My Quest: Six cars in six years
Discussion
tberg said:
Cloudy147,
I really appreciate your attitude toward higher mileage models of cars you like. I bought my 2010 XKR over 10 years ago with about 70,000 miles on it. This past week I passed 199,000 miles. The car has been pulleyed and tuned to about 600hp, has been tracked many dozens of times, has been supremely reliable, and is still so enjoyable to drive everyday as my daily driver that I can't think of getting rid of it for anything else. A car that's been driven and properly maintained is much more likely to provide a good ownership experience than one that rarely leaves the garage. Congratulations, again, on your beautiful new Aston.
That's great to see, tberg! Here's to many more miles!! I really appreciate your attitude toward higher mileage models of cars you like. I bought my 2010 XKR over 10 years ago with about 70,000 miles on it. This past week I passed 199,000 miles. The car has been pulleyed and tuned to about 600hp, has been tracked many dozens of times, has been supremely reliable, and is still so enjoyable to drive everyday as my daily driver that I can't think of getting rid of it for anything else. A car that's been driven and properly maintained is much more likely to provide a good ownership experience than one that rarely leaves the garage. Congratulations, again, on your beautiful new Aston.
Hi all,
Almost 7 months into my ownership experience already, I can't believe how fast this year has gone. The Aston has been used for daily duties (which is mainly the school run, a healthy combo of A, B and motorway roads), along with a variety of longer journeys and pleasure drives.
I tend to do the school run for the first half of the week with Mrs Cloudy doing the second half. Unfortunately, in an act of great buffoonery I forgot to take the key out of the ignition when I had parked it back in the garage on my last school run 'shift'. I came back a few days later to find everything very dead. "Oh no, I've broken it a bit" was my first thought.
I posted on here for some advice and the first step was to charge it and see what happened. Time to break out the trusty CTEK which, after 24 hours had brought the battery back to full. I started the ignition and the warning still came up "low battery", but thankfully it fired first time without a problem.
I took it for a drive, no issues, so then a run down the motorway to get everything back to best. So thankfully no drama!
Other than that, to date no issues. I'm pretty much used to the clutch and handbrake oddities now so that's all fine too. On a recent visit to my parents house, with just me and daughter on the journey we went in the Aston rather than our family car. My mum asked me to "give it a roar" (she likes to hear my cars
!), so I blipped the throttle and she nearly jumped out of her skin! 
Have to admit, when stationary it certainly is rather loud when the beans are given!
The year is whizzing by, and I'm questioning my ability to complete the aforementioned six year car plan...
Almost 7 months into my ownership experience already, I can't believe how fast this year has gone. The Aston has been used for daily duties (which is mainly the school run, a healthy combo of A, B and motorway roads), along with a variety of longer journeys and pleasure drives.
I tend to do the school run for the first half of the week with Mrs Cloudy doing the second half. Unfortunately, in an act of great buffoonery I forgot to take the key out of the ignition when I had parked it back in the garage on my last school run 'shift'. I came back a few days later to find everything very dead. "Oh no, I've broken it a bit" was my first thought.
I posted on here for some advice and the first step was to charge it and see what happened. Time to break out the trusty CTEK which, after 24 hours had brought the battery back to full. I started the ignition and the warning still came up "low battery", but thankfully it fired first time without a problem.
I took it for a drive, no issues, so then a run down the motorway to get everything back to best. So thankfully no drama!
Other than that, to date no issues. I'm pretty much used to the clutch and handbrake oddities now so that's all fine too. On a recent visit to my parents house, with just me and daughter on the journey we went in the Aston rather than our family car. My mum asked me to "give it a roar" (she likes to hear my cars
!), so I blipped the throttle and she nearly jumped out of her skin! Have to admit, when stationary it certainly is rather loud when the beans are given!The year is whizzing by, and I'm questioning my ability to complete the aforementioned six year car plan...
