New delivery of DB12 Volante yesterday

[Stark999]

So, finally the car arrived. Went to Western Ave Stratstone and leaving Mayfair til later due to family circumstances tomorrow

[BenAstonV12]

Congrats! Very sleek and stealthy. More pics please. Early driving impressions?

[Blitzuk]

Congratulations, I bet you're excited. I hope you get to keep that gigantic union jack to cover your car at home.

[BiggaJ]

A thing of beauty

[christof]

Congrats!

Any pics of the interior? I'm curious how the CF PPF of the interior parts worked out?

[Stark999]

They couldn’t do the carbon in time on the interior as the cut outs didn’t arrive in time so they just used plain PPF

Does anyone know what would make a good dash cam for the DB12? I know it would be need to be professionally installed and the thought of going to Halfords horrifies me. Any ideas?

[The V12 Way]

contact aston installations

[VantageHead]

Stark999 said:

Does anyone know what would make a good dash cam for the DB12?

Everyone has their own view on ‘best dashcam’, however I’ve had much success with BlackVue and have a local installer who does great installation work on our cars (including my Vantage - pictured here). I would agree to avoid the ‘H’ place and if you do it yourself, avoid the cheap Chinese stuff on Amazon, EBay, Temu & Alibaba. You’ll pay more for a decent camera & install, however it is so worth it!

[VantageHead]

Stark999 said:

So, finally the car arrived. Went to Western Ave Stratstone

You probably met Dudley Wilson (Dealer Principle at AML Western Avenue) - he was Dealer Principle at Sevenoaks Aston Martin until Lithia (Pendragon/Stratstone) sold the business to Marshall’s last year and Dudley moved to Western Avenue.

[Stark999]

VantageHead said:

Stark999 said:

So, finally the car arrived. Went to Western Ave Stratstone

You probably met Dudley Wilson (Dealer Principle at AML Western Avenue) - he was Dealer Principle at Sevenoaks Aston Martin until Lithia (Pendragon/Stratstone) sold the business to Marshall’s last year and Dudley moved to Western Avenue.

Not met him as their principle changed a few months ago - always dealt with the sales manager, Joe and the sales person Richard.

[AWV12]

Congrats, it is a great car and you will enjoy it!

You got the latest software upgrade? That solves a lot of bugs and gives Android Auto and wireless Carplay, easy disable EU regulation beeps, etc

Enjoy!

[Stark999]

The software has not put a single step wrong and no issues on any level. Couple of very small things - not detecting the key on start up - but dealer said it’s better to use keyless. It’s soooooo smooth and such an achiever, comfortable and powerful and it turns so many heads too

[Stark999]

Going to try and find the softest detailing brush for the centre console as yes the black piano does show the dust and prints, plus the screen needs a good cloth to keep it looking crisp

[Go60 Jay]

Congrats. I’d say it’s a stunning car but it’s an Aston Martin so it’s stunning by default.

Enjoy 😊

Cheers
John

[AWV12]

Stark999 said:

The software has not put a single step wrong and no issues on any level. Couple of very small things - not detecting the key on start up - but dealer said it’s better to use keyless. It’s soooooo smooth and such an achiever, comfortable and powerful and it turns so many heads too

Looks good, and on the picture you can see you have indeed the latest big sw upgrade, that is much better than that of earlier cars!

[christof]

Looking good, congrats!!!

You can do PPF protection for the screen, too. This avoids finger prints and dust.

I also would recommend to get PPF on all of the other Piano Black parts, as you never can avoid that these getting scratched and look filthy.

Enjoy your new ride, weather seems to improve for open top driving