Vanquish S Volante Incoming

[Astonmannow]

Stunning looking car!

[CSK1]

Congratulations, car looks great.
The do make a lovely sound!
I needed some floormats a few years ago and I’ve ordered them from the factory to match the Dark Knight leather and Poppy Orange accents and stitching, special order Dark Knight mat with poppy orange piping. Looks great.
I forgot the price though.
Enjoy the (s)miles!

[Simpo Two]

mikey k said:

Defo rare to see this spec reach the ads.

I've tried sending a wants list to dealers but after a few days they seem to forget. How else do you get them before they're advertised?

I'm not bothered by the 'S', just the colours inside/out.

[LooneyTunes]

Very nice looking car! I’ve had my S Volante for about 7 years now and still love it. They are very special vehicles.

Only piece of advice: tape the emergency boot release handle down as soon as you receive the car. It can get partially pulled by luggage moving around. That completely disables the boot’s (un)locking mechanism and there’s no easy way in to fix it…

[mikey k]

Simpo Two said:

mikey k said:

Defo rare to see this spec reach the ads.

I've tried sending a wants list to dealers but after a few days they seem to forget. How else do you get them before they're advertised?

I'm not bothered by the 'S', just the colours inside/out.

I've tried that route and the dealers do lose interest. Probably because it's not worth their time?
I simply set up email alerts on various sites and responded as soon as a suitable car popped up.
Took me over year to find the "right" car though.

[mikey k]

LooneyTunes said:

Very nice looking car! I ve had my S Volante for about 7 years now and still love it. They are very special vehicles.

Only piece of advice: tape the emergency boot release handle down as soon as you receive the car. It can get partially pulled by luggage moving around. That completely disables the boot s (un)locking mechanism and there s no easy way in to fix it

I appreciate that!
On the list for pick up day.

[Simpo Two]

mikey k said:

Simpo Two said:

mikey k said:

Defo rare to see this spec reach the ads.

I've tried sending a wants list to dealers but after a few days they seem to forget. How else do you get them before they're advertised?

I'm not bothered by the 'S', just the colours inside/out.

I've tried that route and the dealers do lose interest. Probably because it's not worth their time?
I simply set up email alerts on various sites and responded as soon as a suitable car popped up.
Took me over year to find the "right" car though.

I'm in the same boat. I have alerts set up with AT, PH and eBay, but you said 'rare to see this spec reach the ads' which suggests a little skullduggery may be required...

[AstonV12V]

mikey k said:

It is.
Very rare spec

Fairly rare

[AstonV12V]

AdamV12V said:

Congratulations, a lovely car...

With regard to Android Auto, if the car is a 2017 then it will have AMi III fitted, so Android Auto was standard, providing the infotainment has had the firmware updated.

All the info you need is on the link below:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Android Auto works well within the limits of a tiny screen.

Get one of these
https://www.aawireless.io/en/products/aawireless-t...

They seem to work great with Android

[mikey k]

LooneyTunes said:

Very nice looking car! I ve had my S Volante for about 7 years now and still love it. They are very special vehicles.

Only piece of advice: tape the emergency boot release handle down as soon as you receive the car. It can get partially pulled by luggage moving around. That completely disables the boot s (un)locking mechanism and there s no easy way in to fix it

I appreciate that!
On the list for pick up day.

[AMVSVNick]

Simpo Two said:

mikey k said:

Simpo Two said:

mikey k said:

Defo rare to see this spec reach the ads.

I've tried sending a wants list to dealers but after a few days they seem to forget. How else do you get them before they're advertised?

I'm not bothered by the 'S', just the colours inside/out.

I've tried that route and the dealers do lose interest. Probably because it's not worth their time?
I simply set up email alerts on various sites and responded as soon as a suitable car popped up.
Took me over year to find the "right" car though.

I'm in the same boat. I have alerts set up with AT, PH and eBay, but you said 'rare to see this spec reach the ads' which suggests a little skullduggery may be required...

A lot of dealers seem to tease new arrivals on social media before they advertise them. That's how I knew about this car.

[GrahamPM]

Bloomin heck Mike! As all the guys have said, welcome back! Well have to meet up soon for a coffee & natter;
Cheers Graham

[mikey k]

GrahamPM said:

Bloomin heck Mike! As all the guys have said, welcome back! Well have to meet up soon for a coffee & natter;
Cheers Graham

More than happy to have a coffee catch up

[Simpo Two]

AMVSVNick said:

A lot of dealers seem to tease new arrivals on social media before they advertise them. That's how I knew about this car.

Hmm, that's a lot of dealers to follow...

[V8V Pete]

OMG! Mikey's back. Never thought I'd see the day.

Lovely Vanquish. Getting any mods done on it Mikey?!

[mikey k]

V8V Pete said:

OMG! Mikey's back. Never thought I'd see the day.

