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[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:05 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:45 pm

"Look how fun and youthful we are!"

Vape nation will love this

Fluorescent lime-yellow has always been one of my favorite accents/colors.

I like highlighter colors as accent colors as well.

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:05 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:45 pm

"Look how fun and youthful we are!"

Vape nation will love this

Fluorescent lime-yellow has always been one of my favorite accents/colors.

Porsche does it on their E-Panameras (and others). Dunno man, a fucking ASTON MARTIN. Fox Hunts. James Bond. Old Money. Banging Theresa Enwhistle in the castle turret. Hi-Liter diffuser seems a little bourgeoise.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:24 pm

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:05 pm



Fluorescent lime-yellow has always been one of my favorite accents/colors.

Porsche does it on their E-Panameras (and others). Dunno man, a fucking ASTON MARTIN. Fox Hunts. James Bond. Old Money. Banging Theresa Enwhistle in the castle turret. Hi-Liter diffuser seems a little bourgeoise.

Exactly. It's the fucking English.

They invited understatement

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:36 pm

KYGTIGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:29 pm

Exactly. It's the fucking English.

They invited understatement

And stiff lips.

Wink wink nudge nudge

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:05 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:45 pm

"Look how fun and youthful we are!"

Vape nation will love this

Fluorescent lime-yellow has always been one of my favorite accents/colors.

Those accent colors have been on Aston's for sometime

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:59 pm

Davestr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:53 pm

Those accent colors have been on Aston's for sometime

Well, used to be yellow.


I think this looks phenomenal though.

Exactly. Yellow, blue and red if I recall. The new one in the Lime looks fantastic. Beats the fk out of grey, silver etc.

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:52 am

D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:33 am

Ehhh...

I'm going to take the middle ground on this one.

A sucks to drive around in a city, no ground clearance, massive turning radius, wide as hell and difficult to park due to not being able to see the corners of the car.

I view it like this, a rating in fun factors:

City/in town driving fun: Miata 5/7, 2/7

Autox: Miata 5/7, 4/7

Canyon carving/back road cruising: Miata 4/7, 5/7

Track: I haven't tracked a Miata (but likely 5/7 with mods needed though), 6/7 stock, 7/7 with modz

Wringing a car out everywhere is quite fun. I can't redline my STI much anywhere. It's quite a bit faster than my GTI was, which I took to redline constantly on the bigger boulevards in the city.

I'd be OK with BRZ power levels, personally. Miata is basically there due to lower weight.

I dunno, to each their own I guess.

I'm not a huge aston martin design fan. They're all right but I don't OTPHJ when I see them.

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:06 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:04 pm
I dunno, to each their own I guess.

I mean, our roads have curves down here.

Yea, I don't have any of that. My only chance of fun is

Even half throttle in Camdalf is ridiculous. The few times I have an open on-ramp or the like for full is what makes things exciting.

Redlining something while still going moderately slow is But a momentum car on twisties is

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:07 pm I'm not a huge aston martin design fan. They're all right but I don't OTPHJ when I see them.

Dem vape fumes must be clouding your brain.

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:13 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:07 pm I'm not a huge aston martin design fan. They're all right but I don't OTPHJ when I see them.

Dem vape fumes must be clouding your brain.

I agree with Troy, it's like the new Supra only doesn't look as good.

Perhaps if it had a giant wang on the back?

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:15 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:13 pm
Dem vape fumes must be clouding your brain.

I agree with Troy, it's like the new Supra only doesn't look as good.

We don't even know what the new Supra looks like yet.

Detroit wrote:

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:15 pm I agree with Troy, it's like the new Supra only doesn't look as good.

We don't even know what the new Supra looks like yet.

You could put a Toyota/Supra logo on the new Aston and it would easily be believable. That was the point.

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:20 pm

Detroit wrote: We don't even know what the new Supra looks like yet.

You could put a Toyota/Supra logo on the new Aston and it would easily be believable. That was the point.

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:59 pm

Davestr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:53 pm

Those accent colors have been on Aston's for sometime

Well, used to be yellow.


I think this looks phenomenal though.

Looks Tesla-ish

I've kind of fallen out of love with the last gen Vantage look as well, IMO it suffers from the same problems as most modern cars: belt and hood lines too high, windows too small.

Whatever car I end up with next I want to have an airy Top Gun cockpit feel, preferably with a translucent roof in addition to a lot of surrounding glass. (Yes, it'll need ceramic tint on everything including the windshield to not be an oven in the sun)

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:25 pm I've kind of fallen out of love with the last gen Vantage look as well, IMO it suffers from the same problems as most modern cars: belt and hood lines too high, windows too small.

Whatever car I end up with next I want to have an airy Top Gun cockpit feel, preferably with a translucent roof in addition to a lot of surrounding glass. (Yes, it'll need ceramic tint on everything including the windshield to not be an oven in the sun)

Didn't you already own a convertible?

Apex wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:35 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:25 pm I've kind of fallen out of love with the last gen Vantage look as well, IMO it suffers from the same problems as most modern cars: belt and hood lines too high, windows too small.

Whatever car I end up with next I want to have an airy Top Gun cockpit feel, preferably with a translucent roof in addition to a lot of surrounding glass. (Yes, it'll need ceramic tint on everything including the windshield to not be an oven in the sun)

Didn't you already own a convertible?

Not even close to the same thing. Wind and rain and sunburn are fucking annoying and ruin the experience. Ever had a woman in a convertible? They over about 30 mph from the wind destroying their hair.

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:32 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:25 pm I've kind of fallen out of love with the last gen Vantage look as well, IMO it suffers from the same problems as most modern cars: belt and hood lines too high, windows too small.

Whatever car I end up with next I want to have an airy Top Gun cockpit feel, preferably with a translucent roof in addition to a lot of surrounding glass. (Yes, it'll need ceramic tint on everything including the windshield to not be an oven in the sun)

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:12 am

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:52 am
Wringing a car out everywhere is quite fun.

everywhere.

i actually was wrong. the new 124 abarth DOES share the same 1.4 turbro as teh 500 abarth.

C5/6 with the glass top is pretty close.

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:59 am This is awesome: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/04/20/mem ... de-7310886

Oh wow.

Davestr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:09 pm Black always looks good on an Aston! https://jalopnik.com/the-aston-martin-v ... 1825465002

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:47 pm C5/6 with the glass top is pretty close.

LS3 C6 in a cool color with... an automatic... could well happen if we're rolling around metro Charlotte traffic for the foreseeable future. Affordable and has enough power to be about running the AC all the time plus enough space for DD/trips for the no kids/pets lyfe. The 3.42 rear end from a Z06 is a direct swap for the auto 2.73 or whatever and gives you speed without any engine mods.

The fantasy land options are McLaren 720S, 6-speed NSX-T, maybe 348 Targa but ain't nobody got cash fo' dat shit.