My visit to an Aston Martin Dealership

[CaptM]

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to an Aston Martin dealership and visit with my Ultimate Dream Machine. The Vanquish V12. (God I love this car).
What a wonderful experience, to be so close to my fantasy car (I even got to sit in one), and to take as many pictures as I could (which I could not have done if it weren't for the wonderful, generous people at the Aston Martin Dealership in Scottsdale Arizona, My Thanks to you).

I'm learning to model in 3D, and I've always wanted to do this car.
These are primarily going to be reference photos for me.
I took over 100, but these are what I consider to be the best to post.

Thanks all

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[JiggaStyles09]

wow beautiful pictures. :shock: :shock: god that is such an elegant looking car. thanks for the pics!!

[budagboy2]

great pics :) ...whats with the monstertruck tires w/ chrome rims?

[CaptM]

I was told that the previous owner had put the custom wheels and racing tires on that one.
They saved the stock tires and wheels with the car, so the lucky bastard that buys that one gets both sets.
:)

[nurbrun]

Nice pics man! :D . i think this should be in the "What you saw today" section but o well. Great pics :mrgreen:

[Fleischmann]

Badass pics. But those bling-bling rims totally don't match the elegant character of an Aston Martin. Sad to see this sitauation at a dealers.

great pics, though, thx a lot dude :D The vanquish is also my favourite car, joint with the DB9. Did ya happen to see one at the dealer ?? (and take som photos :D)

[mclaren_Gt]

wow very good pics, thanks
wtf with the rims?
are originals????

[5vz-fe]

Great pics....very clean cross drilled disc brakes. Thanx for sharing CaptM.

[TT]

Moved to to correct section and please edit your first post asap with the thumbnails from imageshack ;)

[enigmatic]

great photos!! 8)
brilliant quality. what sort of camera did you use?

[Mopsdrops]

nice pictures CaptM !!! lovely car, but don't like the speedo and RPM meter. don't like that kinda style. but it looks totally awsome. thanx for the pics.

[CaptM]

Sorry bout the size of the pics TT (first time posting from a host site), I'll get them edited.

They had 2 Vanquish's while I was there, one in Tungston Silver and the other in Mendip Blue, it was the Blue one that had the custom tires on it, the Silver was stock. I think you had to actually be there, when looking at it live, those wheels looked very cool with the blue. I focused on the Silver one because it was in a larger area and I could get full shots better, plus, I thought the silver would show up better in pictures (the lines of the car and such).

I used a Cannon S40 with a short tripod for most of them, and took freehand pics for higher shots.

Oh, sorry, they didn't have any DB9's there, they did have 2 other DB7's, but I am so in love with the Vanquish that that's all I could focus on. :)

I was told they they get 2 Vanquish's a year from Aston, I may have to take some more trips out there.

(one day, that will be my car) :lol:

[Wutputt]

Well I love Aston Martins, so I love those pics. You took some nice detailed pics, good job ;)
Like Fleischmann already said: those bling-bling rims totally don't match an Aston Martin. They actually ruin the looks of the car, in my opinion. I agree with Fleischmann it's sad to see those things at a dealership. They should have put the standard rims on it, since they were available.

But nevertheless, nice pics!

[adamwich]

thanks, great pics

[stradale]

Very nice pics! I'm also very much in love with that car.

I have to agree with the others here that don't like the wheels though. They're tacky and should be removed from the car asap.

[martin100]

Nice first post man :shock: You simply have to love this car...

[CaptM]

This simply has to be the most elegant car that I've ever laid my eyes on.
You have to love the lines of this car and the way it flows from front to rear.

If you get a chance to see Jeremy Clarkson racing this car against a train from London to Monte Carlo. You get an excellent perception of just how luxurious and comfortable this car is.

How can you simply not LOVE IT?

sorry bout those wheels everyone, it wasn't me really :(
I'm just a bit surprised that that is what everyone is focusing on here. :)

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Very good pics......you must have had the smile on the face during the whole day...the car with this silver colour looks stunning.....im looking forward to seeing some Vanquish or DB9 from some tourist......once i dont see local people spending larges amount of money in non german cars such as Merc, BMW, Audi, or Porsche