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Damn, sits on his ass in my garage making me install custom carbon trim pieces then up and sells it for an Aston Martin. Joking aside, congrats lovely and timeless car. If only I could go full on impractical haha
 
So, first, congrats. Details on the model year, engine, etc. please as I don't know when they started/ended with the V12 or if it was even available with three pedals.

Second, great color choice.

Third, I almost bought a Vantage. Twice. Actually, three times, but the first time it slipped away, the second two times I couldn't do it for various reasons that are irrelevant to this discussion.

I will agree though that these are special cars, the quality of paint, leather, etc. is way up there, the engine sounds are fabulous and all Internet lore is that they are rather robust and not expensive to run and maintain, if you can stay away from the dealer.

A buddy of mine had one, and he would often wax eloquent and nearly endlessly on the fabulous paint, the fit & finish of the interior bits, the attention to detail. One could nitpick the shortcomings, like the technology that was dated when the car was designed, some shared parts from Volvo and perhaps Ford, although I consider those to be positives, as the savvy shopper can save money when replacing bits. And who cares if the navigation system screen is too tiny to read when you've got that flat plane crank?

Heck, if one tried, one could probably find some shortcomings in a Blackwing. ;)
The Vantage was available with a V12 6 speed stick shift in 2012, a bit later the Vantage was refreshed and the V12 came back in 2016 as an automatic only and a horsepower bump.

In 2017 they brought the manual back as a 7 speed as a limited run car, I believe only 117 or so were built called the V12 Vantage S. It also included auto rev matching.

So theres two manual NA V12 Vantages you can buy.
 
He is a really smart and interesting guy.

A good friend of mine who grew up in Germany used to work for some concert promotion company over there and had the responsibility to make sure bands who came into town made it to their hotels and to the show and also to cater to whatever requirements they had for their rooms or what not. He's got some great stories - like how the Ramones were the absolutely stupidest people he ever met in his life (after driving them to their hotel from the airport).

He was very impressed by Henry Rollins who requested that he drive him all over Berlin showing him the sites and explaining what he knew about them and the history etc. He said Rollin's was intensely interested in details and facts and just wanted to learn stuff and that he was very unassuming.

I won't go into detail wrt his Micheal Jackson story except that he had a hell of a time disposing of 2-3K stuffed animals they had to get for his hotel suite. Eventually dumping them in a landfill as they couldn't give them away...
Nothing you said surprises me about him. Any time I've seen him interviewed was always taken, what appeared to me at least, very seriously. The few folks in life I've known like that were pretty smart people but difficult to have a "fun" time with. I'm all for seriousness but gotta loosen up some times. Not a lot of stories I've ever heard publicly about Rollins besides his kidnapping.
 
Not a lot of stories I've ever heard publicly about Rollins besides his kidnapping.
Not familiar with that one. But I probably couldn't pick out Taylor Swift in a lineup...so in general I'm pretty out of it when it comes to events in popular culture...
 
Not familiar with that one. But I probably couldn't pick out Taylor Swift in a lineup...so in general I'm pretty out of it when it comes to events in popular culture...
Apparently Rollins was accused of kidnapping his friend that IIRC they never found. I don't know how factual any of it is, just recall hearing about it years ago.

T. Swift could use a cheese burger or two.
 
Apparently Rollins was accused of kidnapping his friend that IIRC they never found. I don't know how factual any of it is, just recall hearing about it years ago.
I never heard of any kidnapping case, but he and his buddy Joe Cole were robbed at gunpoint back in the 90's and they murdered Joe.
 
I never heard of any kidnapping case, but he and his buddy Joe Cole were robbed at gunpoint back in the 90's and they murdered Joe.
Yes. That is more info than I could remember. Thanks!
I remember the investigators thought Rollins was the kidnapper/killer initially.
 
Flying in and driving it home in 2wks. Great way to get to know the car.
@Jameson's Viggen Just getting to this thread. Are you buying this from Lexus of Smithtown? I'm only a mile away from there. Pretty sure I saw the car last week when I passed by the dealership. They're on a corner, so plenty of street facing real estate to display their cars. Let me know if you need someone to test drive her... you know, so you don't waste a trip in case it drives like crap!!!! :ROFLMAO:

In all seriousness. If you are flying into MacArthur airport on Long Island, that's only 15 mins away from me. I can give you a ride to the dealership depending on the day you're coming in.
 
@Jameson's Viggen Just getting to this thread. Are you buying this from Lexus of Smithtown? I'm only a mile away from there. Pretty sure I saw the car last week when I passed by the dealership. They're on a corner, so plenty of street facing real estate to display their cars. Let me know if you need someone to test drive her... you know, so you don't waste a trip in case it drives like crap!!!! :ROFLMAO:

In all seriousness. If you are flying into MacArthur airport on Long Island, that's only 15 mins away from me. I can give you a ride to the dealership depending on the day you're coming in.
Ha, yeah, thats the one.

