Comments on: Aston Martin DBS – living the life!

By: brent

brent — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:18:25 +0000

Great article – this is the exact car I aim to trade in my CLK Black for in a few years time!

Where’s the wrap up “next week” ??

Cheers,

Brent

By: Brendon

Brendon — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:45:36 +0000

Queenwood School, my daughter goes there you must be a local guy, Anthony.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:39:08 +0000

Agree 100%

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:36:58 +0000

Oh the things I would do for one of these…

By: Tuner ®

Tuner ® — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:25:16 +0000

Just WOW..

By: Camski

Camski — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:12:27 +0000

John, add fuel to that list.

It’s not the price (half a mil for the car remember) but it’s the fact that every 300km’s you’ve gotta stop to fill it up. If you sit in traffic long enough, yes, you will see the needle drop, it’s a daunting feeling, especially when the fuel warning light pops up when you still have 1/8th of a tank left!

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:18:46 +0000

I am in heaven. Astons are up there with the best. The Baby Aston in 4.7 guise is my favourite, but now I am not so sure. In this colour the DBS looks the dogs bollocks. It is sad that supercars are not used as daily drives. If any supercar could qualify as a daily drive, this one must. Looks comfortable, I assume it does not have back breaking suspension a truck like gearshift/clutch (if it does’nt have one of those ridiculous flappy paddle gearboxes) and awkward seating postition (all the pre-requisites for a supercar with character).
Now onto the reasons for a supercar not too be used as a daily driver IMO! People do not use these cars everyday because they are:

a) Unliveable on a daily basis because of some of the points above.
b) Fear of some jealous mongrel keying their car/other vandalism or stealing their car.
c) Some person who does not care hitting the car with their door or other part of their car while exiting a parking bay.
d) Some numbskull not watching where they are going involving your car in an accident. I assume the supercar driver would not be driving recklessly, because everytime I have seen a DBS or a 599 fiorano (not very often by the way) they were driven so slowly that the line of corolla’s behind were itching too get past.
A minor accident in a car like this is anything but minor. A customer at the place I work has a current model green XKR jag and it was involved in a low speed rear end crash in a car park. He was rear ended. Damage ended up costing 30k dollars through insurance. I dread too think what the DBS would cost!

By: Riviera

Riviera — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:15:29 +0000

Great article! Next week can’t come soon enough.

By: Baddass

Baddass — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:15:37 +0000

Any tips on becoming an automotive journalist Anthony?

By: Yanzo

Yanzo — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:48:56 +0000

aston has rear seats! i did not know that!. i’d be scared to drive it because i don’t want anybody hitting me, you drive a cheap car and hit a few rubbish bins and it’s all good but if i was in that thing i’d want all cars and anything sharp to always keep 2 meters away from it