After the rain

[djakarta]

After 4 months of ownership, my first quick detail of the car.

Found a self serve car wash, bought some detailing supplies and snapped a few pictures\

'06 AM V8 27k miles and counting
Bone stock with Michelin PS2s

Edited by djakarta on Monday 25th January 05:05

[Guycord]

Gaw'd damn handsome cars....

Why do we do it??

[GlynV8]

Looking great, some very nice photos

[Murph7355]

Nice car.

Are they Pilot Sport tyres? How are you finding them? Did you have Bridgestones or Pirellis on originally?

[djakarta]

Murph7355 said:

Nice car.

Are they Pilot Sport tyres? How are you finding them? Did you have Bridgestones or Pirellis on originally?

thanks guys

yeah they are Pilot Sport 2s - in short they are awesome. Compared to the worn out Bridgestone RE050As especially!

These are quiet, reasonable cushy over sharp highway expansion joints, great linear steering feel and looks meaty!

[Cipo]

The Aston is sooooo much better looking from the front without the awful number plate we have to display in the UK

[dafydd2008]

Is that a very large jammer on the front bumper?

[Murph7355]

Cipo said:

The Aston is sooooo much better looking from the front without the awful number plate we have to display in the UK

Remove it then.

Takes 10mins. Saves a kilo or two.

Stick the plate on. And/or get a reduced size one

[Tonto]

Nice pictures sir!

Edited by Tonto on Monday 25th January 22:30

[Murph7355]

djakarta said:

thanks guys

yeah they are Pilot Sport 2s - in short they are awesome. Compared to the worn out Bridgestone RE050As especially!

These are quiet, reasonable cushy over sharp highway expansion joints, great linear steering feel and looks meaty!

Noticed in your original post (sorry).

How's the grip versus the Bridgestones? Especially in the wet.

Are they the same size as the Bridgestones?

[Jay_Davis]

Cipo said:

The Aston is sooooo much better looking from the front without the awful number plate we have to display in the UK

Actually, what looks better to me is the sunshine and green grass.

FYI, most of the states here in the US require front plates too, they are just taller and not as wide as the ones you have in the UK.

[djakarta]

that thing up front is a k40 laser jammer/radar detector. It came with the car (used) and honestly it's just an annoying device that beeps, blinks and talks...

i think im actually going to give in and get the front plate. In fact it actually is taller and narrower than the UK plates.

Regarding the PS2s: Grip is AWESOME in the wet but again i'm comparing them to 3 year old bald bridgestones
The rears are the same size as OEM but the fronts are 245/40/19.

The car was actually very quiet and secure-feeling during the week-long tropical storm we had last week.

and yes the green grass and sunshine are quite awesome.

cheers,

[spatz]

is that meteorite silver ? we are about to buy a very similar car and the pics are great !

[djakarta]

spatz said:

is that meteorite silver ? we are about to buy a very similar car and the pics are great !

thanks for the kind words spatz

yes it is meteorite silver