New AM DB9...

[meshmesh]

Just got back from the preview of the new Aston Martin DB9 at [spelling] belia Volvo in Hawthorn tonight, and what a car...unfortunatley anything parked in the same vicinity as an AM Vanqish suddenly doesn't look so glamourous. But at $750K I guess you'd want it to.

Brought the camera, but decided against taking pics, coz most people had there noses so far up they were blocking the light. Must say though did meet some really amuzing older blokes one in particular a "CEO of a major Transport Co" who was such a laugh, in his late 50's more a rev head than half of us here.

All in all, if anyone's got a spare $400K lying around, and demand hand build craftsmanship with the typical thunder tone of an AM V12, check out the new DB9.

[funkymonkey]

I'd rather get that new Bugatti sportscar (only $1.2million) with the Quad turbo 48 cylinder engine that does 784kw stock.

or the Rolls Royce Phantom.

[Snowman]

For $400K I'd have a GT2 thanks.

Still - can you arrange for a test drive of this car Simon? Might be fun to try out for a day.

[meshmesh]

I'd rather get that new Bugatti sportscar (only $1.2million) with the Quad turbo 48 cylinder engine that does 784kw stock.

Do you think they'd give us a discount for 2 ?

[doxximus]

sorry but if this goes on im going to have to move this to the group buys

[meshmesh]

funky, i sent you a PM.. please see to it asap

[funkymonkey]

me n my mates were thinking of pitching in and we came up with about 6 grand that we had spare between us. We plan to buy the tyre or badge or sunvisor of the Phantom at this stage. We'll aquire the car piece by piece, at one piece per year. At that rate, we should own it in 168 years. I hope they find a cure for death, coz I'm gonna be going to my Grave unhappy if I'm about 50 parts away from owning a phantom.

[funkymonkey]

got it, will ring you later today?

[Guest INASNT]

For $400k i would rather a Ferrari 360 convertable.

Also i drive past that volvo dealer everyday to and from work coz i work in hawthorn.

[riggaP]

For $400k i would rather a Ferrari 360 convertable.

:werd:

[funkymonkey]

meh, 400k will see me comfortably in a masserati 3200GT convertible with 250k to use towards my condo...

[clarkey]

For $400K I'd have a GT2 thanks.

Still - can you arrange for a test drive of this car Simon? Might be fun to try out for a day.

Yeah me too

[Interloper]

you guys suck.

for a measly 200k you can have a fully worked 34 GTR

[meshmesh]

meh, 400k will see me comfortably in a masserati 3200GT convertible with 250k to use towards my condo...

Aaaaah Yeees, I'd be happy one of those also... But it's old technology compared to the 4200

Seriously, I have to say for $ for $ value, not much comes close to a gtr.

[funkymonkey]

i've driven down the street in an R34 (elizabeth st) and I've driven down the same street around the same time on a different day in a Bentleigh... lol trust me, the bentleigh turned more heads.

As far as bang for buck the GTR is great, but when you have oodles of moola oozing out of your orifices, that means shit... bring on the Bugatti Veyron 8.0L W16. Two narrow V8's welded together to form a W shaped Engine with Quad turbo's takes the car from 0-100 in under 3s and 0-300 in under 14s. The speedo goes up to 450km/h and the top speed is 406km/h. Oh and get this theres a gauge for the amount of power the car is making and it goes up to 1001bhp (this is because Bugatti wanted it to not only be able to get to 1000bhp, but also over it). It does 1250Nm of torque and is a permanent AWD.

Now if only I could find the 1million Euro's it'd set me back, my Volkswagon dealer will apparently bring one down for me, free of charge... how nice of em.

[funkymonkey]

Oh and have you seen Masserati's new Ferrari beating McLaren lookalike? Its called the Masserati MC12 Stradale.

Hmm right now i'm torn between a Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce 100EX, Bugatti Veyron or a Masserati MC12 Stradale...

/me gives up n goes back to his R32 GTS...

[GTRgeoff]

even the new owner of Phillip Island raceway...Lindsay Fox won't have the new Roller....but a Maserati would be nice.

I read the Evo mag articles on the Aston they have and it is sweet.

[strutto]

Two narrow V8's welded together to form a W shaped Engine

Might be a little more complex than just welding them together IMO...

All nice choices though ladies...

[meshmesh]

Hmm right now i'm torn between a Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce 100EX, Bugatti Veyron or a Masserati MC12 Stradale...

[/i]

funky, sounds like you're auditioning for the next powerball add?

[Jetdat]

my boss just bought the db7....to be honest i dont think it looks the part for the dollars it demands...