Aston Martin DBS

Robbie G said:
Re: the car choice thing, I'll say it again; when (if?) you commute to work by bike and have a wife, you'll understand that the other partner in a relationship has an at least equal say in household choices.
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This is just your latest excuse, we all know you chose it, its yours, and you love it. Otherwise it wouldnt be in your sig and you wouldnt be so defensive of it.
 
[TW]Fox;16720074 said:
This is just your latest excuse, we all know you chose it, its yours, and you love it. Otherwise it wouldnt be in your sig and you wouldnt be so defensive of it.
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What's not to love, 9 out of 10 wives said their husbands preferred them.
 
twoblacklines said:
Porsche have legislation to follow, no doubt why it "only" has 415hp standard.
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You mean that same legislation that stops them producing a 612bhp GT2 RS ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=21922

Dont talk Horse ****. There is simply no need to supercharge the GT3. The GT3 is thoroughbred race car for the track. I dont want to sound patronising but im going to have to, because you blatently understand zilch about what porsche is trying to achieve with the GT3. The whole point behind the GT3 is about the naturally aspirated, high revving engine, and the manual gearbox. The driving experience in the GT3 has been carefully honed over successive generations with practically zero limits, and doesnt need messing with.

Of course the americans will do it, because they are dumb, un-cultured, and dont understand what a proper drivers car is. Hence why most mass market production sportscars, are just straight line jockeys. You have to add "options" from the options list to make the car handle, because the vast majority of american buyers dont want it, otherwise it would be standard fit.

Besides, arent the americans restricted in what they can buy. I'm sure i read on the american M3 forums they cant get a GT3 RS overthere due to some of the stuff on the car not being approved for use on the road or something ? Wouldnt be surprised if the GT2 didnt meet emissions regulations or something and wasnt available either.
 
twoblacklines said:
TBH, i dont want to be married untill I have financial security, so the wife wont get a choice in my car, as she will have her own.
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Lol.

twoblacklines said:
And if you commute to work via bike why havent you got a "decent" car, by that i mean a real drivers car, not a base model golf.
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Because I put the money saved from running just one car into our mortgage. I could buy a 'drivers' car' as a weekend runaround, but paying as much as possible into a mortgage is currently a better use of my spare cash, considering that interest rates will probably be going up in the next year and we're on a variable rate. I'll be very glad I did this by the time it comes to moving house, as the overpayments are all pure capital. It's all about priorities.

Also important - I don't really have a desire for a 'drivers' car' at the moment.

By the way, it's not a base model Golf, though I'm not sure I should bother pointing this out as people keep calling it a diesel also, when they know it's not. With you however, I'm far less sure as to what you do and don't know.

[TW]Fox;16720074 said:
This is just your latest excuse, we all know you chose it, its yours, and you love it. Otherwise it wouldnt be in your sig and you wouldnt be so defensive of it.
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Well I think it's a good car, but it's not mine. I'm not on the registered keeper and I haven't driven it for a month. The only possible measure by which it's more mine than my wife's, is in terms of the purchase.

One thing I really do regret in all of this however, is not buying a dirty decade-old wannabe yuppie-barge with a badge that requires constant care and attention.
 
Robbie G said:
One thing I really do regret in all of this however, is not buying a dirty decade-old wannabe yuppie-barge with a badge that requires constant care and attention.
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So it's not YOUR car you are showing in the Show us YOUR motors thread? :p

Ohh and 10 year old straight-6 barge > New wizz bang 1.4 4 pot ;)
 
peterattheboro said:
So it's not YOUR car you are showing in the Show us YOUR motors thread? :p
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'Your' by what measure though? It's mine in that I paid for it and drive it sometimes. It's the closest thing to 'my car' that I have.

peterattheboro said:
Ohh and 10 year old straight-6 barge > New wizz bang 1.4 4 pot ;)
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Not to a 20-something female teacher ;).
 
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