I blocked that word because my superstition will kick in on conjuring the demons, but 1500 miles trouble free. It was quirky 1 day last week where after start the tach didn't move for a few seconds, it never dropped to high idle, wanted to go straight to idle, 5 times in a row missed and dropped straight to 500 and bounced up, once it dropped to 250, but bounced back up, then after the 20 miles on the highway, back to normal. Quirky.


But, no demons so far. And i really wish I had time to test the software thoroughly before the filter implosion to know for sure what cured what, if it's cured. Because the new engine or some part of it could be just as likely.

 

Just drove the new Vantage.

The car drove great but it was as "special" feeling as driving a Mercedes e300.
Side silhouette and tail lights look nice but headlights, grille and diffuser still don't look better than on pictures.

The picture upload function is somehow broken. Screen dims down and that's it.
EDIT: worked from the Phone. I should have washed my car yesterday.

 

 

 

e300? cmon man!

 

Your Vantage is beautifully fluid in the same vein, to my eye, as an E type or 1963 Lusso. The new Vantage exterior....I'm not convinced that it will age as well and perhaps not any better than a Bricklin, or Countach.

 

It's been over 11 months since they installed the last software update on my car, and the only time it has stalled (one time) was my own doing. I'm convinced the issue was with the fuel maps, and they've corrected it.

Given the issues you experienced, I don't think you had the same problems that most people were encountering.

 

I can't argue but I don't agree. I think there are possibly varying degrees of the same problem. It was always the same, off gas, either at idle or dropping to idle, it just did it alot more than typical.

I really wish I had gotten to fully test out the update before it imploded. I am starting to get a mildly comfortable while driving but 90% of the time the tach is still a peripheral focus. It may be a long time before I break that habit.

And it's not like it didn't drop to 250 last week and bounce back up. Quirky.

 

I test drove that car last Saturday. I liked the spec with the brilliant White Stone paint much more than the lime green one they had before. It definitely looked a lot better to me in person. It's also the first time I didn't mind the look of the matte black gills. But I think it desperately needs some hood vents as the bonnet looks too large and bulbous without them. They're prolly saving those for the S version, since the bonnet already has the cutouts for them underneath. I also wish they offered a glass roof option.

I did notice that the car was misfiring on a couple of cylinders which caused it stutter under hard acceleration and do a rhythmic backfire when coasting down whilst in Sport+ mode. Not very confidence-inspiring when the demo already has engine issues.

 

Martin Brundle was driving the new Vanquish S Coupe on the F1 Track in Montreal and Verstappen passed him and pull away from him on the straight, Brundle was not impress...

 

Max was driving what?


x-chr

 

The new Vantage, sorry

 

The burbles are fantastic, and exactly what they're supposed to be. You should listen to an SVR F Type, that, is a little much, the V8V was just enough. The misfire I'd bet you felt the hair of turbo lag, I felt it a couple times

 

Actually, no. The Aston rep (can't remember his name) said he thought there was a misfire in two of the cylinders and that he noticed it on the drive from Tampa to Orlando. It felt like it was chugging. The sensation was similar to the one you get when you bounce off the rev limiter, but a low revs.

Also, I wasn't referring to the burbles. When I was coasting down (but only in Sport+ Mode), the exhaust backfired at one-second intervals very loudly. We both looked at each other and said, "that doesn't sound right". I would imagine he would know considering he has been driving the car all over the Southeast.

 

I should have trusted that you knew enough to know better but you didn't elaborate much. That indeed doesn't sound right.