Lovely Vanquish. Getting any mods done on it Mikey?!

Yep I'm back
No mods to this one.
I've got others for that.
This and my 675LT are keepers.

[V8V Pete]

mikey k said:

McLaren.
I'm on my 3rd now and still have the 675LT spider.
That's a keeper and all 3 have been great, despite the internet stories.
I also had a brand new 992 GTS along side the 675 as a GT car.
Biggest POS out of my 64 cars. 11 warranty costs in 18 months. Never buying another Porsche.

Can I push you a bit more on these Mikey as they are my two likely destinations if I'm ever persuaded out of my ageing, yet still loved, manual Vantage S? I'm thinking GT3 or 600LT.

Questions:

1. Have you or would you ever own a McLaren without a warranty? If so, are there adequate McLaren Indys to make this financially viable to someone on a doctor's wage who doesn't spend every penny he earns on cars (wine is expensive, right)?

2. Do you think you were just unlucky with your Porsche? In SCD a lot of people are serial GT3 owners and drive them a lot, and properly. Surely, if the ownership experience were that bad they wouldn't keep on coming back for more.

[bentley01]

V8V Pete said:

Can I push you a bit more on these Mikey as they are my two likely destinations if I'm ever persuaded out of my ageing, yet still loved, manual Vantage S? I'm thinking GT3 or 600LT.

Questions:

1. Have you or would you ever own a McLaren without a warranty? If so, are there adequate McLaren Indys to make this financially viable to someone on a doctor's wage who doesn't spend every penny he earns on cars (wine is expensive, right)?

2. Do you think you were just unlucky with your Porsche? In SCD a lot of people are serial GT3 owners and drive them a lot, and properly. Surely, if the ownership experience were that bad they wouldn't keep on coming back for more.

Hi Pete
As someone looking to add a McLaren to sit along side my Aston I have been actively reading all McLaren related posts. Lots of people seem to be comfortable running one without a warranty now there are a few good independent specialists like V engineering. I fancy a 600LT or a 650 Spider. It would be great to get Mikeys take on it.

[AMVSVNick]

V8V Pete said:

2. Do you think you were just unlucky with your Porsche? In SCD a lot of people are serial GT3 owners and drive them a lot, and properly. Surely, if the ownership experience were that bad they wouldn't keep on coming back for more.

In two years of ownership my GT3 had the PADM (Porsche Active Drivetrain Mount) fault 5 times. Didn't affect driving but a pain non the less. And if you want anything sorting quickly at an OPC you're out of luck.

Epic car though.

[mikey k]

V8V Pete said:

mikey k said:

McLaren.
I'm on my 3rd now and still have the 675LT spider.
That's a keeper and all 3 have been great, despite the internet stories.
I also had a brand new 992 GTS along side the 675 as a GT car.
Biggest POS out of my 64 cars. 11 warranty costs in 18 months. Never buying another Porsche.

Can I push you a bit more on these Mikey as they are my two likely destinations if I'm ever persuaded out of my ageing, yet still loved, manual Vantage S? I'm thinking GT3 or 600LT.

Questions:

1. Have you or would you ever own a McLaren without a warranty? If so, are there adequate McLaren Indys to make this financially viable to someone on a doctor's wage who doesn't spend every penny he earns on cars (wine is expensive, right)?

2. Do you think you were just unlucky with your Porsche? In SCD a lot of people are serial GT3 owners and drive them a lot, and properly. Surely, if the ownership experience were that bad they wouldn't keep on coming back for more.

Hi Pete
I've been running a 675 with out warranty for 5 years. No major costs. I exclusively use V Engineer, but they are VERY popular so wait times can be long. I wouldn't touch Thorney with barge pole. I've driven most the McLarens and whilst the 600LT is a great car the sport series does seem to suffer the most issues. Any thing on the P11 platform seems to be a lot more reliable. I'd highly recommend a 650S spider, we did 4 weeks round Norway in ours and covered 21k miles in 18 months. Great sports car, but superb tourer with the cross linked hydraulic suspension (which you don't get on the Sport series or GT) 720 replaced it but I'm not a fan of the looks or stupid folding dash, they also seem to have more issues than P11 cars.
On the Porsche, the 992 was my third Porsche and should have been a dream car. £182k 992.1 GTS C4 Cab with a crazy spec. It was not right from day one and the list only got worse as I used it. I won't bore you with the list but it resulted in 11 visits to the supplying dealer and spending more time with them than me. The dealer kept falling to fix issues and Porsche UK just fobbed me off.
Just to put another nail in the coffin, I took a £70k hit when I sold it. In the 675 owners group there are at least 4 other owners who have returned or sold 992s because of issues, including two GT3s. That's over 7% of an ideal Porsche demographic that had issues. All are multiple super car owners, many have earlier 911s.
IMHO most Porsche GT owners are locked into the deprecation Vs enjoyment dilemma.