Our other cars

[Omaruk]

bogie said:

Yep...guilty on both counts.....must be a British car thing....also had a Lotus for 6 years

Ditto

[Phil74891]

My three. All keepers.

[davek_964]

bigee said:

Guilty as charged, had Tvr's , Porsche and now a Range Rover shares billing with the Vantage. ( although I am having guilty thoughts about changing for a Cayenne Turbo ......again !! )
Edit .... That's for the Range and not the Aston obviously

I have an old 2003 Cayenne S which is now on about 102k miles. It's my totally don't care car - don't care where I park it, don't care if non-essential things break (although actually everything works) - and I think it's an amazing car for what it is. I've had it about 4 years now and think it's great. The only thing I don't like about it is the fuel consumption but even that's not really unreasonable considering it's size and performance.

[davek_964]

Phil74891 said:

My three. All keepers.

Cool - a Brera. I considered one last month but bought the Spider instead!

[Loose_Cannon]

It must be a matter of patriotism as my "significant other" is a lifetime-keeper Lotus Esprit GT3.



I would also like to buy a Jaguar X350 XJ for everyday use, but I'm having trouble breaking my Volvo V70 T5 habit when they do everything so well, cost so little and never break down. Leave it parked anywhere without a care in the world.

Edited by Loose_Cannon on Tuesday 4th April 13:15

Edited by Loose_Cannon on Tuesday 4th April 13:15

[davek_964]

Many many years ago I considered an Esprit but was put off by horror stories. What's it like? I do think it's a classic car.

[Loose_Cannon]

The reliability thing is mostly bks perpetuated by Clarkson wannabes and bow-tied comedians.

Certainly the 70s cars had their share of problems, but you would expect that of a lot of low volume contemporary stuff like Urracos and Meraks as well wouldn't you? Every time I hear that LOTUS acronym trotted out by people who have never been in one let alone owned one I feel like committing murder. It's actually been more reliable than the Volvo! 2 breakdowns in 14 years/25k miles; one clutch fork snapped and a failed alternator which had been giving me warning signs for weeks that I hadn't recognised. If you want one buy the newest one you can as they get better year on year, just like Aston. For sure the early Giugiaro stuff has the looks and charisma but for a daily driver that starts after 4 months inactivity shoot for post 1992.

Fit and finish wise Lotus is closer to Aston than you would think, I was pretty surprised by that especially with the financial backing AM has vs Lotus. When I got back into it after the DB9 I was expecting to be deflated; not a bit of it. Just like the 996 Porsche we had, they do the same job, just differently, and they all have idiosyncracies.

Edited by Loose_Cannon on Tuesday 4th April 14:09

[bigee]

Current pair...me likey !

[gibbon]

TR4man said:

Your Aston is lovely, but I have to say that the +2 would always attract my gaze. It must be one of the prettiest cars ever made.

Thank you, i have to say, its lovely to drive too, The twin cam lotus lump really is such a cool little engine. 120 ish hp from a 1.6 in 1968? Not too shabby.

[ChrisR99]

British FTW.

[trigbush]

1971 Triumph Stag 3.0l V8 with J-Type Overdrive in Sapphire Blue
2008 Porsche 997.1 Turbo in Metallic Basalt Black with Cocoa interior (manual)
2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Carbon Black Edition with Obsidian Black interior (manual)
2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid in Metallic Basalt Black with Black interior
2014 Triumph Thruxton in Phantom Black
2016 Triumph Thruxton R in Brushed Ice Silver with Track Racer Inspiration Kit

[Bobajobbob]

I have a new Range Rover Sport for lugging the family, a Mini Countryman for lugging the dog and a Triumph Bonneville for lugging me around when I'm not in the Vantage.

I also sold a Morgan Plus 4 to make way for the Aston I guess I favour British heritage/design if not company ownership.

[66MK]

Brits for me...

[justin220]

Lotus, TVR and Aston's in my history missing the exige and Vx220 pictures

[axarunner]

[AMTony]

Like the Triumphs, very nice.

We have a few older cars as well, much more character than the newer ones.

[northernmedia]

My inner chav is strong

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