Finally some pics of my P&J. Only 3 months late

[AMDBSNick]

Sorry its boring Black with Black. I love it

[tuscaneer]

very nice mate!! you got 2 seats in the back or a shelf??

[AMDBSNick]

tuscaneer said:

very nice mate!! you got 2 seats in the back or a shelf??

Just the shelf. Having just returned from the dealers to get the radio fixed (which is why she is a little dirty) I had plenty of time to look around. All the DB cars at Hagley had the rear seats. I totally and utterly do not understand why they are there.

[JaseB]

My DB9 has seats (was it a delete option on the DB9, no idea?!) and I have no idea why, if and as and when you have 5 minutes would you post a pic of the shelf? I 've not seen one and can't help but think it's a better use of space.

Nice car btw mister!

[yeti]

2 reasons for the seats - insurance is less on a 4-seat car in some circumstances and it complies with company car regs that sometimes state you need a 4 seat car. Plus they will just about do for a very young family I think. Seats are also useless in a 911, Jaguar and California! Only Maserati know how to do a 2+2 if you need the seats.

I'd like my DB9 to have the seats deleted, I will at some point. Probably a job for Sarah Maynard's company in the future.

[AMDBSNick]

yeti said:

2 reasons for the seats - insurance is less on a 4-seat car in some circumstances and it complies with company car regs that sometimes state you need a 4 seat car. Plus they will just about do for a very young family I think. Seats are also useless in a 911, Jaguar and California! Only Maserati know how to do a 2+2 if you need the seats.

I'd like my DB9 to have the seats deleted, I will at some point. Probably a job for Sarah Maynard's company in the future.

I have a 4yro and a 1yro. Not a prayer and I'm a relative short arse

[AMDBSNick]

JaseB said:

My DB9 has seats (was it a delete option on the DB9, no idea?!) and I have no idea why, if and as and when you have 5 minutes would you post a pic of the shelf? I 've not seen one and can't help but think it's a better use of space.

Nice car btw mister!

Here you go Jase. I suppose the chrome bit would stop your tinnies rolling on the floor

[yeti]

AMDBSNick said:

I have a 4yro and a 1yro. Not a prayer and I'm a relative short arse

Yeah; but on paper, trying to sell it to the other half or your company... it's a 4 seat car

You should see the rears in a Volante if you think the coupe's are small!

[AMDBSNick]

yeti said:

Yeah; but on paper, trying to sell it to the other half or your company... it's a 4 seat car

You should see the rears in a Volante if you think the coupe's are small!

Thats what I was mainly looking at. A Carbon Edition DBS Volante. Nuts

[yeti]

Shelf looks great, definitely want mine converted. Not sure what'll happen around my tonneau area though, can't just rip it all out like you could ion a coupe... Hmm.

[pommehogster]

Weather it is true or not Audi told me when I got my TTRS that as a company you pay less import tax on four seaters !! ? thats why the squeeze the extra two in so as to make more profit. Still pointless for the people buying them.

[Jockman]

Love the car Nick, love the colour - manual or TT ? - I´m guessing manual with the parcel shelf.

Surprisingly, I´ve always found the Vantage to be a far superior use of internal space than the bigger cars. However, I still love the layout in my DB9 and I would certainly advocate a swap if you ever get bored (which apparently can happen)

[AMDBSNick]

Jockman said:

Love the car Nick, love the colour - manual or TT ? - I´m guessing manual with the parcel shelf.

Surprisingly, I´ve always found the Vantage to be a far superior use of internal space than the bigger cars. However, I still love the layout in my DB9 and I would certainly advocate a swap if you ever get bored (which apparently can happen)

Noting on another thread that you have just got out of the pool would it be remiss of me to suggest you may have had a drink?

Its a manual DBS!!!

[George H]

Fantastic looking thing

Jockman said:

Love the car Nick, love the colour - manual or TT ? - I´m guessing manual with the parcel shelf.

Surprisingly, I´ve always found the Vantage to be a far superior use of internal space than the bigger cars. However, I still love the layout in my DB9 and I would certainly advocate a swap if you ever get bored (which apparently can happen)

Shouldn't you be lounging about in the sun, drinking red wine rather than being on here?

[Jockman]

AMDBSNick said:

Noting on another thread that you have just got out of the pool would it be remiss of me to suggest you may have had a drink?

Its a manual DBS!!!

Nick - I know it´s a DBS, and a bloomin gorgeous one at that - hence the clarification on a set up which is unavailable on a vantage!!

My observation was on space optimisation across the range and how people tend to hone in on the larger cars whilst failing to realise that the vantage is in my opinion the best laid out in the range.

Apologies if you thought I was being obtuse

[AMDBSNick]

Jockman said:

Nick - I know it´s a DBS, and a bloomin gorgeous one at that - hence the clarification on a set up which is unavailable on a vantage!!

My observation was on space optimisation across the range and how people tend to hone in on the larger cars whilst failing to realise that the vantage is in my opinion the best laid out in the range.

Apologies if you thought I was being obtuse

Sorry my mistake. Never need to apologise to me. I must now remove the thread about your drinking issues.

I do apologise

[paddy328]

Lovely looking car mate. If you want looking even lovelier or what to use on it yourself, let me know.

Francis

[AMDBSNick]

paddy328 said:

Lovely looking car mate. If you want looking even lovelier or what to use on it yourself, let me know.

Francis

Your only 30 mins from me Francis. When the time comes....

[DB9VolanteDriver]

JaseB said:

My DB9 has seats (was it a delete option on the DB9, no idea?!) and I have no idea why, if and as and when you have 5 minutes would you post a pic of the shelf? I 've not seen one and can't help but think it's a better use of space.

Nice car btw mister!

The rear parcel bins were never an option on the DB9. On early DBS coupes, rear seats were not an option; all DBS's had the parcel bins. Only later was the rear seat added to the DBS coupe (at the same time as the release of the 4-seat Volante variant). And now it is the parcel bin which is an option on the coupe, or so it seems.

[JaseB]

AMDBSNick said:

JaseB said:

My DB9 has seats (was it a delete option on the DB9, no idea?!) and I have no idea why, if and as and when you have 5 minutes would you post a pic of the shelf? I 've not seen one and can't help but think it's a better use of space.

Nice car btw mister!

Here you go Jase. I suppose the chrome bit would stop your tinnies rolling on the floor

Thanks for that, all I need is space to stand a scuba dive bag upright for that trip to the airport! Looks like that might do the trick. Maybe a conversion to carry a couple of cyclinders might be a goer too though for that weekend away to the coast :-)