Nice Drive today

briang9 · #1 16th March 2014, 08:56 PM

Drove this today, very nice it was too

gninnam · #2 17th March 2014, 12:07 PM

I drove one a few years back and found it a bit boring, to predictable and safe - now the DB Vantage, that was more fun

PsYcHe · #3 17th March 2014, 01:17 PM

I only had 20 minutes in one, it was fun, but I certainly couldn't use a manual one for any length of time, just no room in the pedal space for my feet, and the seat wouldn't go back far enough.

connor123 · #4 17th March 2014, 04:02 PM

I drove this yesterday it was nice !

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tintin · #5 17th March 2014, 06:22 PM

The nice thing about cars in this class is that they are much more individual than mass market cars, each with very distinctive personalities: my personal order of preference is as follows:

Ferrari 430 (or indeed, any similar one - e.g. 360 CS etc),
Lamborgini Gallardo,
Aston Martin Vantage,
Audi R8.

but it depends what you're looking for: I don't think I could drive the Ferrari all day/every day, whereas I could do with the other three. For me, the Aston is most like an S8 (more so than the R8…) - very solid, planted, fast and smooth.

But if I was buying one, it'd be a Gallardo or R8, 'cos I'm keeping my S8, and would want something different...

briang9 · #6 17th March 2014, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tintin

The nice thing about cars in this class is that they are much more individual than mass market cars, each with very distinctive personalities: my personal order of preference is as follows:

Ferrari 430 (or indeed, any similar one - e.g. 360 CS etc),
Lamborgini Gallardo,
Aston Martin Vantage,
Audi R8.

but it depends what you're looking for: I don't think I could drive the Ferrari all day/every day, whereas I could do with the other three. For me, the Aston is most like an S8 (more so than the R8…) - very solid, planted, fast and smooth.

But if I was buying one, it'd be a Gallardo or R8, 'cos I'm keeping my S8, and would want something different...

yeah it was really hard to choose which one (only had a choice of one as SWMBO was a cheapskate when she bought the vouchers) all those on your list were available apart from the Lambo, and there was a Lotus. I think though in the extremely unlikely event that I ever had that kind of money to spend on a car it would probably be the R8 or the Aston, but that's maybe an age thing. Driving the R8 did make me wish I could have a manual box in my S8

Stevie · #7 23rd March 2014, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tintin

The nice thing about cars in this class is that they are much more individual than mass market cars, each with very distinctive personalities: my personal order of preference is as follows:

Ferrari 430 (or indeed, any similar one - e.g. 360 CS etc),
Lamborgini Gallardo,
Aston Martin Vantage,
Audi R8.

but it depends what you're looking for: I don't think I could drive the Ferrari all day/every day, whereas I could do with the other three. For me, the Aston is most like an S8 (more so than the R8…) - very solid, planted, fast and smooth.

But if I was buying one, it'd be a Gallardo or R8, 'cos I'm keeping my S8, and would want something different...

For that sort of money I would be talking about something that really flies

Cirrus SR22 GTS
Cessna C182 (The new one with a Diesel)
Technam P2006T
Piper Matrix / Malibu

Or even the ever reliable C172