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Hey PP
It could have been 6732 rpm also 
... and to be honest that was performed on a slightly bigger road (the same road were we hit +/- 5500 rpm in 6th (i think) with the 580 hp RS6 .... which was 260 kph ... .
Note: to understand the significance of this, one must be a real petrolhead (i guess you and graham are). The connection between speed & rpm in a certain gear has always intrigued me and i have some nice stories to tell ...
like one night i was riding my Bimota down a motorway and i couldn't see my speedometer. The rev-meter was just visible from +12,000 rpm (there was a bag of sandwiches lying on my dash ...) ... so i wanted to know how fast i was going (in 6th) and just kept on going to 12,500 rpm which i knew was 250 kph .... .
or when another friend just bought a Ducati 916 SPS and he asked me to ride it in ... (because the first 500km you had to be carefull and stay under 6000 rpm) .... well it turned out 6000 rpm in 6th gear was +180 kph .... and pulling through all the gears up to 6000 rpm got you quicker at that speed than a 911 Turbo .... ... and after the first 1000 km it still was quicker from 200 to 300 kph ...
So there's no need for you to worry, my dear petrolhead-friend ... i appreciate your concern ... ;-) ..
Best
Bimbeano
(nice smiley -post)
Finally ! Picking up the Aston !
Exactly one year after our first trip to The UK, my friend decided on buying an Aston Martin Vantage Roadster .... . Yesterday we took the boat to pick up the beauty ... . Upon arrival my attention drew to the V12 Vantage, truly my dreamcar but oh so unre...
Part 2: the drive home ...
Ready to run ... Well, at least this guy is smiling ... Without any doubt the coolest ....... camera .... In order to get the avergae speed on the motorway down, we took some small roads ... The port of Dover, ready to float ... After a long journey we fi...
Where's part 3???
I haven't had enough fun yet! Let's go for another ride! Looking good Bim! I hope you and your friend have many kilometers of fun in this very beautiful automobile.
Part 3 ...
... will be done by Nicolas .... he promised me to do some burn-outs and Donuts Rooftop down at Place Vendome .... Filip
Ahhh...
Eagerly awaiting. Driving in Place Vendome and on Champs Elysses... Seems almost cinematic. At the last minute, Nicolas can do some car stunts on Rue Faubourg St. Honore.
What?!?!?...
They are not listening to you Bim: 7000 rpm in fourth gear ??? This is a car that easily disposes of most European speed limits while still in third gear: what did your speedo say on the rev limiter in fourth?? Cheers, pplater
You don't know " Le Bimb ", pplater
Compared to him, I'm an " Enfant de Choeur "... Best, Nicolas
Ah, the perils of posting....
"They are not listening to you Bim" did not mean 'we don't believe you', it meant "Didn't anybody else register the significance of what Bim has just told us ???" It is no small achievement to hit the rev limiter in fourth in a Vantage: it will be fascina...
Perils part two....
[No idea what happened there - tech hitch?] The first part of that post - before it disappeared in 'parsing', whatever that is - read something like: How easy it is to be misunderstood. The phrase "They're not listening to you Bim" was not meant as 'we do...
Hey PP
It could have been 6732 rpm also ... and to be honest that was performed on a slightly bigger road (the same road were we hit +/- 5500 rpm in 6th (i think) with the 580 hp RS6 .... which was 260 kph ... . Note: to understand the significance of this, one ...
Oh, for the chance!...
... "I appreciate your concern"... Not concern, Bim: admiration ! The beautiful, long, clear, open roads down here beg - just beg! - to be travelled at max revs through each gear. There is only one problem, and it is not the gendarmes . You see, hitting a...
great pics Filip. i only wish you had been here long enough for me to meet up with you
having been your passenger for 5 days i have no doubt about your late night run and can only imagine what the neighbours were thinking when you pulled 7000rpm in any gear. i assume you didnt drive it the same way you drove your mini as its not your car. m...
Exactly ...
you break it ... you fix it ... or have it fixed ... or pay it back .... in this case it could be a problem for me .... Filip
Thanks for letting us go for a ride with you Filip.
Seems like a fun adventure. Best JerryW
Fun post, Filip!
That's a sweet ride! I'd love to own an AM one day, but it'll have to wait until my lotto winnings come in! I enjoyed your teasers too! Thanks for a fun series of posts! Cheers, Daos
An Aston ...
... has so much character, it is one of the few gentlemen spotscars left IMO .... drive it (fairly) slow and nobody notices you ... pull it over 5000 rpm and everybody hears you ... and if they're quick enough they can catch a glimpse of you .... Filip
Chocolate ..
... donuts are for me, put them aside please Nicolas ???? We just took the car out for another drive and it's just awesome ... you should buy one too Nicolas !!! See you soon mon ami ... the Aston is ready for a ride thru the Parisian tunnels ... VROOOAAA...
Where to meet, I already know...
The only question is ...WHEN??? Best, Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2010-02-28 11:01:09
Awesome. Must have been a thrill to take the Aston out for another spin
on the 1st night. Those 1st rides at night are simply the best. I remember when Ping and I got our Mini Cooper S Convertible, that first night we took it out for a nice short ride with the top down. Ahh my god that was heaven! Learning the feel of this ad...
Thrilling indeed ...
Anthony, we couldn't open the roof because of the bad wheather ... but the drive was a thrill indeed ... . The sound is just amazing ... A couple of months ago i took a Mini Convertible Cooper S (R56) for a drive with the top down and it really makes you ...
That's so awesome!
You should show these pics to your friend and so that he knows we're all so happy for him! What a cool car! -MW
Congratulations on such a fine choice...
and thank you for the very nice photo report. You did mix up the first few photos starting with a DBS then V12V, then DBS diffuser and finally V12V diffuser . Your friend is rightly overjoyed with his new car and hopefully you get the pleasure of driving ...
Hey ...
.. you're right ... i got it all mixed up ... well, i wouldn't mind .... DBS or V12V .... ... or even V8V or DB9 .. they're all awesome ... Thanks, Filip (bim)
Great post and fantastic choice, Filip. I worried that the TVR would be the toy...
nothing against it apart some reliability problems I encountered during comparison testing a couple of years ago. Nothing better then a bit of fun with some cars... Filip we should organise a roadtrip, you are going to Monaco during summer , or not? I wil...