Edited by Cloudy147 on Sunday 25th June 00:23
Cloudy147 said:
The year is whizzing by, and I'm questioning my ability to complete the aforementioned six year car plan...
A little slippage in the plan isn't going to hurt anyone - if you are enjoying the car you can look and jump when you are readyEdited by Cloudy147 on Sunday 25th June 00:23
Love the idea of this, especially having the model cars helping to visualise the journey!
Your target cars are exactly the ones i’d go for too, the millennium heroes, cars I grew up yearning for. Finnily enough I purchased a 2008 vantage in april and am really fancying an r8 next.
The 360/430 i’d love to get to asap as think they’re going to quite quickly shoot off in value over the next few years
Is your vantage a manual? I went sportshift. I love it when pressing on its actually a great gearbox. The low speed manoeuvring though is virtually useless, tight spaces are impossible. With it being a weekend car not too much of an issue but for a daily driver the ss1 just isn’t feasible.
Your target cars are exactly the ones i’d go for too, the millennium heroes, cars I grew up yearning for. Finnily enough I purchased a 2008 vantage in april and am really fancying an r8 next.
The 360/430 i’d love to get to asap as think they’re going to quite quickly shoot off in value over the next few years
Is your vantage a manual? I went sportshift. I love it when pressing on its actually a great gearbox. The low speed manoeuvring though is virtually useless, tight spaces are impossible. With it being a weekend car not too much of an issue but for a daily driver the ss1 just isn’t feasible.
B'stard Child said:
A little slippage in the plan isn't going to hurt anyone - if you are enjoying the car you can look and jump when you are ready
Thankyou, Mr Child. I think there may well be some slippage!!RD-1 said:
Love this.
All these cars are on my ‘list’ too, so following with interest.
Boxster - done
GranTurismo - done
360 or V8V next.
Excellent! Any progress yet? How did you find the GranTurismo? I don't hear great things about reliability or the speed of parts availability?All these cars are on my ‘list’ too, so following with interest.
Boxster - done
GranTurismo - done
360 or V8V next.
lewisf182 said:
Love the idea of this, especially having the model cars helping to visualise the journey!
Your target cars are exactly the ones i’d go for too, the millennium heroes, cars I grew up yearning for. Finnily enough I purchased a 2008 vantage in april and am really fancying an r8 next.
The 360/430 i’d love to get to asap as think they’re going to quite quickly shoot off in value over the next few years
Is your vantage a manual? I went sportshift. I love it when pressing on its actually a great gearbox. The low speed manoeuvring though is virtually useless, tight spaces are impossible. With it being a weekend car not too much of an issue but for a daily driver the ss1 just isn’t feasible.
Hi Lewis, thanks very much. Yes I love the model cars. Your target cars are exactly the ones i’d go for too, the millennium heroes, cars I grew up yearning for. Finnily enough I purchased a 2008 vantage in april and am really fancying an r8 next.
The 360/430 i’d love to get to asap as think they’re going to quite quickly shoot off in value over the next few years
Is your vantage a manual? I went sportshift. I love it when pressing on its actually a great gearbox. The low speed manoeuvring though is virtually useless, tight spaces are impossible. With it being a weekend car not too much of an issue but for a daily driver the ss1 just isn’t feasible.
The 360's are already going up and up it seems - particularly for red ones. My Vantage is a manual one. I would have been happy with a sportshift or manual I think, but it was the manual that came up first. Breakfast Meet at Topaz Detailing
I met up with a local sports car group that I'm a member of recently, and we headed over to Topaz Detailing in Leeds for breakfast.
I wasn't aware that Topaz was in my locale so I wanted to go and see what they do, as well as have a good ol' social too. Their building is really nice - spotlessly clean and lots of really bright, but not glaring, lights above the cars. They had some wonderful cars too!
A lovely new Aston SUV!
And a Lotus electric SUV! This took me by surprise, I hadn't realised it had even become a production car yet, so had a good nosey around it!
Supercars in attendance, naturally
Very nice Rolls - with photo exposure making the rear bumper look very weird!
