299km new Vantage Video.

[cayman-black]

So the wipers can't cope, no problem for the uk though. The 992 is faster also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRc_Fok8sWs

[anonymous-user]

Apparently the wipers do that at certain speed and then revert to normal position when the car has slowed down. Either way a bit of a distraction at that speed! And that high pitched noise, wtf?

[LTP]

I'm a little confused by the speedo/tacho insert at bottom left - this seems to indicate the car never gets in a higher gear than 6th, but the ZF in the new Vantage is an 8-speed.

The wipers moving up the A-pillars at speed is trick, but that high-speed warbling wind-noise isn't

Edited to add:

To DB11 owners on here - do the wipers on the DB11 do the same? They're basically the same system as on the Vantage - two direct-drive Bosch motors, one acting as lead, the other slave.

Edited by LTP on Saturday 4th January 18:03

Edited by LTP on Saturday 4th January 19:05

[Jon39]

Another 10 mph left according to AML.
Driven in opposite directions, perhaps a cross wind.

Is there a cloth covering the instrument display ahead of the steering wheel ? -

[V8V Pete]

LTP said:

I'm a little confused by the speedo/tacho insert at bottom left - this seems to indicate the car never gets in a higher gear than 6th, but the ZF in the new Vantage is an 8-speed.

It may be that top speed is achieved in 6th and 7th/8th are for economy / cruising comfort. Road car rather than a race car that would achieve its top speed at the red line in top gear.

[LTP]

V8V Pete said:

It may be that top speed is achieved in 6th and 7th/8th are for economy / cruising comfort. Road car rather than a race car that would achieve its top speed at the red line in top gear.

I get that, but both 7th and 8th? I could understand 8th being an overdrive, but as they allegedly raised the final drive ratio to make the Vantage a sportier drive with better acceleration compared with the DB11 I would expect that to make it run out of gears faster