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Author Topic: Aston Martin  (Read 3465 times)

Offline Scott

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2010, 04:21:52 PM »
Your driveway is long enough to get up to 140?  Should we call you Lord Slugger?  

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« Last Edit: December 10, 2010, 04:23:25 PM by Scott »
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Offline Ian

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2010, 05:20:36 PM »
More like Slugger AKA The Stig.  :tease:
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Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2010, 05:32:43 PM »
Nice one Andy and Scott.

A friend of mine who works for Renault borrowed a Nissan GTR for a weekend at the beginning of this year and came round to let me have a go. I took it up to about 140mph on my private test track before I backed off.

That M6 Toll road section is sure handy for opening up the taps.  ;)  :tease:

Really great story about your Aston test Andy. :good:

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Offline Andy B

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2010, 06:02:20 AM »
Amazing...I'd be WAY too nervous as an AM salesman to let you do that   :( :(


He was a nice guy and completely calm about the whole thing and was encouraging me on. 8)

I feel I have highjacked this thread. :-[ Sorry.
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Offline Canada Darrell™

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2010, 06:57:18 AM »
No need to apologize Andy, it was great story and I didn't mind hearing about it! You were lucky to run into such a great salesman!

The sound of that engine in the original video was incredible. Sounded like a right proper muscle car!  :good:

The closest I've ever come to driving anything really cool was a new Datsun 280ZX that a friend was stupid enough to let me take it for a test drive in Vancouver around 1983 I guess. Damn near killed myself but was all calm and cool when I brought it back and said "nice ride"  :-[
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Offline Ian

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2010, 09:04:08 AM »
No probs Andy, it was good reading, just tell us where this showroom is and we'll all go down there.  :DD
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Offline cosworth151

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2010, 03:48:13 PM »
Andy, you've been around here long enough to know that our threads wonder all over the place!  ;) That's just part of the fun.

It was a GREAT story. Always good to hear first hand driving stories.
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Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: Aston Martin
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2010, 12:45:09 AM »
Yeah, I've been on forums where people get all bent out of shape if you go off topic. I like this better, we just wander like a normal conversation. What's better than that?

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