A really cool Ferrari, which has its engine bay signed by everyone who built it. Awesome!!
One area of required cosmetic improvement for my Vantage is the stone guard film on the rear quarters. These are past their best and are starting to peel on one side, so I asked Topaz if they could replacement. The answer was yes, and they have all the templates available - so I'm going to book in over the next few months and have these tidied up.
There was also another gent at the meet who came in his V8 Vantage and ultimately I got talking to him too. He is very much an enthusiast of both the brand and the model, having owned three of them, with the current one being in his collection for many years. As the conversation turned to my car, it turns out that the previous owner was actually his neighbour! I asked if he could perhaps see if the previous owner has any additional documentation for the car, or perhaps if he can recall if/when the clutch was replaced. He said he would do so, as he hasn't seen his neighbour around for a while so will be a good excuse to knock and see how he is and what car he has now. If anything comes of it, ill update!
For now, both cars are parked in my garage, both a bit dirty and are ready for some winter cleaning and routine maintenance (service, mot, tyres, etc, as required).
Just a short update this time around, in that the MOT was due this month...
I booked it in for today and I'm pleased to say that it passed with flying colours, no advisories. Hurrah!
We are coming up to one year ownership with this car. I've covered just over 1,600 miles in that period and the Vantage is still so very satisfying to own, drive and look at!
I booked it in for today and I'm pleased to say that it passed with flying colours, no advisories. Hurrah!
We are coming up to one year ownership with this car. I've covered just over 1,600 miles in that period and the Vantage is still so very satisfying to own, drive and look at!
Edited by Cloudy147 on Tuesday 5th December 22:00
Some interesting news, you may recall I mentioned in an earlier post that I met the neighbour of the previous owner of my Vantage recently.
He messaged me earlier this week to say he had spoken to his neighbour (the previous owner) who said that my car had a new engine, clutch and flywheel at 105,000 miles (5,000 miles ago). All were done at the main dealer at a cost of £26k! He sold not long after as he felt he’d put enough into the car and didn’t want to risk another big bill.
He is going to look and see if he still has the receipts (my car only came with the service book), and if not will ask the dealer for copies, which would be most kind of him.
He messaged me earlier this week to say he had spoken to his neighbour (the previous owner) who said that my car had a new engine, clutch and flywheel at 105,000 miles (5,000 miles ago). All were done at the main dealer at a cost of £26k! He sold not long after as he felt he’d put enough into the car and didn’t want to risk another big bill.
He is going to look and see if he still has the receipts (my car only came with the service book), and if not will ask the dealer for copies, which would be most kind of him.
That’s a great result. Strange that the clutch feels heavy after only 5000 miles ( are they always heavy ?)
Interesting that AM Leeds consider a new engine as a wear and tear item ! Quote from page 1 :“Whilst I was there I asked if they might be able to tell me anything about the cars history, as the previous owner had the last service done there. GDPR meant that they couldn't disclose what had been done, but they advised that a significant sum had been spent on keeping the car well maintained and that it wanted for nothing by its previous owner. Nothing nefarious, just wear and tear items that had been refreshed. ”
Interesting that AM Leeds consider a new engine as a wear and tear item ! Quote from page 1 :“Whilst I was there I asked if they might be able to tell me anything about the cars history, as the previous owner had the last service done there. GDPR meant that they couldn't disclose what had been done, but they advised that a significant sum had been spent on keeping the car well maintained and that it wanted for nothing by its previous owner. Nothing nefarious, just wear and tear items that had been refreshed. ”
Mark-ri571 said:
That’s a great result. Strange that the clutch feels heavy after only 5000 miles ( are they always heavy ?)