I'm flying into LaGuardia where my buddy is picking me up. Thanks for the offer though.

Please tell me it looked great from a distance lol
 
Please tell me it looked great from a distance lol
Considering my 5BW is infrared tintcoat, my eyes were immediately drawn to it for the color. It's real, and it's spectacular!!!

I mean, after all, is there such a thing as a bad looking Aston Martin????

OK, wait. Check that..... :ROFLMAO:

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Did you get it yet? Really curious to hear how it compares to your BW? I think the 4BW is amazing, but I’m starting to think newer cars are just not for me. So I might go back to a daily and I have been looking at Aston’s. In fact I think I checked out this one you bought.
 
I’m starting to think newer cars are just not for me.
I totally get this. But like you stated in another thread the 4 BW is still a hell of a lot of fun....its just very tamed in many ways compared to some of the older cars. While our ZHP isn't nearly as fast its fun to wined out and you really feel the car on the road. And my GTI is such a noisy fast little hoon machine. Most wouldn't think a GTI is raw.....but mine is and I love it that way.

Also for me (unlike you rich dudes driving Astons & Porches etc) I really like the fact that my cheap little GTI can outperform many more expensive cars. I used to call it the GT3 killer or some such back in the day.

The 4 BW is also a bit large and refined for my tastes....but heh I'm not really complaining....its a joy to drive and it moves quite quickly and handles its weight well. I'm glad to still have the other cars but I like it alot and will probably keep it for quite some time.
 
Did you get it yet? Really curious to hear how it compares to your BW? I think the 4BW is amazing, but I’m starting to think newer cars are just not for me. So I might go back to a daily and I have been looking at Aston’s. In fact I think I checked out this one you bought.
I pick it up tomorrow morning.

Remember, this purchase wasn't over some kind of failing of the BlackWing. I don't think you can easily buy a better new car.

The Aston is far from new. The BlackWing does most things better. The Aston is here for theater, to feel truly special. It's older without being OLD. It's got enough safety and tech to make me not miss out on anything or feel unsafe. But it's got hydraulic steering and supposedly more steering feel than a 991+ 911 and it's a smaller car than my Blackwing. For me, it's just the right car for what I want it to do.

For me, NEW cars are great to lease as my work commuters. But for the special slots in my stable, I'm appreciating older/more analog cars.
 
I pick it up tomorrow morning.

Remember, this purchase wasn't over some kind of failing of the BlackWing. I don't think you can easily buy a better new car.

The Aston is far from new. The BlackWing does most things better. The Aston is here for theater, to feel truly special. It's older without being OLD. It's got enough safety and tech to make me not miss out on anything or feel unsafe. But it's got hydraulic steering and supposedly more steering feel than a 991+ 911 and it's a smaller car than my Blackwing. For me, it's just the right car for what I want it to do.

For me, NEW cars are great to lease as my work commuters. But for the special slots in my stable, I'm appreciating older/more analog cars.
It looks bigger than the Blackwing, hard to believe it is smaller 🤔
 
It looks bigger than the Blackwing, hard to believe it is smaller 🤔

It is shorter, not as wide, not as long and weighs less than the BW. It's not a big car, just about on par with a 911.

Now the Bentley, that's a big car! Pictures don't do it justice, but when you walk up to it and realize that it's all about 25% larger than any normal car, then you say "ah ha!". Same is true with the Rolls Royce. Yuge car.
 
It looks bigger than the Blackwing, hard to believe it is smaller 🤔
15" shorter. It's still a porker at 3590lbs, but still about 200lbs lighter. Everything is metal, even the grill and side vents, very little plastic in the interior.
 
I pick it up tomorrow morning.

Remember, this purchase wasn't over some kind of failing of the BlackWing. I don't think you can easily buy a better new car.

The Aston is far from new. The BlackWing does most things better. The Aston is here for theater, to feel truly special. It's older without being OLD. It's got enough safety and tech to make me not miss out on anything or feel unsafe. But it's got hydraulic steering and supposedly more steering feel than a 991+ 911 and it's a smaller car than my Blackwing. For me, it's just the right car for what I want it to do.

For me, NEW cars are great to lease as my work commuters. But for the special slots in my stable, I'm appreciating older/more analog cars.
sooooooooooo?? How did it go???

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sooooooooooo?? How did it go???

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Ugh, so much rain, fog, NYC traffic.

But I'm home and in one piece. The car is very special. Even after two minutes my wife got it too. 20 minutes later it became a grocery getter lol. I did my first 7000rpm+ shift with her in the rain lol. My wife was like damn, this car sounds good.
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I got it home and immediately took the plate mount off.
 

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