How to kill 3 months?

[Simon T]

I went to HWM to spec up and place my order for one of the very last V12VSMs today, It should go in to build late April and be ready late June. This will be my 4th V12V and 5th Aston yet I am still as excited as when I got my first ever car. way back in 1979. I really am going to struggle for the next 3 months, any suggestions on car related ways I can kill some time?

Simon

[AdamV12V]

Woot - congrats, do share details of the spec!

Don't worry about the 3 months, Im sure it will fly by in reality.

[telum01]

Wow, congrats!

Take up a drug habit and pass the time in rehab? Not sure if that will be enough to take the edge off, though

[Mako V12V]

Congrats Simon, are you quite firmed up on your spec or will you be "doing an Adam"

[C997]

Congratulations on your order!

Did you spec the car in one day? If so I admire your decisiveness, it took me 6 months! July delivery for me so I'm feeling your pain on the long wait.

Wonder how many more special editions will be released before they're delivered?

[Phil74891]

Simon,

Post the spec on here. You can then spend the next three months reading all the ste us lot write about it 😀

Congratulations btw. Last version of an all time great. HWM are excellent too.

[Upperworks]

Good work Simon, but I'm sure there were cheaper ways of getting a set of lightweight wheels

[cayman-black]

Phil74891 said:

Simon,

Post the spec on here. You can then spend the next three months reading all the ste us lot write about it ??

Congratulations btw. Last version of an all time great. HWM are excellent too.

Haha i like it and agree with it. Oh and Congratulations its gonna be a long three months but right in time for our one week of summer.

[Simon T]

So here we go:-

V12VS Manual
Hammerhead
Carbon grill
black window surround
Titanium mesh
Dark anodised Calipers
Liquid silver wheels (still looking to find a set of 10 spoke LWs )
Carbon vents
Black leather
Lightweight seats
Orange stitching
Orange accents
Piano black facia
Parking sensors

Have at it...

Re the time to spec. This is my 4th one so pretty sure about what I want and TBH have been speccing it in my head for months

Simon

Edited by Simon T on Thursday 9th March 20:53

[Phil74891]

Simon, I challenged you to post the spec, so I'll go first......

Err, great colour and just about everything else. Not sure what those wheels are, but lightweights close to the body colour would look great.......only other thing is that I had piano black on my old V8VS and the carbon equivalent on my V12VS center console is much easier to keep dust free, mainly because you can't see it. Life is full of challenges.

I'm sure someone will comment on the gearbox, then we can keep going on that until you get the car, and probably well into 2019.

Will be a stunning car.

[C997]

Sounds like a great spec. The orange accents will really stand out on the darker colours.

Interested as well to know what the liquid silver wheels are?

Where's the titanium mesh going if you've gone for carbon vents?

cheers,

[rl77]

Spec looks great Simon.

seem to wake up early 4.30amish and today I spent an hour or so drinking tea and watching V12s, V8Vs and Spitfires etc on videos, a few forum visits and then go back to bed for a short nap. Had a week or so of restricted sleep now and hopefully to get to drive mine (V8V) in 10 days or so after its trip there & back from some protective film work. Don't think I could take a longer wait.

[AdamV12V]

Very nice choice, the orange amd grey will work really well! Oh and nice to see another fan of the lightwight seats!

C997 said:

Interested as well to know what the liquid silver wheels are?

They are the std free old V12V wheels but now painted silver all over. Im guessing Simon is just trying to avoid the rather steep cost for speccing the lightwieghts at the factory. Checkout the pics of my car on delivery for pics of the free liquid silver wheels before I swapped them for the Zags.

C997 said:

Where's the titanium mesh going if you've gone for carbon vents?

The mesh goes behind the sides strakes and the front grille.

Edited by AdamV12V on Friday 10th March 09:01

[C997]

Yes, that all makes sense Adam. You'd think I'd know these by now but I'm blaming jet lag!

[Frances The Mute]

Congrats.

How about some advanced/focussed driving tuition so when the day comes, you'll be even more prepared to exploit its abilities.

[SFO]

Simon T said:

one of the very last V12VSMs today

when is production stopping?

[AdamV12V]

SFO said:

Simon T said:

one of the very last V12VSMs today

when is production stopping?

Hmm, yes I thought that bit seemed a bit out of line with my understanding, which was that Vantage will continue until at least the end of this year. It also seems out of line with comments on the AMR thread that their might be a AMR V12 version later this year. I suppose its possible Vantage continues to year end but V12VS ends sooner - not sure why that would be though, unless it was specifically to allow for a final run of AMR V12's maybe? Hmmm....

[woodsypedia]

I was told that the Vantage production line was downsized to make room for the DB11 production line. So they slot in V12's in amongst the V8s. As there's only so much space, the numbers are limited. It's not a limited run, it's a run limitation - if that makes sense

[cayman-black]

Liquid silver wheel.

[Upperworks]

Frances The Mute said:

Congrats.

How about some advanced/focussed driving tuition so when the day comes, you'll be even more prepared to exploit its abilities.

I assume you mean Simon giving lessons!