I drove an Aston Martin DBS...

"Horkin' Up Dangle Hams" (erob599) 02/20/2014 at 11:41 • Filed to: Aston Martin

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...and it was like shaking hands with Jesus.

Mostly because it was a stick, and everybody knows that 6.0L V12+manual=orgasm.

That's just math, people.

I must admit that my drive wasn't very long, and consisted of a straight shot down a highway with a few sweeping curves. But when you're driving James Bond's car, even a few feet is amazing.

My overall impression was that it was surprisingly easy to drive. I'm not someone with a huge amount of super car (or super GT, whichever you prefer to call it) driving experience, but I didn't expect it to be very easy to operate.

Thankfully, I was wrong. The clutch isn't too heavy, and it bites where you expect every time. The only comparable car I've driven was a 458 Spider with a flappy paddle gearbox, but that its most definitely not trying to be a GT. The shifter was beautiful, ice-cold aluminum, and it felt fantastic in my palm. Steering was as direct and communicative as you would hope. As someone whose DD is a '98 Mazda B2500, it was heaven on earth.

I won't tell you how fast I went, but it was enough to test the high speed stability (it's good) and set a personal record. Hopefully I'll get a chance to beat it soon enough.

As a bonus, here's a sweet, sweet Volvo that I saw in my town the other weekend. In my humble opinion, it is absolutely fantastic.

Oh, one last thing. I have to shill for my new car blog. It's focused on the Chinese car market. Do me a solid and let me know what you think by checking it out !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Thanks!