My Db9 at my sons wedding
My Db9 at my sons wedding
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dbfarmer

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70 posts

161 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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My son was married on Saturday and I gave him my DB9 to drive to the church with his best man then drive off with his new wife. I had the car looking great as best as a farmer can ! ! We came out of the church to find the car with sticky white spray "Just married "all over the rear screen , a banner jammed under the boot lid with balloons tied to it, strong duck tape sticking 2 x L plates to the rear of the car and more tape holding string that was attached to tin cans .My son was notified by the friend who did it that there was cans tied to the car so to play along with the joke he drove slowly forward 20 yards before the best man cut them off !
Opinions please ! !

KarlFranz

2,008 posts

300 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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No. words.
eek
mad
furious
cry
shoot
rage
argue
punch
banghead
weeping

tonyhall38

4,194 posts

246 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Where are the pictures?

yeti

10,697 posts

305 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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dbfarmer said:
Opinions please ! !
It's just a car. Seriously. If it's scratched... that's bad and I'm sorry to hear it.

It'll clean up... you leant it to your son to get married in, a bit of a clean is a small price to pay compared to some experiences on here frown

JimboA

305 posts

202 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Clearly invited the wrong friends... time to cut those ties!!!! tank Oh well, I am sure it was done with the best of intentions.

V12Vanquish

477 posts

169 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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That's why none of my cars have ever been near a wedding............
A good valet should sort it out.

steveatesh

5,368 posts

194 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Isn't there something in duck tape adhesive that permanently Marrs car paint and it makes it dull? whistle




Just kidding, isn't there a history on this forum of bad experiences with lending cars for weddings?

michael gould

5,698 posts

271 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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dbfarmer said:
My son was married on Saturday and I gave him my DB9 to drive to the church with his best man then drive off with his new wife. I had the car looking great as best as a farmer can ! ! We came out of the church to find the car with sticky white spray "Just married "all over the rear screen , a banner jammed under the boot lid with balloons tied to it, strong duck tape sticking 2 x L plates to the rear of the car and more tape holding string that was attached to tin cans .My son was notified by the friend who did it that there was cans tied to the car so to play along with the joke he drove slowly forward 20 yards before the best man cut them off !
Opinions please ! !
so whats the problem........you don't mention that the car was damaged in any way

vankypanky

526 posts

215 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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i think all done with the best intentions and you cant undo anything so suck it up and remain the hero in your sons eyes as i bet you made his day.

privately you can cry thats ok.

speech

387 posts

186 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Yikes eek Surely they should at least ask permission of the owner before doing stuff like that on an expensive car! Youngsters nowadays...

dbfarmer

Original Poster:

70 posts

161 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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The youngster is 70 yrs old !!!! New stone chip very small due to the cans pinging them forward.

Omaruk

734 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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yeti said:
It's just a car. Seriously. If it's scratched... that's bad and I'm sorry to hear it.

It'll clean up... you leant it to your son to get married in, a bit of a clean is a small price to pay compared to some experiences on here frown
+1

avinalarf

6,438 posts

172 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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You guys crack me up !
So a farmer, (whatever that is), out of the goodness of his heart , lends his Aston to his son to drive to his wedding.
So far so good .
Then some dopey old geezer,who should no better, sets about vandalising the Aston.
I'd slap him, then send the prat the bill from Paddy,our default detailer of choice.
Or better still have him euthanised.

MollyGTi

2,373 posts

184 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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yeti said:
It'll clean up... you leant it to your son to get married in, a bit of a clean is a small price to pay compared to some experiences on here frown
Mr Farmer may not be aware of our misfortune so I suppose we will have to mention the dreaded subject again.

Our son-in-law-to-be asked if he could use our Aston to take his bride from the wedding venue to the reception. Maybe we should have said no but that would have seemed mean. So he drove it a few times with Rob to get some experience and, fortunately, we got the insurance to cover him.

He wrote if off. They were both ok and everyone lived happily ever after. It's their 1st anniversary tomorrow.

Get the car cleaned up, try to forget the cost but do count your blessings.

ds2000

2,756 posts

222 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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avinalarf said:
You guys crack me up !
So a farmer, (whatever that is), out of the goodness of his heart , lends his Aston to his son to drive to his wedding.
So far so good .
Then some dopey old geezer,who should no better, sets about vandalising the Aston.
I'd slap him, then send the prat the bill from Paddy,our default detailer of choice.
Or better still have him euthanised.
I'm with you here, I'd be livid or go and write tt with sandpaper in his car*. I'm sure there was no ill intention but that's just bloody stupid

  • I wouldn't do that but I'd be angry all the same

KarlFranz

2,008 posts

300 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Weddings suck.

smile

michael gould

5,698 posts

271 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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MollyGTi said:
yeti said:
It'll clean up... you leant it to your son to get married in, a bit of a clean is a small price to pay compared to some experiences on here frown
Mr Farmer may not be aware of our misfortune so I suppose we will have to mention the dreaded subject again.

Our son-in-law-to-be asked if he could use our Aston to take his bride from the wedding venue to the reception. Maybe we should have said no but that would have seemed mean. So he drove it a few times with Rob to get some experience and, fortunately, we got the insurance to cover him.

He wrote if off. They were both ok and everyone lived happily ever after. It's their 1st anniversary tomorrow.

Get the car cleaned up, try to forget the cost but do count your blessings.
I'm with Molly......get your touch up paint out and touch in the chip .........



Then kick the st out of the best man smile

paddy328

2,930 posts

215 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Doing up a car for a wedding can make a mess of it, you should see what the ribbon on the front of the car can do.

What's it like now? Is there adhesive left over from the tape?

dbfarmer

Original Poster:

70 posts

161 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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I do remember that incident Molly very well !! Really felt for you.It was not the best man Michael but the guy who offered to drive the bridesmaids to the church then to the hotel in his Range Rover.He did threaten to do it but was told in no uncertain manner not to interfere with the DB9.
It was me who persuaded my son to take the car as I thought it would be really nice for them to drive away in it .

dbfarmer

Original Poster:

70 posts

161 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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The bonnet looks fine thanks Paddy and the adhesive looks to have come off 100%. Having said that you will probably see marks that I will not see !!