Interesting that AM Leeds consider a new engine as a wear and tear item ! Quote from page 1 :“Whilst I was there I asked if they might be able to tell me anything about the cars history, as the previous owner had the last service done there. GDPR meant that they couldn't disclose what had been done, but they advised that a significant sum had been spent on keeping the car well maintained and that it wanted for nothing by its previous owner. Nothing nefarious, just wear and tear items that had been refreshed. ”
Yes indeed, I thought that. Perhaps they didn't want to worry me as they couldn't give context, or maybe they were just looking at the last bill, rather than maybe previous ones? I dunno, but I suspect the size of the bill(s) he clocked up is perhaps why they remembered him as a customer too! Interesting that AM Leeds consider a new engine as a wear and tear item ! Quote from page 1 :“Whilst I was there I asked if they might be able to tell me anything about the cars history, as the previous owner had the last service done there. GDPR meant that they couldn't disclose what had been done, but they advised that a significant sum had been spent on keeping the car well maintained and that it wanted for nothing by its previous owner. Nothing nefarious, just wear and tear items that had been refreshed. ”
As for the clutch, I've no frame of reference as regards Aston's, but I've heard from others that the clutches are heavy compared to other cars, and are certainly more so than my previous Porsches. But it's not like pressing concrete or anything like that.
All that said, I am used to it now. I suppose it depends what you come out of previously. But the next time I meet an owner of a similar model Vantage I might request a sit and see how they compare, my guess is they'll be pretty much the same though.
As for my six year plan, I've been contemplating whether to change for one of my other cars in the list, but I'm just too content with the Aston right now. I am really happy with my cars, having the Vantage for its sleek looks, its noisy bark and its timeless and satisfying interior - and having the Camaro for its out and out fun and playful nature. They contrast and complement each other really well and I don't want to sell either!
In other news, has anyone messed about with AI Image Generation yet? Its so cool! I asked it for a picture of my cars, and here is what it came up with! Just need to get rid of the yellow stripe on the Vantage but otherwise I think its a brilliant likeness!
Edited by Cloudy147 on Friday 15th December 22:40
Service Time
The annual service for the Vantage is due this month so I booked in with my local specialist garage who I have used for years. The car had a clean bill of health, commenting that it all looks clean underneath with no leaks etc.
A few weeks ago I inadvertently let the battery go flat (again!
), and this affected the auto-drop on the windows, I did the reset procedure which worked for the passenger but not the driver. I mentioned it to John, my mechanic, and he sorted it. He did the same reset procedure so I must have been doing something wrong!
Anyhow, adapter now purchased for the ctek charger so that it plugs into the power socket in the boot and I leave it on charge if I’m not planning on using it for more than a few days.
Covered 1,590 miles in 12 months between services. So far so good! My “6 cars in 6 years” plan isn’t going to plan though, I really do like this car!
(It was given a good clean when I got home so it’s looking very shiny again now!)
The annual service for the Vantage is due this month so I booked in with my local specialist garage who I have used for years. The car had a clean bill of health, commenting that it all looks clean underneath with no leaks etc.
A few weeks ago I inadvertently let the battery go flat (again!
), and this affected the auto-drop on the windows, I did the reset procedure which worked for the passenger but not the driver. I mentioned it to John, my mechanic, and he sorted it. He did the same reset procedure so I must have been doing something wrong! Anyhow, adapter now purchased for the ctek charger so that it plugs into the power socket in the boot and I leave it on charge if I’m not planning on using it for more than a few days.
Covered 1,590 miles in 12 months between services. So far so good! My “6 cars in 6 years” plan isn’t going to plan though, I really do like this car!
(It was given a good clean when I got home so it’s looking very shiny again now!)
I had cause recently to use Wifeys car and she needed a car at the same time. This meant she would be driving the Vantage for the first time, with all of its quirkiness, not least a manual gearbox, something which she hasn’t driven for three years.
I thought it beneficial to let people know…
I thought it beneficial to let people know…
I may have been out spending again… 
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This makes car number three of the aforementioned “6 cars in 6 years” plan!
Ferrari collection
So this is my story of my amazing day collecting my childhood dream car, a Ferrari. MY Ferrari.
