How about an Aston photo thread!

[Captain Beaky]

The Pits said:

I saw that one at Works Services last weekend. What a charmer it is.

[fozthedevil]

crashley said:

Dan Foster (Foz photography) took this of mine on Saturday... hoping to get more when the roads are less busy!!

was just about to post this, but thought id check back a few pages before i did!

was a great shoot as crashley says it was rather busy everywhere we went to shoot! so were off out again to shoot!

[michael gould]

RichB said:

One of my car at Reims on the AMOC Champagne Tour last weekend.

Edited by RichB on Wednesday 13th April 16:44

stunning stunning stunning ......stunning

[tonyarmitstead]

RichB said:

Fezzaboi said:

tonyarmitstead said:

My recently acquired pride and joy

Is it me, or does this look like a toy car to anybody else? Anyway, nice car

Agree, the chap has used Photoshop or something to blur everything but the car which means the paving stones surrounding the car, which should be in focus are not. This in turn makes it look like a model placed on a real sized driveway

Yep, you sussed me! - I used 'The Gimp' to blur the background in order to make the car stand out more. I think it worked well, but does make the photo look slightly artificial. Still, its a great car and thats what counts!

[Jonny TVR]

bogie said:

on hols in Norway 2007 with the other half in her Sagaris

Edited by bogie on Saturday 20th March 13:51

Edited by bogie on Saturday 20th March 13:51

Utter respect .. sod the petrol. Wish my wife was a petrolhead, she hates cars.

[speech]

Wow, just discovered this thread last week... haven't been able to go through all the pages yet, but there are some real stunners there. Badly badly want a DB9, but for the moment am "making do" with a DB7 Here's a pic of mine...

[Ice27]

A couple of Spring shots

[glugcom]

Displayed at the Surrey Heath Show on Saturday with the SELOC Lotus enthusiasts as my Elise is at the repairers.

Public were all over her

Edited by glugcom on Monday 2nd May 16:37

[yeti]

A couple of recent ones of my DB9 manual. Sports pack wheels and stainless steel mesh grilles custom made from Chiltern. Also sprayed the side mesh and bonnet vents in light silver to stand out more. The effect is very pleasing.



Clear rear lights make the car look a lot better IMHO but doesn't work on every colour. Chiltern Green is quite greyish so they suit it.

Car is having it's wood changed out to gunmetal alloy at DMS currently, also had DBS gearknob, ashtray lid and 'Tony Hall Light Industries (TM)' heater buttons. Pics when I pick it up!

Under the skin; H&R springs & full geo, race cats with Quicksilver SuperSports and full re-map. Should be a noticably sharper car!

Edited by yeti on Monday 2nd May 17:10

Edited by yeti on Monday 2nd May 17:11

[tonyhall38]

looking good mate...

[North West Tom]

At Oulton last week...


V12V by Thomas Saunders, on Flickr

A Rapide in a nice colour... (Ignore the yellow effort )


Nice line up. by Thomas Saunders, on Flickr

[famoussas]

North West Tom said:

At Oulton last week...


V12V by Thomas Saunders, on Flickr

A Rapide in a nice colour... (Ignore the yellow effort )


Nice line up. by Thomas Saunders, on Flickr

Maybe the same Rapide that lives at the Dorchester. Same colour and spec at least.

I've only ever seen 2 other Rapides in 12 months since having ours.

[North West Tom]

It will be, the car park was close to the Dorchester. I believe the owner owns the Ferrari too.

[sean x]

speech said:

Wow, just discovered this thread last week... haven't been able to go through all the pages yet, but there are some real stunners there. Badly badly want a DB9, but for the moment am "making do" with a DB7 Here's a pic of mine...

Woah there speech! There's no 'making do' with a DB7 at all, its literally THE most beautiful car ever made, very classy and understated. And being that you have the i6 (elongated front indicators better looking than the round Vantage ones in my opinion), ownership and servicing should'nt hurt the bank balance as much like later Astons can, and infact you can do most of it yourself.
Great choice I'd say. You have a very very beautiful car. Forget about the DB9 and spend all that left over cash on polish, petrol and tyres.

[RichB]

sean x said:

There's no 'making do' with a DB7 at all.

Indeed without it there would be no DB9.

[SoCalBrit]

Crap picture, but you get the idea. I'm in Southern California so no-one really knows it's rude, but there are enough that do to have a regular stream of Cheshire cat (not footballer) grins and thumbs up at stop lights.

One of the positvies of living over here - if you're in California and the 7-letter combination you want isn't taken, it costs....wait for it....$44 per year. Love it.

[LordBretSinclair]

SoCalBrit said:

Crap picture, but you get the idea. I'm in Southern California so no-one really knows it's rude, but there are enough that do to have a regular stream of Cheshire cat (not footballer) grins and thumbs up at stop lights.

One of the positvies of living over here - if you're in California and the 7-letter combination you want isn't taken, it costs....wait for it....$44 per year. Love it.

A very good friend has this plate on his DB9 in Atlanta Georgia. On his other cars he has XTREME, XSTACY and XOTIC. Costs were minimal - unlike in the UK where costs are crazy for anything vaguely interesting.

[mikey k]

yeti said:

A couple of recent ones of my DB9 manual. Sports pack wheels and stainless steel mesh grilles custom made from Chiltern. Also sprayed the side mesh and bonnet vents in light silver to stand out more. The effect is very pleasing.



Clear rear lights make the car look a lot better IMHO but doesn't work on every colour. Chiltern Green is quite greyish so they suit it.

Car is having it's wood changed out to gunmetal alloy at DMS currently, also had DBS gearknob, ashtray lid and 'Tony Hall Light Industries (TM)' heater buttons. Pics when I pick it up!

Under the skin; H&R springs & full geo, race cats with Quicksilver SuperSports and full re-map. Should be a noticably sharper car!

That looks great, nicely tweaked!
Looks like the sports pack wheels have a grey finish other than the diamond cut area?
Have you made some stainless mesh lower grills as well?

[yeti]

mikey k said:

That looks great, nicely tweaked!
Looks like the sports pack wheels have a grey finish other than the diamond cut area?
Have you made some stainless mesh lower grills as well?

Thanks! Just had the wheels refurbed, they were from a Le Mans edition DB9 that met an untimely end so they were painted mid-grey with a diamond cut face. I liked the effect so I kept it, not sure if all Sports Pack wheels are the same?

Yes the 3 lower grilles are 2mm stainless steel as per the DB7 grilles that Chiltern make. Brightens up the front end hugely and is far better quality than the AM chicken wire. Also had the main slatted grille removed and striped as it was coated in a dull grey paint/plastic. Looks far better polished up. The car just feels a little more personalised now, I always need to make them individual!

[yeti]

speech said:

Wow, just discovered this thread last week... haven't been able to go through all the pages yet, but there are some real stunners there. Badly badly want a DB9, but for the moment am "making do" with a DB7 Here's a pic of mine...

I went from a DB7 Vantage Volante to a DB9 Volante and not sure if I regret doing so yet. I let go, for a song, an amazing DB7 with every upgrade, a very personal car to me, for a DB9 which just feels very... modern. Be careful what you wish for.