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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by B B,Oct 22 2009, 06:07 PM
Best of all it is BRITISH and not a foreign interloper.
Time to get up certain peoples noses and fly the Union Jack and St Georges flag and be proud to flaunt Britishness.
and I didn't want to originally post that but i love being patriotic (not BNP type patriotic I want to state). To the point where my crash helmet is the Arai Condor....



As a few of the guys on here can testify when they've seen me on track / kart days.

I love it.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Kelk,Oct 22 2009, 05:22 PM
I love the AM Vantage - it is simply gorgeous with more than enough performance (for me, obviously not all the hamilton / button / mansell / s) on here.

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You’re obviously not as accustomed to fast cars like many on here then

The AMV8 is on par with the Cayman S performance, which is 50K ish, AMV8's cost 90K ish.

Hence the comments, it's not that fast for the money compared to it's peers

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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Subaru2000,Nov 1 2009, 03:32 PM
You’re obviously not as accustomed to fast cars like many on here then
If you don't think it has enough performance you obviously aren't accustomed to driving fast, like many on here
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 10:04 AM
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silver bullet.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ge2,Nov 1 2009, 05:01 PM
If you don't think it has enough performance you obviously aren't accustomed to driving fast, like many on here
Yeah, you wish.

I'm a driving machine

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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Subaru2000,Nov 1 2009, 03:32 PM
You’re obviously not as accustomed to fast cars like many on here then
Yeah I am, I've spent just as much time on the internet as all of them and am therefore able to form enough mis-informed opinion as the rest.

And as for comparing a Gayman to an Aston, no contest. There may be 40k difference, but if you only see the price difference then that says a lot by itself.
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Kelk,Nov 1 2009, 08:41 PM
Yeah I am, I've spent just as much time on the internet as all of them and am therefore able to form enough mis-informed opinion as the rest.

And as for comparing a Gayman to an Aston, no contest. There may be 40k difference, but if you only see the price difference then that says a lot by itself.
Reading to much into this aren’t you

Of course I don't only see price difference, the AMV8 is a very nice car, but it's nothing like a 0-100 in under 10seconds like some have claimed and not that fast for a 90K car , that's all.

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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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We went to get it this morning.

It looks and sounds f**king awesome.

I was asking myself if I *really* need to go racing at at one point. Only lasted a minute though

I haven't had a ride yet as I had to shoot off and experience the other side of british sports car ownership (removing a broken engine from a clown car), but will report back when I have. And then again when I've driven it

Some quick pics from my mobile.

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Car & homo owner:
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Brand spankers?

Looks good

They do sound extra nice.
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