Seatbelt leather gaiters
Discussion
Disappointed at another nice touch being removed. 
You can look on fleabay for them, usually about £40-50 including the buckle. - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-ASTON-MARTIN-RAPIDE...
You can get your pants taken down by Astobnits - https://astonmartinbits.com/models/3-DBS/parts/326...
My vote would be to go to an automotive upholsterer and ask for a couple to be made. Doing it this way means you can fasten them on with velcro or other instead of unbolting stuff to slip it on.
You can look on fleabay for them, usually about £40-50 including the buckle. - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-ASTON-MARTIN-RAPIDE...
You can get your pants taken down by Astobnits - https://astonmartinbits.com/models/3-DBS/parts/326...
My vote would be to go to an automotive upholsterer and ask for a couple to be made. Doing it this way means you can fasten them on with velcro or other instead of unbolting stuff to slip it on.
This is deeply depressing, perhaps we should have a thread dedicated to the continuous dumbing down of the spec, and of all the little things that put together make/made Aston special.
Usually the last of the series cars have a more generous spec to encourage people to "trade up".
I would be concerned that if there is a long list of visible cost cutting, what about the bits that can't be seen?
I get the nickel and diming approach when you are shifting hundreds of thousands of units, but are these savings really worth alienating even one potential new customer to AM?
Usually the last of the series cars have a more generous spec to encourage people to "trade up".
I would be concerned that if there is a long list of visible cost cutting, what about the bits that can't be seen?
I get the nickel and diming approach when you are shifting hundreds of thousands of units, but are these savings really worth alienating even one potential new customer to AM?
Mac355 said:
are these savings really worth alienating even one potential new customer to AM?
I guess new customers wouldn't know the difference. A better way to express it would be to say; All these exquisite little touches make the whole Aston owner experience unique. Unfortunately, that will no longer be a factor in customer retention.
Someone has missed the fact that car buyers at this level can afford almost anything they want. Choice becomes an emotional decision and they are removing the little things that we get joy from.
I can see why they are lowering the spec to keep prices stable. In most cases (eg carbon) you can pay to get it right back on.
In the case of the seatbelt leather and underbonnet badge it's just gone and that's that. In those cases, it is very disappointing. And, as I said, with such low volume, how much have they saved? With the ones that you can option back up it's great extra revenue, in the thousands per unit. Where you can't they have just saved a few quid for a few hundred cars!
In the case of the seatbelt leather and underbonnet badge it's just gone and that's that. In those cases, it is very disappointing. And, as I said, with such low volume, how much have they saved? With the ones that you can option back up it's great extra revenue, in the thousands per unit. Where you can't they have just saved a few quid for a few hundred cars!
Somebody needs to find a upholsterer who is capable and willing to make these in any of the various Aston colour combos, and then we can do a group buy. If they could I would bet they won't be too expensive. Sounds like there are quite a few of us who would like to reinstate.
I'll take two in Pure Black Leather with Lime Green contrast stitch please!
I'll take two in Pure Black Leather with Lime Green contrast stitch please!
Emilio Largo said:
As you are discussing the cost cutting procedures 
(from MY 16 on, I think): Where have the clothes hooks on the rear compartment struts in the Vantage gone? Does anyone know if they can be re-specced when buying new (like the rear compartment leather)?
I didn't know about the hooks either(from MY 16 on, I think): Where have the clothes hooks on the rear compartment struts in the Vantage gone? Does anyone know if they can be re-specced when buying new (like the rear compartment leather)?Is it possible to get an exhaustive list of what has been dropped from vantage (or made a cost option where previously standard) over the last few years
Seatbelt covers
coat hooks (does that apply to roadster too ?)
boot pull
winged engine badge
model badge
what else ?
Did I read somewhere that you no longer get a lighter/accessory socket in the boot of roadsters ?
Also I think I read that the pockets on the front of the lightweight seats had been dropped
And the fuel cap changed ?
Or am I mis remembering ?
Ex Boy Racer said:
So, all in, probably saving maybe£100 per car, tops? If they sell 500 of them they've saved £50K.
Really worth it? Does £50k more profit/less loss really make such cheapening measures worthwhile?
The massively underwhelming vanity project in Dover St Mayfair is probably losing that in 2 months.....,Really worth it? Does £50k more profit/less loss really make such cheapening measures worthwhile?
Forgot the cheaper standard leather too of course
And yes, hardly seems worth it, even more so at the end of life of a model
Imagine how many owners have upgraded to a newer vantage in the last year or two and slowly see small things that were on their previous, older car but not on their newer one that they have just spent 20/30/50 or more thousand pounds to upgrade to
The badwill compared to the minimal savings makes me wonder what I am missing
Surely easier to start again with what is standard/optional/no longer available from when the new model is launched
And yes, hardly seems worth it, even more so at the end of life of a model
Imagine how many owners have upgraded to a newer vantage in the last year or two and slowly see small things that were on their previous, older car but not on their newer one that they have just spent 20/30/50 or more thousand pounds to upgrade to
The badwill compared to the minimal savings makes me wonder what I am missing
Surely easier to start again with what is standard/optional/no longer available from when the new model is launched
|http://thumbsnap.com/hq77dOfT[/url]jonby said:
I didn't know about the hooks either
Is it possible to get an exhaustive list of what has been dropped from vantage (or made a cost option where previously standard) over the last few years
Seatbelt covers
coat hooks (does that apply to roadster too ?)
boot pull
winged engine badge
model badge
what else ?
Did I read somewhere that you no longer get a lighter/accessory socket in the boot of roadsters ?
Also I think I read that the pockets on the front of the lightweight seats had been dropped
And the fuel cap changed ?
Or am I mis remembering ?
Add to the list the leather strap in the boot to pull it shut without having to touch the paintwork.Is it possible to get an exhaustive list of what has been dropped from vantage (or made a cost option where previously standard) over the last few years
Seatbelt covers
coat hooks (does that apply to roadster too ?)
boot pull
winged engine badge
model badge
what else ?
Did I read somewhere that you no longer get a lighter/accessory socket in the boot of roadsters ?
Also I think I read that the pockets on the front of the lightweight seats had been dropped
And the fuel cap changed ?
Or am I mis remembering ?
Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff