How about an Aston photo thread!

[LordBretSinclair]

Area 20 lunch at Lewtrenchard Manor yesterday - great to see so many cars out and about.

[oilit]

I love Lewtrenchard manor....

[Joshholmes515]

Any room for classics on here?

[Graze01]

that looks stunning Josh. More photos?

Graze

[jonnyfox]

jonnyfox said:

Good to finally spend a couple of days driving my Vantage. Lightning Silver really does suit the car IMO. I hope you've all been able to enjoy yours much the same

Well, I've gone from that to this. Went to buy an 8yo V12S, drove home in a 4yo AMR V8. Bonza!

[GTRene]

lovely

[Straight6fan]

Graze01 said:

that looks stunning Josh. More photos?

Graze

Unfortunately as we’ve only had the car for just over a year and can’t keep it at home for long periods of time this is all the photos I’ve got of the car! There is a road test article online though with some awesome pictures of it! https://drive-my.com/1960-aston-martin-db4-gt-road...

[pschlute]

Another shot from my Orange inspired photo shoot.

IMGP5127-HDR by Peter Schluter, on Flickr

[Graze01]

Straight6fan said:

Unfortunately as we’ve only had the car for just over a year and can’t keep it at home for long periods of time this is all the photos I’ve got of the car! There is a road test article online though with some awesome pictures of it! https://drive-my.com/1960-aston-martin-db4-gt-road...

Josh, thanks for the link to the article. Sounds like a fabulous car and I hope you get to spend plenty of time enjoying your beautiful car

Graeme

[Mr.Tremlini]

jonnyfox said:

Well, I've gone from that to this. Went to buy an 8yo V12S, drove home in a 4yo AMR V8. Bonza!

Interesting move, not much wrong with any of those cars but the AMR is sweet! More details of the process please!

[Mr.Tremlini]

pschlute said:

Another shot from my Orange inspired photo shoot.

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Orange turned up to 11.

[Davil]

jonnyfox said:

Well, I've gone from that to this. Went to buy an 8yo V12S, drove home in a 4yo AMR V8. Bonza!

Excellent choice. I just bought one too. I am in love with it. I wanted the very last of the V8 Vantage and thankfully found one.

[BigR]

Recently bought this, by which I mean end of December. Been back half a dozen times, naturally, with various teething issues...

[jonnyfox]

Davil said:

Excellent choice. I just bought one too. I am in love with it. I wanted the very last of the V8 Vantage and thankfully found one.

What a stunning colour combo. Well done it's gorgeous. Same story really but different on the day I guess.

[jonnyfox]

Mr.Tremlini said:

Interesting move, not much wrong with any of those cars but the AMR is sweet! More details of the process please!

Good to catch up . Well the choice was a sizeable chunk back or keep the new shape car cheaper over 3 more years. Being a financial fun purchase late 2019, 2020 was quiet. 2021 good times including the NC500 and a brief outing into Europe. I really enjoyed it, and wow just how good is the ownership experience. Thinking about buying one, do it ??! Ha, it's wider than a 458 Great car, great Merc engine.

But at almost 50, I fancy a keeper. And I miss my S1 Exige the most. They just do not build them as great or stty as they used to. You know what I mean.

V12 hungry I found a car, eventually. Cheaper than normal, AM dealer and a 2 year warranty. Sounded great. I'd also looked heavily into V8 AMR's but the figures didn't quite work. On the day of collection, after travelling by train the night before, what I was greeted with was an absolute nail. I still cannot believe a franchise dealer was selling this car. Whatever life it had had, it was properly hard for 19k miles. I rebuilt my S1 Exige from the ground up I know exactly what I'm looking at, it would have been a regrettable purchase. I turned it down.

Parked close to where my wife and I were awkwardly sitting was a V8 AMR, Halo with aero pack and the V12 alloys. 493 miles on the clock of a 4 year old car. I was smitten, back into an S1. Manual. Perfect.

Meant to be.

Edited by jonnyfox on Thursday 24th February 23:39

[jonnyfox]

BigR said:

Recently bought this, by which I mean end of December. Been back half a dozen times, naturally, with various teething issues...

Stunning. Great colour. You'll love it.

[pschlute]

BigR said:

Recently bought this,

I love it

[pschlute]

BigR said:

Recently bought this,

I love it

[dbs2000]

BigR said:

Recently bought this, by which I mean end of December. Been back half a dozen times, naturally, with various teething issues...

The appearance of the new Vantage is so colour dependant, it can really be hit or miss, you spec looks absolutely stunning

[BigR]

dbs2000 said:

BigR said:

Recently bought this, by which I mean end of December. Been back half a dozen times, naturally, with various teething issues...

The appearance of the new Vantage is so colour dependant, it can really be hit or miss, you spec looks absolutely stunning

Thanks - I've had a fair few complimentary comments about the colour. Black interior with orange stitching, so it does work well.

Love driving it and find it very engaging, but also very usable. I have got irritated at times including getting the Android Auto system (a dealer-fit) set-up to actually work- I think I've got the 4th visit maybe booked in for next week in what will hopefully be the final thing.

Brakes - terribly squeaky and was told they'd be sorted by the salesman (he did nothing). First visit back they said it was a characteristic of the car, but changed one set but it was no better, they then had it back again and changed the second set (I forget which way round) and it was cured. I was disappointed, however, that they felt it ok to return it without sorting the problem, let alone the delivery.

Electrics - it has come up multiple times with warnings on the dash, notably the parking brake malfunction. Nothing is seemingly wrong with the car, with it being blamed on low voltage / "they do that" and needing to keep it hooked up to a charger if not driven for a few days - again a characteristic of the Vantage. Apparently. However, it was also blamed by someone else at the dealership on the cars being sat around for a while. Equally however when I had a Vanquish it happened a bit to start with, with the exact same responses!!! So either they need to get better batteries, keep them charged, or Aston Martin have been successful in uninventing the car in some way!

It's also notable how quickly some at the dealership lost interest in solving the problems. Car dealers being car dealers I guess, regardless of how much you pay! Well, 2 months in and hopefully the end is in sight and I can focus on enjoying it instead.