This 360 Modena came up for sale at The Ferrari Centre (Kent High Performance Cars) in Maidstone and, after a brief chat with Simon, my sales rep at the dealership, I purchased it sight-unseen. One might consider this to be a trifle risky - and it is - but this car is my perfect specification and it had got several people already booked to view the car so I needed to do something to jump the queue. It was the right time for the right price and if I ever want to get one in these colours, for a relatively reasonable price, with this amount of service history, then I’m going to have to move fast.
Balls deep it is then.
I called and spoke to Simon, who talked me through all the history and gave me a run down of the condition. I had heard good things about this dealer from the inspector that I used when I last tried to buy one of these several years ago, so I knew they had a good reputation.
This car is a 2000 Modena in red with cream interior and red piping, along with red stitching on the leather everywhere else. It also has the Ferrari wingshields, red calipers, the F1 gearbox and a Tubi exhaust! This 360 has been known to the Ferrari Centre for more than 10 years and they have sold it several times over. I asked them lots of questions about service history (it’s comprehensive, with a folder of receipts) and Simon talked me through this. I also asked about anything that might need doing soon and the reply was very reassuring “Oh, that’s not your concern, sir. We check everything before it leaves us and we replace anything that is necessary. We will also give the car a service and change the belts”. Music to my ears! The 360 also has a 3 month warranty. The dealership have their own workshop to look after any potential issues, which I found reassuring as they are incentivised to not want to see a faulty car back wasting their valuable time. Therefore, the prep will be good. Sold! No time to mess about.
Fast forward a few weeks, and the start of my journey to collect my first Ferrari. It begins with 4 hour train journey south, and a 4 hour drive home. A mix of nerves (that the car might not be all that was said), and sheer excitement (I’ve bought a Ferrari!!!).
First train, on time down to London Kings Cross. Lovely and quiet.
Change over to St Pancras. Time for a little mooch around the London stations.
Next couple of trains via Strood to Maidstone. Lovely and quiet. The trains down south are so much nicer than the rickety old things we have in the north.
I arrive at Maidstone and Dan, the service manager is there to greet me. We have a good chat about the car, he knows it well, and he tells me more about the dealership and the owners. Unfortunately Simon wasn’t going to be in on the day due to medical reasons (which he had told me previously), but I’d be meeting Roger, the company owner…
We shortly arrive at the dealership, Roger is there to meet me - my car pride of place in the showroom.
Smiles and welcomes and he shows me to my car, giving me as much time as I need to look around it, ask questions etc. Roger spends ages with me. Nothing is too much trouble. He talks me through the quirks of the car, the operation of everything (except the aftermarket stereo system, but no-one in the universe knows how to work those, so that’s fine), and gives me the perfect amount of conversational space to take everything in, ramble about nonsense and generally just enjoy the experience.
I asked about the prep, and the warranty, and he took me through the offices to show me his workshop, a large space full of Ferraris all being worked on. These guys clearly know what they are doing, and Roger prides himself on a 40-year business successfully buying, selling and servicing Ferraris of all ages.
We then sit down and go through the paperwork in detail, the cars history, Roger’s personal experience of the car (which he has bought and sold several times to and from previous owners) and the ownership papers.
After a hour or two, the deal is completed, paperwork signed and Roger starts the car for the first time in my presence and drives it out of the showroom. Oooooh it sounds nice, one can’t help but smile. Roger has explained to me his top tips on driving the F1 cars, as they are a different experience to traditional automatics. A few minutes later, a shake of the hands, and I’m ready to head home in my very own Ferrari 360.
For the first couple of hours I’m in maximum concentration mode, but once on the motorway, I settle at a steady 65mph and start to relax into it, becoming familiar with the controls, the size and the layout.
I stop at a services after an hour and realise that I most definitely can’t park the thing very well at all! Thankfully there were plenty of spaces.
For the second leg, a small issue appears in that the air con doesn’t appear to be working. But at the next service stop, it all comes back to life again and has worked since.
