specialx

I was told a story as a child regarding an Aston martin owned by one of my dads freinds out in Dubia.
His DB whatever it was? broke down and Aston flew over some technicians even using a helicopter to get to him this was back in the 70's so that wasn't cheap! They promptly fixed the car and flew home, now my dads mate was not with the car when it was repaired and called Aston a few days afterwards to ask what had been the fault with his motor, he was shocked with the reply.


What fault? What car? Even after speaking to a few different departments at no time did they admit a fault with the old Aston!

Fairplay Thier cars are that good nothing ever goes wrong!

I also heard a strory of a chap in a pub carpark showing his mate under the bonnet of his Rolls Royce and got a letter in the post a fews days later asking him to refrain from lifting his bonnet in public as people would think there is a problem with the car!! I like that one!

Have you ever seen a Roller or an Aston on a Pick up truck? I was told they have a arrangement with the AA that all their cars must be moved under cover?


After watching fight club and the job edward Norton did got me thinking how many things do we not get told that are really bad!

Anyone here on the inside know?


Just a thought.

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andypugh2000

Have heard this story in many different formats inc the RR one too, think its the equivelent of SIAL or just sheer pub talk

PG

I was told a story that the moon was made of cheese, oh and the world is flat too.

Chip Sengravy

Dont talk ****e PG, the moon is a button!

Everybody knows that!

PG

But of course otherwish Mr Spoon would have gone off to Cheesey moon

specialx

Bollox muppetized in 7 mins!


I used to love my dad.

PG

sorry it took so long.....

specialx

mart360

Re the astons.

unless they have changed there policy there build quality methodology is very good. this is for the db 7 series i believe.. ( used to come out of didcot)

all the cars in the factory were on finished alloys.. untill they went round the test track, then the original wheels were removed and track alloys fitted. once testing was over the original wheels are refitted. likewise the drivers seat is not fitted until its ready to be dispatched, they used an old seat for round the factory.

Every 12th or 20th car that comes back from the test track has a full engine strip and each component is measured to asses it for wear, befoe being rebuilt

lots of visits to the factory!!!!


as for the rollers, the only one ive heard, is that they would put a curtain round the car when fixing a puncture..

but saying that, how many rollers have you seen with a puncture???

Mart

specialx

They really are that good then!

pslewis

I heard somewhere last year that Santa was a figment of my imagination!!

Who the hell eats the Mince Pie and drinks the Sherry then??

Oh, yes, AND the carrot has always disappeared too!!

Pete

specialx

you will be telling me next the Donkey I pinned a tail to was not there!

pslewis

Of course it was there - you had a blindfold on, see???

Pete

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

apparantly if you ever have an issue with a koenigsegg car, they fly one of their engineers to you at no cost, and they will fix it for you, also if you have any queries there is a phone number included in the owners pack so you can ring up the man himself and ask questions! now that is cool

paul-s

I was at Elite in rainham, essex the other week and saw a db9 on the back of a low loader. It was Ronnie o Sullivans according to the chap that was loading it. It had 2 punctures and he'd had it taken from wherever he lives round that neck of the woods to elite to do the tyres.
They had just been done and it was just being loaded up to be delivered again. No special treatment apart from the delivery to and fro, gorgeous car tho

Robbie T

iTrader: (8)

We've all heard of things like this, i guess its times like this that tell us it's an urban myth.

Sorry to shatter you're illusion, my dad told me this as well

Wish

iTrader: (2)

LOL... dont expect that treatment when buy a Jaguar ..........

JoanUK300

My dad used to work for RR, and yes it is true, the car is (or used to be anyway) covered while out of action....but they also used to have their own recovery company...not the AA...but they may have changed now????

Leslie

Maybe they are a bit sensitive since Prince Charles' Aston broke down on him in Knightsbridge!

Les

Petem95

Apparently with the earlier models in the XK series there is a component (like drive shafts or something) that wear out really quickly due to a design fault, and they change them everytime you take the car in for a service, but obviously dont mention it.

Spoon

Indeed, and I'm still on planet earth.

KiwiGTI

Yes, loads of times. Not Rollers , definitely seen Astons.

Westminster council trucks don't have an agreement

StickyMicky

im told there is a problem with sum range rovers which keep chewing gearboxes/diffs shafts

its a common problem and costs them approx 3k each time one breaks, but they try to make out that its a extremly rare event

3k for every breakage the engineer at work has a mate who has had 2 of them break

tmo

they used to use Ford car covers, and thats fact.

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

I saw a new DB9 on a flatbed truck. It wasn't marked out as a breakdown vehicle though, so may have just been being transported to the owner -who perhaps- didn't want it driven.

Or maybe it's part of the conspiracy!!!

NS04

OllyK

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/rolls.asp

the moose

Prior to the DB7 (I was there beforehand) the quality was shocking. All hand made, lovingly crafted out of whatever by a brown-coated artisan, but the failure rate in use was just amazing. The cars simply weren't engineered to be used more than once in a blue moon, and all the skilled craftmanship in the world can't make up for poor design.

I recall seeing a Lagonda which had been sent back from the States for a full rebuild - the cost was going to be £60k+ and the job was scheduled to take 4 months.

Compare this to a 911, which might need a full rebuild after 100k of extremely hard-driven miles.

Every Aston I've ever seen for sale that might be even halfway worth buying has a bulging folder of bills ..... these are supposedly the good ones.

The DB7 was a real step forwards, but was essentially an XJS in a nice frock. Looks pretty but just so much less pleasant to own/drive/be transported in than, say, an M5. More of a sense of occasion, obviously, but not a driver's car at all.

Jer

When my car broke down the driver who picked it up was telling me they had the contract for Masarati and had to move them under cover. They don't like the Scottish weather and break down all the time.

supertouring

Was it true that the McLaren F1 cars were fitted with radio equipment that allowed Didcot to contact each car and check for faults etc?