Vantage cold start video

[Lunablack]

Went out for a spin over N Wales today... So due to the car standing, thought I'd video my cold start procedure..

http://youtu.be/1GXGry9O37M

[CarbonV12V]

Happy Birthday

[stevewushu]

Great vid Lunablack.
Simple and straight forward.

[Gareth135R]

Sorry....did you say it smells good in here....?

lol

[Lunablack]

Gareth135R said:

Sorry....did you say it smells good in here....?

lol

Yep..... Lovely smell of clean leather... Been so long since I've driven it I'd forgotten what a nice place it is to be...

Gave it a proper run, over to Bala, then down to Dolgellau, back up to Trawsfynydd, down to Betwys y Coed, over to Llangollen, and back home...

[Ikebaddog]

Lunablack said:

Yep..... Lovely smell of clean leather... Been so long since I've driven it I'd forgotten what a nice place it is to be...

Gave it a proper run, over to Bala, then down to Dolgellau, back up to Trawsfynydd, down to Betwys y Coed, over to Llangollen, and back home...

Where the fk is that, do you live in Iran or
something

[Lunablack]

Ikebaddog said:

Where the fk is that, do you live in Iran or
something

I wish......... Iran is much safer...

[Jon39]

Ikebaddog said:

Where is that, do you live in Iran?

Just head north west west from Kent.
When you see the sea, you've gone too far.
Great driving roads, amongst the mountains.

[Mako V12V]

Jon39 said:

Just head north west west from Kent.
When you see the sea, you've gone too far.
Great driving roads, amongst the mountains.

[George29]

I'm surprised it took that many attempts to turn over that piddly little V8

[Little Donkey]

Lunablack said:

Yep..... Lovely smell of clean leather... Been so long since I've driven it I'd forgotten what a nice place it is to be...

Gave it a proper run, over to Bala, then down to Dolgellau, back up to Trawsfynydd, down to Betwys y Coed, over to Llangollen, and back home...

Are they real places? Looks like the random letters you pull out of the bag when playing scrabble! You've even used the blank

[Jockman]

Lunablack said:

Yep..... Lovely smell of clean leather... Been so long since I've driven it I'd forgotten what a nice place it is to be...

Gave it a proper run, over to Bala, then down to Dolgellau, back up to Trawsfynydd, down to Betwys y Coed, over to Llangollen, and back home...

Ok Luna....how do you go down to Betws-y-Coed from Trawsfynydd

Btw - what a road from Dollgellau - miles and miles of high speed straightness.... love it

[Lunablack]

George29 said:

I'm surprised it took that many attempts to turn over that piddly little V8

That makes no sense whatsoever.... It was spinning over perfectly easily......

[Bincenzo]

Lunablack said:

That makes no sense whatsoever.... It was spinning over perfectly easily......

Ignore him Luna, it won't be long before the rest of the 'extra 4 cylinder 'brigade join him in the abuse. Rise above it......
btw I did chuckle at the "Smells nice in here" comment!

[drmw]

Noticed the rev counter wasn't in the normal "0" position just before you actually started, is that a feature I wasn't aware of or a foible?

[Lunablack]

drmw said:

Noticed the rev counter wasn't in the normal "0" position just before you actually started, is that a feature I wasn't aware of or a foible?

Funnily enough I only noticed that when I reviewed the video.(to busy watching the oil light)..
Not something I've spotted before, so I'll have to keep an eye on it next time.....

Tacho worked fine on the run....... Spent most of its time at the top of the dial

[V8LM]

One thing that I do differently when doing this cold start prime is once there is oil pressure I turn the ignition fully off before starting as normal.