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Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:44 am
by MaDaSp
Well I now have 4, not that I need an excuse but let's call this one a late birthday present to myself. :D

Had it's first outing yesterday, very fitting for the occasion I thought, the Aston Martin Centenary event in Kensington Gardens. 8)
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And some more pictures I did this morning.

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Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:56 am
by ddav
Looks like you had a great time and some good weather. I took my DBR1 when I went to drive a DB9 a couple of moths ago for a track day, it seemed appropriate.
How many cars were there? Any more pics?

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:41 am
by AdDaMan
awesome. Really love this one.

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:43 pm
by MiniMpi
Congratulations :) :)
Perfect first event to show it off too !
I love the photos, showing every part of the watch.
You should put them in the reference gallery ;)

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:06 pm
by vikingdrvr
Great pics :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:40 pm
by MaDaSp
ddav wrote:Looks like you had a great time and some good weather. I took my DBR1 when I went to drive a DB9 a couple of moths ago for a track day, it seemed appropriate.
How many cars were there? Any more pics?
Yes it was great to see 100 years of Aston Martin's history all in one place and it was completely free, well apart from the Park Privé section which contained the DBR1 and other Le Mans cars, you did get a free tea/coffee and a glass of champagne though if you were willing to pay £50 to get in :shock:. I gave that a miss and just wandered around the perimeter and peered in :). There were 150 cars on display and more in the car park but you could only access that if you had a car in there :(.

I've posted a link to my Flickr gallery in the Offtopic section.
http://www.christopherwardforum.com/vie ... =4&t=20315

Did you enjoy the DB9 experience?
AdDaMan wrote:awesome. Really love this one.
Thank you, so do I. :)
MiniMpi wrote:Congratulations :) :)
Perfect first event to show it off too !
I love the photos, showing every part of the watch.
You should put them in the reference gallery ;)
Thank you, I'll add them to the reference gallery.
vikingdrvr wrote:Great pics :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thank you.

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:58 pm
by ddav
Yes a lovely time. Very much more of a gt than a sports car. It does weigh nearly 2 tonne. You can reall feel that mass under heavy breaking, 1st time with a flappy paddle gearbox the delay in changes made me wish for a manual. If it were a dsg or such like it would have been better

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:55 pm
by MattC
ddav wrote:Yes a lovely time. Very much more of a gt than a sports car. It does weigh nearly 2 tonne. You can reall feel that mass under heavy breaking, 1st time with a flappy paddle gearbox the delay in changes made me wish for a manual. If it were a dsg or such like it would have been better
I drive these on road and track quite regularly and I personally think that the paddle shift gear change is pretty quick and smooth. Its much less agressive that the gear change in cars like the Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Gallardo.

It is indeed more of a GT than it is supercar, and it is a little out of its comfort zone on the track, however they are still pretty awesome cars and most people love them...! :thumbup: :D

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:08 pm
by Kip
Excellent photos of watch and cars.

Thanks for posting in the "Reference Gallery" 8)

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:27 pm
by HendrixGreen
Really good photos, showing the watch off to its best!!

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:34 pm
by ddav
MattC wrote:
ddav wrote:Yes a lovely time. Very much more of a gt than a sports car. It does weigh nearly 2 tonne. You can reall feel that mass under heavy breaking, 1st time with a flappy paddle gearbox the delay in changes made me wish for a manual. If it were a dsg or such like it would have been better
I drive these on road and track quite regularly and I personally think that the paddle shift gear change is pretty quick and smooth. Its much less agressive that the gear change in cars like the Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Gallardo.

It is indeed more of a GT than it is supercar, and it is a little out of its comfort zone on the track, however they are still pretty awesome cars and most people love them...! :thumbup: :D
It was a lovely place to be and I suppose had i not been on a track with lambo's and fezza's then I may not have been so aware.

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:33 pm
by tempusmaximus
great looking watch and some fantastic pictures congratulations

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:16 am
by Winnie Bloo
tempusmaximus wrote:great looking watch and some fantastic pictures congratulations
Yep, second that, the colours are really superb! Well done. :thumbup:

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:13 pm
by vealchop
Wow. your pics are much better than the websites. I got a 75.oo voucher and was thinking of picking this up. can you tell me the strap length on this?

Re: Number 4 - C70 British Racing Green

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:27 pm
by PaulWB
I have just received a C70BRG on a bracelet for my anniversary - really like the look of the dial (should go well with the C7 MkI 1 & 2).