Gingerly but great
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Had a great drive up and over the Herefordshire and Malvern hills today when there was a light dusting of snow. I wondered how the V8V would cope on standard OEM Bridgestones (although with good tread depth still). Answer? OK - I went about it a bit more gingerly, but it was damn well brilliant! A memorable drive with the stunning white landscape at the peaks with an AM badge on the wheel before me. It just felt more like an adventure than if I did the journey in a family box.
Oh - and when I was at Stanbrook Abbey just outside Worcester for the event, I came out to find an equally black Vantage parked up - but packed with a V12. Credit to that owner!
I’m finding the Vantage to be such a magnificently useable machine. Why wouldn’t you use it all year round? It’s obviously designed to cope. And I also think it looks great (even if for only 24hrs) with grime all over it. Bit like a medal of honour. (Reminds me of a great Henry Catchpole review of the V12 Vantage Zagato in the Evo magazine years ago!).
So get you AM out over winter. It would be a great shame not to enjoy a different experience in these great cars.
Oh - and when I was at Stanbrook Abbey just outside Worcester for the event, I came out to find an equally black Vantage parked up - but packed with a V12. Credit to that owner!
I’m finding the Vantage to be such a magnificently useable machine. Why wouldn’t you use it all year round? It’s obviously designed to cope. And I also think it looks great (even if for only 24hrs) with grime all over it. Bit like a medal of honour. (Reminds me of a great Henry Catchpole review of the V12 Vantage Zagato in the Evo magazine years ago!).
So get you AM out over winter. It would be a great shame not to enjoy a different experience in these great cars.
Glad you enjoyed your drive in my locality, Nick.
Gingerly probably was an appropriate word, because there were a few snow showers yesterday, with decent sized flakes. The snow only settled briefly though.
Now I am shamed to admit, my V8 remained dry and warm, with dehumidifier and dust cover.
Dewi 1 said:
Glad you enjoyed your drive in my locality, Nick.
Gingerly probably was an appropriate word, because there were a few snow showers yesterday, with decent sized flakes. The snow only settled briefly though.
Now I am shamed to admit, my V8 remained dry and warm, with dehumidifier and dust cover.
Nooooooooooo!!!! LOL!Gingerly probably was an appropriate word, because there were a few snow showers yesterday, with decent sized flakes. The snow only settled briefly though.
Now I am shamed to admit, my V8 remained dry and warm, with dehumidifier and dust cover.
I don’t blame you. When I bought the Vantage I imagined keeping it all dry and warm. But 4+(?) months of not driving it based on weather seems such a shame. Think of all those design engineers’ hard work winter testing when they first created it. You owe it to them
Great to see cars being used and enjoyed all year round. Winter tyres going on mine at its service in a couple of weeks. I’ve never understood why Aston owners can be so precious about their cars. There’s usually some great dry but cold days for a blast which are wasted if it’s parked in a bubble and SORN’d.
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