2nd best day- drove a AstonMartin V8Vantage - tech-upd. 1.2.

[vakpemil]

Thats an exclusive ride you had! Plus an SLR in the wild 8) must be a great day for you! Looking forward to see the pictures. What color had the SLR?

[Iwan]

Emil Frey in Zurich Altstetten?

cheerio,
iwan

[sikx5]

Looking forward to the rest of the pictures mate, will we be seeing this car in your garage soon then???

[T-Bird]

congrats on the ride in the AMV8. I had a similar experience last week, I was test driving an NSX and an SLR pulled up next to me at the light but I had to turn. (Sorry no pics I don't carry a camera with me at work, especially when driving a customers car)

[stmoritzer]

BUMP , report ready

Originally Posted by TT I guessed it from your siagnature, and already congrats!! Very nice shade of blue too! I am starting to see AMV8 on a regular basis in Geneva (well, went there twice in the last two week and saw two of them LOL), and in the wild it's a damn nice machine! I hope you were able to stop in a nice location to take some quick shots

unfortunately not :bah:

Originally Posted by racer_f50 wow, looks stunning in that color :shock: must've been a great test drive. I assume a salesman was with you, but did you get a chance to do some hard accelerations and hard cornering?

not really

Originally Posted by ARMAN You drove it yourself???

Originally Posted by Schwalbe .. When I saw Hamlet here in Québec he spoke to me a lot about your mutual best (car related) day ever. When you have a gentleman attitude with exotic car dealers you can get sometimes very exclusive surprise. ...

right, we call it the "in style relationship"

Originally Posted by vakpemil Thats an exclusive ride you had! Plus an SLR in the wild 8) must be a great day for you! Looking forward to see the pictures. What color had the SLR?

standard silver

Originally Posted by Iwan Emil Frey in Zurich Altstetten? cheerio, iwan

:good:

Originally Posted by sikx5 Looking forward to the rest of the pictures mate, will we be seeing this car in your garage soon then???

if I get 170k CHF from somewhere, then YES!

[MIHALS]

report finally up

great, I will read every word when I come back from work

I just thought (as TT) that you will take it to some nice location and take some beautie pickies never mind, pics from dealership counts aswell

Thank you mate, I hope you enjoyed every bit of this beautiful car!!!

[vakpemil]

Finally! Great mate! Your really lucky, hope I will have one's the oppertunenty to drive such a car, altrough an SL AMG is also nice

[esbolico]

love that car but i dont really like the front lamps. dont know why :roll:

[stmoritzer]

Originally Posted by MIHALS report finally up great, I will read every word when I come back from work I just thought (as TT) that you will take it to some nice location and take some beautie pickies never mind, pics from dealership counts aswell Thank you mate, I hope you enjoyed every bit of this beautiful car!!!

I had the intention and also the dealer was open to a quick stop, but in the industry area, where the dealer is, there is no nice place to shoot, afterwards on the curved road, I was focused on the driving and didn't wanted to stop 5 min after the start :bah:
Too bad, most of the way back was on the highway and no nice location until the end
ALso no modern buildign where one could place the car in the driveway,...
this car would have been great to make a indepth shooting ...

[pzgren]

what a beast, and with that color it looks just beautiful!!! that's the one i would choose.

good report, seems that you really enjoyed your ride, sadly without pushing it really hard. but it's clear, in Zurich City region it's hard to find a good spot to go fast (damn flashlights). i actually never saw one on the street, i'm wondering how it sounds in real life...

thx for your impressions, hope to read from another ride soon!

btw, i really expect to see you soon with that beast, the 170k is no reason

[TT]

Thanks for sharing with us, and too bad you had no time for some proper pics, but I was expecting it: it's sure cooler to drive it than taking pics (even if I think I would rather take pics than drive it LMAO)

Again, it looks stunning and you are bloody lucky!

[Pehtren]

with you, thanks for the report, i enjoyed it every bit 8)

As for the SLR, i hope you will have a test dive with it if possible

thanks for the stuff

[Evo]

That is one nice looking car... I really wish I could drive that car.. On topgear it sounded just Gorgeous.

You are a very lucky person to drive that beast.. And thanks for the great pix..

[1zippo1]

Now you've posted the story, one thing pops in my mind. How have you been able to arrange a testdrive with such a car?

Nice story btw!! Imagine chasing that SLR on a winding road with the AMV8

[adamwich]

Thanks a lot for the full report! The pictures are really great! 8)