As I arrive within a few miles of home, my wife is taking our daughter to Guides, and based on the timing they muse that I’m probably not far away. And sure enough, shortly afterwards our paths crossed on the road. Later she said they could hear me long before they saw me.
It’s a noisy beast! Really loud! When I got onto the estate where I lived, my wife had a message from one of the neighbours asking if that was my Ferrari - they heard it first too. Haha! The Tubi exhaust really makes the car sound great. It’s a deep (DEEP) rumble, but the higher up the rev counter you go, it turns into the screaming banshee that Ferraris are famous for.
Driving wise, I’m still very new to this car, so we are nowhere near extremes (and probably never will be, I’m not a max-out kind of driver) but it does reminds me of the Boxster in terms of handling. It’s not an intimidating car to drive.
Comfort is amazing for a car like this. Loads of head, leg, shoulder and knee room. The 4 hour journey home with only a couple of 5 minute stops and not a hint of back pain. I couldn’t do that with my Aston or Camaro. I don’t know how the Italians have managed to come up tops in the comfort department for tall people, but they have, and I’m so very pleased about that!!
This car is the realisation of a dream that I never thought as a child could be a possibility. But here it is, looking all fabulous!
What a lucky boy I am.
Next update i’ll talk about my first attempt at a school run in it (terrifying!), and the plans for the Vantage…
. This makes car number three of the aforementioned “6 cars in 6 years” plan!
Ferrari collection
So this is my story of my amazing day collecting my childhood dream car, a Ferrari. MY Ferrari.
This 360 Modena came up for sale at The Ferrari Centre (Kent High Performance Cars) in Maidstone and, after a brief chat with Simon, my sales rep at the dealership, I purchased it sight-unseen. One might consider this to be a trifle risky - and it is - but this car is my perfect specification and it had got several people already booked to view the car so I needed to do something to jump the queue. It was the right time for the right price and if I ever want to get one in these colours, for a relatively reasonable price, with this amount of service history, then I’m going to have to move fast.
Balls deep it is then.
I called and spoke to Simon, who talked me through all the history and gave me a run down of the condition. I had heard good things about this dealer from the inspector that I used when I last tried to buy one of these several years ago, so I knew they had a good reputation.
This car is a 2000 Modena in red with cream interior and red piping, along with red stitching on the leather everywhere else. It also has the Ferrari wingshields, red calipers, the F1 gearbox and a Tubi exhaust! This 360 has been known to the Ferrari Centre for more than 10 years and they have sold it several times over. I asked them lots of questions about service history (it’s comprehensive, with a folder of receipts) and Simon talked me through this. I also asked about anything that might need doing soon and the reply was very reassuring “Oh, that’s not your concern, sir. We check everything before it leaves us and we replace anything that is necessary. We will also give the car a service and change the belts”. Music to my ears! The 360 also has a 3 month warranty. The dealership have their own workshop to look after any potential issues, which I found reassuring as they are incentivised to not want to see a faulty car back wasting their valuable time. Therefore, the prep will be good. Sold! No time to mess about.
Fast forward a few weeks, and the start of my journey to collect my first Ferrari. It begins with 4 hour train journey south, and a 4 hour drive home. A mix of nerves (that the car might not be all that was said), and sheer excitement (I’ve bought a Ferrari!!!).
First train, on time down to London Kings Cross. Lovely and quiet.
Change over to St Pancras. Time for a little mooch around the London stations.
Next couple of trains via Strood to Maidstone. Lovely and quiet. The trains down south are so much nicer than the rickety old things we have in the north.
I arrive at Maidstone and Dan, the service manager is there to greet me. We have a good chat about the car, he knows it well, and he tells me more about the dealership and the owners. Unfortunately Simon wasn’t going to be in on the day due to medical reasons (which he had told me previously), but I’d be meeting Roger, the company owner…
We shortly arrive at the dealership, Roger is there to meet me - my car pride of place in the showroom.
