Yes I'm a fan of keeping the nav screen closed as well. The nice thing about styling is it's subjective. Newer isn't always better and people like what they are used to. Means we can love the Aston we already have

 

Was able to attend this cruise last week after work. Met lots of nice people who appreciated I shared my Vantage with them. Soon after I arrived, Cadman from the forum pulled in with his 2007 Vantage so it was a nice bonus meeting him in person as well.

Here are a few shots from the cruise - a nice location on a waterfront park:












I'm looking forward to another cruise at Burlington Mall this Wednesday evening and the AMOC Niagara wine cruise on Saturday.

Cheers,
Ryan

 

Your car looks fantastic! keep up the good work.
Ron

 

also not a fan of the grain of the leather, love those new wheels and might have to upgrade the wiper arms to the new one... anybody knows if they are direct replacement? I though that I would like to add a duck tail to mine until I saw your picture here, I'm not so sure I would do it now...

 

Same thought here. It reminded me of the "leatherette" BMW offers in lieu of real leather on some of the lower end models.

 

I was in Grand Touring Uptown and took a few photos to inspire me.
I noticed the clear tailights have black inserts.
The rear splitter looks nice, I like the larger 255 / 295 tires but the interior reminded me too much of my Subaru BRZ with red stitching and black Alcantera:

 

That was probably the 7 speed manual... They want almost $300,000 cdn for those...

 

Now that frees up some space and money so I can start shopping for a winter car. I'm leaning toward a used Audi S5 with low mileage as they have things I like (a 6 Speed manual, Naturally Aspirated V8 and AWD for winter).

 

 

"TAXES EXTRA"
so Thats + $39,000... more than i paid for my Mustang GT/CS

 

what on earth was that car? Looks like a mix between a fiero and a corvette

 

Yes it was my last project car that started life as a 1984 Fiero Indy pace car replica.
Check out page 1 or 55 of the build thread for a table of contents - here is the most recent page link:

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum3/HTML/000007-78.html

Don't blame me if you get addicted to reading it

 

So I joined AMOC NA EAST and have already been to my first event.

We met a lot of nice people with a shared passion for Aston's and it was great to have over 15 of them all together last weekend for a blast along the Niagara Escarpment from Stoney Creek and into Niagara-on-the-lake. Stops at wineries along the way for tastings, lunch and drinks added to enjoyment for all. As a bonus the weather was cooperating with no rain. I've been on other car cruises taking similar routes and this one was top notch in organization and planned stops. I was even surprised how many chose to really exercise the performance of their low mileage Aston's and as a former kart racer it was much appreciated! I am pleased to report no issues among the group (i.e. no reliability problems, speeding tickets, accidents etc)

I looking forward to future events and thought I'd share some of the Aston pics I captured throughout the day (as the cars are the stars...)

I loved the paint on this beautiful DBS:




Vantages were well represented:


Many examples of the Vanquish (never seen that many together):






Personalized plates were the norm (now I know which ones are already taken, lol):


Note to self... "don't rear-end anyone especially one with a V12"


Usually my mirrors have regular sports car in them, not today:


I did have to work hard to keep the DBS off my bumper


Lunch stop at Red Stone winery:






A lot of good sports driving on the gravel to John Howard's winery Megalomaniac:


Beautiful Vantage from this perspective...


This DB9 reminded me of the one Jeremy Clarkson drove in the Top Gear race to Monte Carlo:


Also had DB7 GT and Volante's represented and even a Rapide:

 

A couple videos from the AMOC Niagara wine cruise, one of the cars parked at the winery and the other while blasting through the Thorold tunnel. I would make noise then let off to hear the V12's :cool

 

Thanks for sharing!