Aston on blocks - nervous people look away now

[Ashok]

Cripes!

[W.Cottingham]

'Bob Smith awoke that frosty morning and went outside to check on his pride and joy, but something was amiss that day, it took a while before he could put his finger on it, and then he suddenly realised; some bugger had nicked his wheels!'

It looks very naked without its 4 wheels.

[slinky]

I remember walking out of the house the morning after dad had had his wheels pinched (not an Aston I must point out..)

Continued on my merry way to school!

Did much the same thing when the car got stolen as well actually.. Amazing as it was a Volvo 850 estate!

Dad did have to do a double take to realise that there was something missing from his car!

slinky

[Ashok]

Another view:

[slinky]

I guess he can be thankful that it's balancing on blocks as opposed to being dropped on the floor!

slinky

[williamp]

Quick don't tell Aston or those blocks will appear as an option "exclusive anti flat-spot devices for your wheels, complete with the moulded Aston wing devices in the concrete. £5,495 each..."

[v12Aston]

It could be a little rogue marketing by AM. Proving that the DB9 has the perfect 50:50 weight disribution !

[aston67]

is there such a shortage of AM DB 9 wheels?

A67

[forthright MC]

i remember seeing these pics in TG magazine a little while back. think the car belonged to a bloke in New Zealand and he'd only had it a few weeks! "keep a look out on E-bay for any New Zealanders looking for a quick sale on DB9 wheels, chances are it'll be the guy who pinched these ones"!

Edited by forthright MC on Tuesday 1st August 11:11

[aeroresh]

What else to they fit? New Jag XK and thats it Id imagine.

[robdickinson]

Yep was somewhere up by Auckland I think (north shore?)..

There must be almost a dozzen DB9's in NZ so a huge market for the alloys. Theres one new XK8 in Christchurch that I know of, cant be many in the country at all.

Stupid theft, hardly going to be resellable, prob on some old knackered nissan by now

[8Pack]

robdickinson said:

Yep was somewhere up by Auckland I think (north shore?)..

There must be almost a dozzen DB9's in NZ so a huge market for the alloys. Theres one new XK8 in Christchurch that I know of, cant be many in the country at all.

Stupid theft, hardly going to be resellable, prob on some old knackered nissan by now

Nah!...Gotta be on a maxed up Nova! ..innit?

[robdickinson]

8pack the pick is from New Zealand, we dont have novas.

Just take any mid sized junk old Jappa saloon and add exhaust and shinney wheels will do.

Why have a nova when you can drive 300bhp scoobs at 15 with no insurance... And they dont cost much either.