Turning Agent #002 into “Billy Bilstein”
Today my blue V12 Roadster is getting a temporary wrap, a special livery for two upcoming road trips. Here’s a series of photos showing the process.
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Wrapping Agent #002 for two big trips
I am going to make two big trips with “Agent #002”, my Cobalt Blue V12 Vantage Roadster. First to Scotland, from June 14 to 21, with the Dutch Power Beauty Soulmates club. Then in July, from the 17th to the 22nd, Aston’s Centenary Rally “1000 Miles to London”. And for these two special trips, Agent #002 is getting a special outfit, a spectacular temporary wrap. Monday next week is wrapping day, at WrapMyRide.nl. I will be posting pictures to our Facebook page throughout the day, so that you can follow the wrapping process from start to finish. Just to get an idea, here’s what we did for last year’s Power Beauty Soulmates trip to Italy. (this year’s wrap is going to be more spectacular though 🙂 )
More photos: Red V12 at the GP Strecke
Last week, on Tuesday, I participated in the Aston Martin on Track day on the Nürburgring GP Strecke. Since I was driving on the track most of the day, the only photos I was able to make (and included in my report of the day) were rather static pit-lane photos. Luckily, Aston Martin had several professional photographers document the entire day and I have just received a large batch of nearly 300 photos. I am going through them now, making a selection for an upcoming “Astons on the track” post. But for now, here’s some photos of my Fire Red V12 Vantage on the track (these were easy to spot as it was the only red Aston present 🙂 ):
An attempt at drifting in my V12 Vantage
At last Saturday’s Spring Event, a nice piece of tarmac had been prepared for drifting. So I took the Fire Red monster and tried my best. I have some experience with drifting, in several different cars (Porsches, several different Astons, my BMW 1M, etc…) and have become moderately good at it. I had never tried in a V12 Vantage though, so this was an excellent opportunity. However, it turned out that this certainly isn’t the easiest car to do a controlled drift in. The short wheelbase, the enormous amount of torque from the V12 on the rear wheels… Even my drift-instructor had trouble getting this beast under control on the wet tarmac. Anyway, here’s a video of my attempts, shot by TwinCharched, using two GoPro camera’s attached to the car, combined with some external footage.
Emergency Assistance
Mail from Aston Martin! Ehm… apparently my cars need a *lot* of Emergency Assistance…
12 Astons at the Feb 2013 meeting of the Power Beauty Soulmates
The Kroymans Aston Martin dealer was the gathering place for yesterday’s meeting of the dutch Power Beauty Soulmates club. Twelve Aston Martin’s arrived around noon for coffee, then left for a nice tour through the center of the Netherlands.
V12 Roadster #002 – ready to go
It already arrived at my dealer a week earlier, but last Tuesday was the big day: We could finally pick up our new V12 Vantage Roadster, the Cobalt Blue Agent #002! Here it is in the showroom, all serviced, cleaned and polished, ready to go home:
“Agent #002” has arrived at my dealer!
It has arrived, my Cobalt Blue V12 Vantage Roadster! That is, it has arrived at Kroymans, the local Aston Marton dealer. May I present to you, the most beautiful Aston Martin ever, Agent #002: (parked next to the 2nd most beautiful Aston in the world, my Fire Red V12 Vantage)
V12 Vantage Roadster – “The Marriage”
Last week, my wife and I had the chance to witness the production of our new V12 Vantage Roadster, at the Aston Martin factory in Gaydon. But we missed the big moment, “The Marriage”, the joining of the engine and drive train with the body. However, the nice people in Gaydon kept an eye on the progress of my car and were able to make photos during The Marriage. Here’s the pics they created for me.
The making of my V12 Vantage Roadster
In June, I received news from my dealership that Aston Martin had finally decided that they would indeed make a V12 Vantage Roadster. It would be a limited run of only 101 units and they just started taking orders. With the V12 Roadster having been my ultimate, but sadly non-existant, dream car for about 3 years, it didn’t take me long to make my decision. In fact, within 15 minutes of receiving the news I had placed my order. Fast forward five months and the production of my topless V12 Vantage has started. And the best part: we got invited to watch it being created at the factory in Gaydon!