Poor Aston DB9 driver.....

[SXS]

Brand spanking new, the first I seen on the roads....

Left Milton Keynes.... he saw me, floored it past...
I'm a sufferer of latent-reaction syndrome...

but thank god she's a tiv....

switched down from 5th to 3rd.... pedal pushed into the floor....

2000 yards, 1500 yards, 1000 yards, 500, 100....

cya, dont wanna be ya! (and he was flooring it!)

[Wacky Racer]

Perhaps he was "running in"...........

[SXS]

true...
at xxxx mph... in a low gear (tell tale roaring rumble).... mmm, doubt it...

if he was supposed to be, he's probably buggered it then...

[carl_w]

Was there brown smoke out of the exhaust on gearchanges? That's a sure sign of full throttle shifing. I remember when I had the Scoob I followed someone in a Porsche Carrera (993 I think) who was doing full throttle shifts and not getting away

[J_S_G]

SXS said:

cya, dont wanna be ya! (and he was flooring it!)

Nice one. Still know which of the two I'd rather have parked outside, though...

[SXS]

TVR = british muscle (and if interesting bodypaint and noise leading to MASSIVE head-turner...) she stays....

unless...

Well, F50, Murcielgo, Zonda, Koenigseg, Saleen S7 - anyday! (anyone win the lottery????)

but...

Aston? Merc? Bentley? - as a daily runner, family car.... yup - but alongside the tiv, me thinks if you can afford one of the latest supers that have rolled off their production lines recently... you can afford to keep the tiv for those wild moments... right?


hehe

[gbbird]

SXS said:

TVR = british muscle (and if interesting bodypaint and noise leading to MASSIVE head-turner...) she stays.... unless... Well, F50, Murcielgo, Zonda, Koenigseg, Saleen S7 - anyday! (anyone win the lottery????) but... Aston? Merc? Bentley? - as a daily runner, family car.... yup - but alongside the tiv, me thinks if you can afford one of the latest supers that have rolled off their production lines recently... you can afford to keep the tiv for those wild moments... right? hehe

Well said sir And well done showing the DB9 driver just what a Cerb can do

[J_S_G]

As much as I love Tivs, there's something just a bit special about an Aston. And whenever the Vantage comes out, think it might be a bit of a different story...

[J_S_G]

los angeles said:

I agree, JSG. Their new "small" AM will have a V8 wrapped in a lovely body in a light-weight frame ... it will be droolingly covetable and a real threat to TVR desirability. And if Ford just allow Jaguar to make that exquisite Keith Helfgott Type-F ... hmmm, sorry. Must be missing my Griffith.

That F-Type was dreamy... would've thought after prototypes being put into "risky" production models like the TT, Boxster, and even the Tuscan, etc. showing that buyers want something that stands out, even Aston would've cottoned on to the fact that they've got to differentiate and push the boundaries. If the F-type had ever been made, I'd now be drivin a £500 heap-o-crap, saving every last penny to buy one...

[SXS]

Aston is a different kettle of fish - wont you miss the edge-of-your-seat shifting, bare-knuckle steering, hell shattering exhuast note - of your tivver???????

I can see who'll be leaving the fold when they hit the money ---- I would, but only for the grand-daddy supers!

Ah well, maybe thats why I'm up'ing the power stakes... hehe

[J_S_G]

SXS said:

Aston is a different kettle of fish - wont you miss the edge-of-your-seat shifting, bare-knuckle steering, hell shattering exhuast note - of your tivver??????? I can see who'll be leaving the fold when they hit the money ---- I would, but only for the grand-daddy supers! Ah well, maybe thats why I'm up'ing the power stakes... hehe

There's few cars I'd trade the Tiv in for (reliability aside)... Aston, Lambo, and Bugatti are the only three that immediately spring to mind. Although, my mind has wandered to dancing donkeys a couple of times (but it'd have to be something like a 550 - no 3XXs for me). I think the thing about the Aston is that it doesn't need the power - it's the heritage and class that just ooze from it. The day I buy one will probably be the same day I buy a Renault Sport Spider or something similar to give me white-knuckle-ride driving when I feel the urge.

Ah well, that's just dreaming anyway... maybe in a couple of decades!

Edited because quoting SXS still doesn't work properly... you really need to get that trailing space dropped from your profile name...

>> Edited by J_S_G on Tuesday 31st August 09:26

[davidd]

I'd much rather have an Aston. By the time I can afford one the Cerbera will be worthless so I'll be able to justify keeping it

D

[SXS]

Must be an age thing, heritage and class and all that, I would keep the cerb and spend the extra money elsewhere, maybe a used Diablo VT6.... mmmmm
or maybe eventually get my bike license, and get a Turbo'd Hayabusa.... yummy! Not even a McLaren 2 engines will keep up with me...

[plotloss]

I'd have both.

Apples and Oranges IMHO...

[GCerbera]

My current dream garage would be:

DB9
Cerbera 4.5
TVR track car....

Not that easy to please am I?

JS - did you get my email??

[davidd]

[quote=SXS ]Must be an age thing[/quote]
Cheeky tawt, you calling me old

D

[plotloss]

mungo said:

plotloss said: I'd have both. Apples and Oranges IMHO... Yep absolutely correct... If I had my way I'd have a big barn with HUNDREDS of cars in though (including a DB9 and Cerbera), pride of place going to my Ferrari 330P4, GT40 race car, AC Cobra 427, Ferrari 512BB and my Caterham R500... But the reality for most of us is "undokiclike"

I think I'd only have about 4 or 5 to be honest. Oh and the obligatory 6 Minis...

[M@H]

I'd have to have a Lambo Countach 5000 and a Lotus Esprit Turbo just so I could fulfill the adolescent Athena Poster worshiping from my early teens

>> Edited by M@H on Tuesday 31st August 12:13

[J_S_G]

GCerbera said:

JS - did you get my email??

Sorry mate, e-mail inbox has been too full of legal crap to do with the Tuscan to keep up with normal e-mails. Promise I'll reply tonight!

[M@H]

..naaa, and I avoided mentioning Samantha Fox and Linda Lusardi too