannot get it to fit at all. So another trip to said body shop and see the problem. Hmmm...... So they give me the old one and I take it home to repair before going back again. They fit it while I wait and it goes on perfectly.
So with any luck the car should be ready this week. I will have a go at fettling the new one after I've refitted the front undertray and the wing strakes. I think they were afraid of damaging it as they knew how much it cost.

[Minglar]

AstonV said:

shinjuku said:

Looks amazing EVR!

Unfortunately, my heart is somewhat broken, as someone has had the shame and malice to steal my front and rear badges.



It's really upset me, but at the end of the day it's badges, the car is fine (no scratches, even) and I have my health, but come on

I don't suppose anyone here has a spare set for sale etc?

"This is why we can't have nice things..." etc

Edited by shinjuku on Monday 19th July 14:30

That is f***ed up. People are a holes anymore. No respect for anyone.

As Adam said earlier, I haven’t heard of badge thefts for ages, albeit I’m in the U.K. too. My first car was a 1967 VW Beetle and someone nicked the big badge which sat on top on the bonnet. That was probably around 1986/1987 when The Beastie Boys inadvertently fuelled the thefts, and loads got nicked. Some of the older posters on here will probably recall the craze for wearing them on a chain around your neck! I was left alone for another ten years until someone pinched the rear badge off my BMW M3 Evo Coupe in 1996. It was the first expensive car I had bought brand new and as I’d only had it four months I was rather miffed at the time. But shinjuku, try not to get too disheartened. As others have said, at least it was a clean kill, with no apparent damage to your car. Hopefully they won’t be too expensive to replace. Good luck.

Best Regards

Minglar

[LTP]

shinjuku said:

I'm in south Germany, to answer the question as to where in the UK.

Oh, that's interesting. Firstly because I never associated Germany with that sort of behaviour and secondly because your profile gives your Country as "UK".

Tough break about the badges. I wonder what the sub-human who stole them is going to do with them - stick them on his Opel Kadett? I refuse to believe it could be a fellow Aston owner.

Edited by LTP on Monday 19th July 19:15

[geresey]

Jon39 said:

geresey said:

Looking beautiful, geresey.

This is only my own opinion, so certainly not a criticism.
I feel it is a pity that we can often not see any details of black wheels in photographs.
The wheel and tyre blend together.
Silver colours do tend to look prominent when photographed.
However, black wheels do have a great stealth look though.

Wonderful UK weather now, for Roadster and Volante owners. Enjoy.

Showroom shot from last year....


RE other recent posts, so many scum around these days... . Only a few roads away 3 or 4 cars parked in the road had tyres slashed overnight recently.

[Jon39]

geresey said:

Showroom shot from last year....

Thanks geresey.
Just out of interest, I think your wheels would have originally looked like this.