Uplifting Effect Of An Aston Martin

[limpsfield]

I was sorting out my pictures tonight and came across one that was actually of a letter to the FT last year. Fantastic sentiment behind it so I thought I would share it here.

If it is not clear the original is here:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_qSRzG6KF0zQ/SfijaUH85MI/AAAA...

[cardigankid]

Great, except for the defeatist sentiment 'I will never own or sit in a DB9'.

[Jasandjules]

Flawed on the basis that CO2 is irrelevant to anything other than taxation purposes.

[anonymous-user]

Apart from that, rather good

[Jasandjules]

Agreed.

There just are cars that "most" people think - that's nice.

[cardigankid]

I think that you are being a little too literal - what the man is saying, and he is right, is that instead of the great unwashed 'disapproving' of top cars because of their supposedly problematic CO2 emissions, they should be admiring great design, technical excellence and wonderful British craftsmanship, as well as applauding the owners decision to support the above and in doing so keep fine people in work. All of which is right. added to which, as the correspondent points out, purely at an emotional level, the appearance of these machines lifts the spirits, graces our roads and gives our cities a little much needed class.

Purely incidentally, he endorses Bez's comment which simply highlights the fact that if you measured the amount of CO2 a typical Aston produces in a year - because it is unlikely to be used as much - it will be minimal compared with that of a diesel Vectra, which has the additional disadvantage of producing foul and carcinogenic emissions.

CO2 of course doesn't really matter a jot, it's just a political scam, and presumably if you can afford an Aston, paying the road tax is no big deal. The real point is that in this petty, left wing, bureaucratic, disorganised and filthy nation, overweight subsidy junkies would rather sneer at wealth than admire achievement, and have everyone sitting around like cretins in an oversized care home than see people generate employment and promote excellence by buying these cars. The truly correct thing to do right now in the middle of the politically created crisis is to go out, and buy a Bentley Azure, an Aston DBS and a Jaguar XKR cabrio, and be proud of it.

fk the bds.

There, I feel better now.

Edited by cardigankid on Saturday 2nd May 12:42

[hartley]

Ah - a fellow Daily Mail reader - well said Sir.