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

[Emilio Largo]

JonnyCJ said:

Great music choice - one of my favourite all time albums

Great that someone remembers! I like this particular track very much as it is the slightly slower and therefore perhaps more harmonious extended mix (= B-side of the "Rio" 12inch) of the arguably a bit oversped 7'' single version - purely personal preference, of course!

[RMDB9]

Hey Winsen Emilio - I cannot read the track listing, which song is it?

[Emilio Largo]

baconsarney said:

Discovered bird poo on the bonnet in two places, used the usual removal methods but appears to have etched in

Short of machine polishing any of you guys got any ‘home’ fixes that might help?
TIA,
Richard

Richard, I managed to dig out this old thread which contains astonishing (to put it mildly) information on the subject of paintwork marks caused by bird droppings:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

It seems there might be a chance the marks will vanish again all by themselves under certain circumstances? Please read from BigMig´s post on this. I have no idea if this works, but as I said: Aston-ishing.

[JonnyCJ]

RMDB9 said:

Hey Winsen Emilio - I cannot read the track listing, which song is it?

My Own Way - I remember buying the 7” in ‘82. Like an Angel on the B side, which is a great song that no one’s heard of.

Incidentally Roger Taylor has a new shape Vantage.

[Sebastian Tombs]

JonnyCJ said:

My Own Way - I remember buying the 7” in ‘82. Like an Angel on the B side, which is a great song that no one’s heard of.

Incidentally Roger Taylor has a new shape Vantage.

I've loved Duran Duran since the 80s. Roger, Simon and John have had quite a few Astons in their time.

John currently has a DB9,


and Roger had/has a DB11 Volante.


Simon had a V8 Zagato Volante


John also had a lovely V8


And a DB5

[JonnyCJ]

I shall defer to your better knowledge ! Great pics.

[Emilio Largo]

Ha, fantastic, Sebastian!

[baconsarney]

Emilio Largo said:

baconsarney said:

Discovered bird poo on the bonnet in two places, used the usual removal methods but appears to have etched in

Short of machine polishing any of you guys got any ‘home’ fixes that might help?
TIA,
Richard

Richard, I managed to dig out this old thread which contains astonishing (to put it mildly) information on the subject of paintwork marks caused by bird droppings:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

It seems there might be a chance the marks will vanish again all by themselves under certain circumstances? Please read from BigMig´s post on this. I have no idea if this works, but as I said: Aston-ishing.

Thank you hugely... still working on it

[RMDB9]

Great Duran Duran pics!!!!

[EVR]

rancidswan said:

I replaced my number plate lights, not with new bulbs, but with entirely new replacement LED units. So much nicer

Here's a side by side



Available on ebay

rancid.

That is interesting, could you kindly point me to the actual ad? Thank you!

[rancidswan]

EVR said:

rancidswan said:

I replaced my number plate lights, not with new bulbs, but with entirely new replacement LED units. So much nicer

Here's a side by side



Available on ebay

rancid.

That is interesting, could you kindly point me to the actual ad? Thank you!

Seller has sold out - apparently will be back in stock next week.

This was the advert

https://ebay.us/NmgYbg

[Buster73]

rancidswan said:

Seller has sold out - apparently will be back in stock next week.

This was the advert

https://ebay.us/NmgYbg

Seller local to you ?

[EVR]

rancidswan said:

Seller has sold out - apparently will be back in stock next week.

This was the advert

https://ebay.us/NmgYbg

Nice, thanks.

How is the light temperature at night? More white or blue? Can I ask you a picture at night if it's not too much trouble?

Cheers mate.

[Buzz Killington]

Took my V12 vantage in for its 10 year service at a main dealer. I see a lot of negative press on here re them. I was really impressed. The levels they had gone too to protect me and there staff was amazing. I asked about a few niggles i was having with the car, all of which were looked at and solved at no cost. Nothing major, just things like the passenger door being a bit heavy. Other than that for a 10 year old car she is in remarkable shape. Also nice to take her out for a drive.

[Minglar]

EVR said:

rancidswan said:

Seller has sold out - apparently will be back in stock next week.

This was the advert

https://ebay.us/NmgYbg

Nice, thanks.

How is the light temperature at night? More white or blue? Can I ask you a picture at night if it's not too much trouble?

Cheers mate.

I fitted a set to my car today. Will report back as soon as I can on how they look at night time. They are a real pain to fit though. Does everyone who works in the AM factory have very tiny hands?! I took the number plate off just to free up a little extra wriggle room.

Best Regards

Minglar

[EVR]

Minglar said:

I fitted a set to my car today. Will report back as soon as I can on how they look at night time. They are a real pain to fit though. Does everyone who works in the AM factory have very tiny hands?! I took the number plate off just to free up a little extra wriggle room.

Best Regards

Minglar

Neat, thanks! Also got in touch with the chap who sell them on eBay, nice guy.

Buzz Killington said:

Took my V12 vantage in for its 10 year service at a main dealer. I see a lot of negative press on here re them. I was really impressed. The levels they had gone too to protect me and there staff was amazing. I asked about a few niggles i was having with the car, all of which were looked at and solved at no cost. Nothing major, just things like the passenger door being a bit heavy. Other than that for a 10 year old car she is in remarkable shape. Also nice to take her out for a drive.

What a coincidence, also took back the N420 from my very first service since I have it, at AM Milano. Nice guys and honest, 3 days, around 1400€ with extras being both door struts, a 70€ ozone hygienisation of the cabin and pretty much it. Without extras, it would have been around 1k €.

Air filters were not deemed necessary, same for wipers; wipers that Maserati (Charles Pozzi in Paris & Rossocorsa in Milano) thought necessary EVERY. SINGLE. TIME, even when specified not to.

While they insisted for the cabin filters, it would have been a shame leaving the old ones with the hygenisation. Fair enough, 60€ both, even if I know it is a Mazda part around 20€.

Car has 36k kms now, battery is in perfect shape despite Covid stop.

[Emilio Largo]

Wow, that price structure sounds VERY competitive in Europe for 36,000 km! Well done. But beware of the air filters: You will have noticed the increasing number of other owners´ (and certain independents ) complaints about main dealers not changing the air filters - justified or not given the official maintenance scheme. Try to find out if and when they were last changed and go from there. But perhaps you already have.

[EVR]

Emilio Largo said:

Wow, that price structure sounds VERY competitive in Europe for 36,000 km! Well done. But beware of the air filters: You will have noticed the increasing number of other owners´ (and certain independents ) complaints about main dealers not changing the air filters - justified or not given the official maintenance scheme. Try to find out if and when they were last changed and go from there. But perhaps you already have.

Thanks for the tip! They have been changed exactly 1 year ago, by AM Brussels, during the service at 27k kms prior to me buying the car.

[Graze01]

fitted new Michelin PS4S tyres

no more Pirelli P Zero with the hard sidewalls

[cornershop]

Got mine booked in for its 10k service at HWM.

They’re collecting the car from storage in Fleet. I was hoping they’d bring out the Flying Technician but alas they need to have the car overnight to check coolant levels post flush.

Got a paint bubble to be explored on the bonnet, just about inside the 10 year warranty period