New owner: V8 VANTAGE S
Discussion
Hi All!
First time poster, long time reader.
Just picked up a '12 V8VS last week and I already have a hard time walking away from the car after parking it. (I find myself staring for more than a socially acceptable amount of time)
So apart from the possible therapy I may need for that problem, I had a few questions for you pistonheads!
1. Has anyone replaced the iPod cable? If so, where is the best place (price) to purchase? Will be shipping to Canada (a country which loves attaching duties/taxes to everything)
2. Is removing Fuse 15 necessary on the "S" if I'm driving it exclusively in Sport? I read that it opens valves at a lower RPM, but removing the fuse allows the full range?
3. Would love to know what kind of range you guys get out of a full tank
Any other tips/tricks would be awesome! I plan to daily this bad boy. The SSII Transmission was never an issue for me (coming from the R-Tronic Audi R8, and also having an F1 Transmission 355 Spider in the garage ATM I can definitely say this is one of the better single clutch's)
As per forum requirements, attached are some photos.
First time poster, long time reader.
Just picked up a '12 V8VS last week and I already have a hard time walking away from the car after parking it. (I find myself staring for more than a socially acceptable amount of time)
So apart from the possible therapy I may need for that problem, I had a few questions for you pistonheads!
1. Has anyone replaced the iPod cable? If so, where is the best place (price) to purchase? Will be shipping to Canada (a country which loves attaching duties/taxes to everything)
2. Is removing Fuse 15 necessary on the "S" if I'm driving it exclusively in Sport? I read that it opens valves at a lower RPM, but removing the fuse allows the full range?
3. Would love to know what kind of range you guys get out of a full tank
Any other tips/tricks would be awesome! I plan to daily this bad boy. The SSII Transmission was never an issue for me (coming from the R-Tronic Audi R8, and also having an F1 Transmission 355 Spider in the garage ATM I can definitely say this is one of the better single clutch's)
As per forum requirements, attached are some photos.
Beautiful car, congratulations!
The butterfly valve on the exhaust opens at circa 4000rpm to give the car the proper throaty sound. The Sport button on the Vantage drops that to about 3500rpm (as well as tweaking the throttle map)
You could remove fuse 15 to have the full speed sound all the time. But if you’re going to daily drive it you would be better off fitting a relay switch (like the one produced by Clive at cccharger.co.uk). So you can turn it on and off when you want.
Sorry not sure if there’s an alternative supplier in Canada.
The butterfly valve on the exhaust opens at circa 4000rpm to give the car the proper throaty sound. The Sport button on the Vantage drops that to about 3500rpm (as well as tweaking the throttle map)
You could remove fuse 15 to have the full speed sound all the time. But if you’re going to daily drive it you would be better off fitting a relay switch (like the one produced by Clive at cccharger.co.uk). So you can turn it on and off when you want.
Sorry not sure if there’s an alternative supplier in Canada.
Congratulations. Lovely looking Vantage.
1. Not a bargain but they have them at AstonMartinBits.com http://astonmartinbits.com/models/5-V8-Vantage/par...
2. Personally I prefer to have control over the exhaust valves so have my Sport button programmed to control them. Sport pressed = valves always open, Sport not pressed = valves always closed.
3. My car's trip computer often thinks it's going to do over 300 miles on a tank just after I've filled up. That almost never happens
Top tip. Wear out the Bridgestones as soon as you can (actually quite hard to do so I just got rid of them) and put some decent tyres on it. Much better in every way.
1. Not a bargain but they have them at AstonMartinBits.com http://astonmartinbits.com/models/5-V8-Vantage/par...
2. Personally I prefer to have control over the exhaust valves so have my Sport button programmed to control them. Sport pressed = valves always open, Sport not pressed = valves always closed.
3. My car's trip computer often thinks it's going to do over 300 miles on a tank just after I've filled up. That almost never happens
Top tip. Wear out the Bridgestones as soon as you can (actually quite hard to do so I just got rid of them) and put some decent tyres on it. Much better in every way.
Emilio Largo said:
Absolutely gorgeous! Enjoy this beauty!
And keep it classy: Don´t remove the exhaust fuse. It is certainly loud enough in Sport Mode.
Perhaps you can do something about the front number plate plinth.
Oh boy would I love to And keep it classy: Don´t remove the exhaust fuse. It is certainly loud enough in Sport Mode.
Perhaps you can do something about the front number plate plinth.
Edited by Emilio Largo on Monday 19th November 21:00
Our province's laws don't quite agree with the aesthetic benefits of that, and a tow hook mount would block a front parking-sensor..
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