Smiles and welcomes and he shows me to my car, giving me as much time as I need to look around it, ask questions etc. Roger spends ages with me. Nothing is too much trouble. He talks me through the quirks of the car, the operation of everything (except the aftermarket stereo system, but no-one in the universe knows how to work those, so that’s fine), and gives me the perfect amount of conversational space to take everything in, ramble about nonsense and generally just enjoy the experience.
I asked about the prep, and the warranty, and he took me through the offices to show me his workshop, a large space full of Ferraris all being worked on. These guys clearly know what they are doing, and Roger prides himself on a 40-year business successfully buying, selling and servicing Ferraris of all ages.
We then sit down and go through the paperwork in detail, the cars history, Roger’s personal experience of the car (which he has bought and sold several times to and from previous owners) and the ownership papers.
After a hour or two, the deal is completed, paperwork signed and Roger starts the car for the first time in my presence and drives it out of the showroom. Oooooh it sounds nice, one can’t help but smile. Roger has explained to me his top tips on driving the F1 cars, as they are a different experience to traditional automatics. A few minutes later, a shake of the hands, and I’m ready to head home in my very own Ferrari 360.
For the first couple of hours I’m in maximum concentration mode, but once on the motorway, I settle at a steady 65mph and start to relax into it, becoming familiar with the controls, the size and the layout.
I stop at a services after an hour and realise that I most definitely can’t park the thing very well at all! Thankfully there were plenty of spaces.
For the second leg, a small issue appears in that the air con doesn’t appear to be working. But at the next service stop, it all comes back to life again and has worked since.
As I arrive within a few miles of home, my wife is taking our daughter to Guides, and based on the timing they muse that I’m probably not far away. And sure enough, shortly afterwards our paths crossed on the road. Later she said they could hear me long before they saw me.
It’s a noisy beast! Really loud! When I got onto the estate where I lived, my wife had a message from one of the neighbours asking if that was my Ferrari - they heard it first too. Haha! The Tubi exhaust really makes the car sound great. It’s a deep (DEEP) rumble, but the higher up the rev counter you go, it turns into the screaming banshee that Ferraris are famous for.
Driving wise, I’m still very new to this car, so we are nowhere near extremes (and probably never will be, I’m not a max-out kind of driver) but it does reminds me of the Boxster in terms of handling. It’s not an intimidating car to drive.
Comfort is amazing for a car like this. Loads of head, leg, shoulder and knee room. The 4 hour journey home with only a couple of 5 minute stops and not a hint of back pain. I couldn’t do that with my Aston or Camaro. I don’t know how the Italians have managed to come up tops in the comfort department for tall people, but they have, and I’m so very pleased about that!!
This car is the realisation of a dream that I never thought as a child could be a possibility. But here it is, looking all fabulous!
What a lucky boy I am.
Next update i’ll talk about my first attempt at a school run in it (terrifying!), and the plans for the Vantage…
Cloudy147 said:
I may have been out spending again… .
This makes car number three of the aforementioned “6 cars in 6 years” plan!
Back on track - looks amazing - really positive dealer experience too . This makes car number three of the aforementioned “6 cars in 6 years” plan!
Cloudy147 said:
Next update i’ll talk about my first attempt at a school run in it (terrifying!), and the plans for the Vantage…
That will be interesting - looking forward to the next updateCloudy147 said:
I may have been out spending again… .
This makes car number three of the aforementioned “6 cars in 6 years” plan!
What a lucky boy I am.
Next update i’ll talk about my first attempt at a school run in it (terrifying!), and the plans for the Vantage…
I can't believe I hadn't found this thread before! . This makes car number three of the aforementioned “6 cars in 6 years” plan!
What a lucky boy I am.
Next update i’ll talk about my first attempt at a school run in it (terrifying!), and the plans for the Vantage…
What a fleet you have there - I'd be thrilled to have got to 3 of your 6 (or even 1 TBH).
Good luck with the school run.
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