I never really understood why MikeyK banged on...

[AMDBSNick]

about open top motoring

Until our recent trip to the Monaco Historic I had absolutely no interest in drop tops. However Mrs T insisted we take her DB9V and I was in no position to argue. After all we were off to the South of France where the sun would be shining.

The twisties in The Alps and The Pyrenees were not ideal for the '9. The last time I experienced that kind of understeer was in an XR2

BUT the noise bouncing off the mountains and the sun beaming down on my bonce actually made for a fantastic road trip. I started to get what MikeyK was banging on about. Problem was I yearned for the handling of my DBS.

We got home on the Wednesday having had an awesome 8 days away.

Thursday morning I get a text from a fellow tourist and PHer telling me a car had come to market. Anyone who has met me will know that my DBS Manual was an out and out keeper to the extent it would be for the kids when I am long since gone.

My DBS is now sold to another fellow PHer and today I collected this




It has one of these too



A one owner car with FSH, 23,000 miles and one of only seven on the planet

Special thanks to:-

Mike and Ade at BR for getting out to do the PPI within 12 working hours.
John and Austin at AustinOwen for standing by the deal and fending off the endless offer to gazump.

I hope the kids appreciate it.

[IanV12VR]

Congratulations Nick and welcome to the world of open top Aston driving. The sound of the V12 is immense and thoroughly echo (sorry for the pun) your view of driving through the gorges in France. Just awesome

[tonyhall38]

Well played that man......congratulations.....

[Ed50]

Congratulations on a lovely looking motor car.

I suppose this will mean further alterations to the Burghley register………

I'll look forward to seeing and hearing you roll into town with that one,congratulations again.

You'll need to buy an assortment of daft hats now…….

[Jockman]

Congrats Nick. Belter of a car!

[bogie]

Congrats, a lovely car

Are there seriously only 7 manual DBS Volantes out there ? no wonder I've never seen one for sale. Im going for an open car again next upgrade

[SS972]

well done Nick,a trip to France can be expensive in different ways, enjoy

[Impasse]

Expensive way of coming out.

[RobDown]

Wow - that is the holy graiil - rare as hens teeth. I've been looking for one for ages but they seem to only come up at the rate of one a year

Well done!

Edited by RobDown on Friday 27th May 23:43

[CSK1]

Fantastic manual DBS Volante! Now that is a keeper!
Well done! Come and say hello next time you are on the Côte d'Azur.
We can do a little V12 open-top concerto! :-)

[AdamV12V]

Wowser! Well done for grabbing the amazing oppertunity to upgrade to a really stunning and ultra rare car!

[old phart]

Beautiful. Enjoy your next concert.

[ALTO77]

Congratulations, fantastic looking car.

[outofstepuk]

Congrats!

I called up, but they said they had a buyer and someone trying to gazump, so I said I'd leave them to it!

Glad to hear it went to the first person on it, and that it's someone that'll use it, not a collector.

[bentley01]

Stunning car and a real keeper. It is the sister car to my V12 Vantage with Storm black paint and contrast red stich. Just in time for summer!

[4Q]

Beautiful car Nick, congrats

[james-witton]

Beautiful. Let us hope for a great British summer so that you have plenty of opportunities to use it with the top down. Enjoy

[Bincenzo]

Average

[hashluck]

Nice one Nick

[avinalarf]

Congratulations Nick....looking forward to seeing you topless.