I can remember when these Aston Martins were selling for £300-£500 and nobody wanted them

[quote="JPR 1"]Always had a soft spot for Astons, old and new.



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Hey, I've got an old Aston question. (Sorry for the treat hijack.) The scene in GOLDENEYE got me thinking. It's the one where Bond, in the BD5 races a villainess in a new (1990s) Ferrari on a curvy, mountain road. So, the course isn't a drag race where top speed is the only consideration. Could an old Aston, driven by a good professional racing driver keep up with a newer Ferrari driven by an average driver with no race experience? What do people think?

Short answer , no .
They would get to the first corner the newer car would brake later and harder, turn in and go .By by very pretty Aston . 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

That's what I thought.

Now that Citreon is a very special car indeed.

I've always loved the idea of a 7.2 Jenson Inteceptor,or the FF, but there really are so many options to choose from I can so easily get carried away.

Always wanted a Quattro, and still plan to have one at some point - they sound so good, but aren't actually that quick by todays standards.




Of course, I'd ideally want the limited run short wheelbase homologated for the Group B WRC - out of my price range though at £100k plus

47p2 wrote:

I can remember when these Aston Martins were selling for £300-£500 and nobody wanted them

axle wrote:

I have never liked E types
I must be the only person in the world who thinks that

Doesn't matter weegie, you're also living in France, so there must be something wrong with you.....
My Etype was the most beautiful of them all a 3.8 1963 FHC with a series 2 gearbox, because the mossbox in the S1 was a disaster. That car has been my favorite classic driver for 12 years and if you have never tried to heelflip the throttle of an E type you don't know what this car is all about. From the eight old cars in my garage she made the most kilometers and never let me down. They are formidaaable....

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Robert. do you have a barn full of automotive porn, if so I am heading to French France

Robert, I have driven them. I just don't like them. They don't do it for me.

À chacun ses goûts.

Interestingly I used to be heavily into Rileys and was always amused when Jaguar made a big thing of the cross flow hemispherical combustion chamber as if they had invented it.

One Riley engined car I had was a Healey Tickford. I wrote it off on black ice after a few weeks of ownership in the early sixties. Wish I still had it.  John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

@ Rosco, as I wrote in previous posts, I have reduced the number of cars in the last 24 months, sold the E type, the MG PB, MG TA, the Jaguar SS special and the Alvis firefly. Stil have a few and looking for a nice very powerful prewar 8 cylinder.
We are living in the French part of France where ever that may be and having lunch is one of our hobby's. So....

As you say Weegie, each his own gout. That's easy with the food and wines here

Maybe no one will agree with mine but maybe it's just my age
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