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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 10/08/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: night oppo, classicdriver.com, Aston Martin

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hillrat > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/08/2020 at 09:12

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Only thing wrong with that car is the steering wheel looks like it came out of Mercury Topaz.

onlytwowheels > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/08/2020 at 09:19

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For me, n ot a half million dollar car.

https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/aston+martin/vantage/aetv15719044

boredalways > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 09:32

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Ford Taurus, actually.

boredalways > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/08/2020 at 09:33

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GIB!!!

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > onlytwowheels 10/08/2020 at 09:48

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Agreed, not even close.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/08/2020 at 09:53

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It has cocaine intakes!

hillrat > boredalways 10/08/2020 at 10:01

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Please tell me you’re joking. It looks like it could actually be true and I know the Vantage gets shat on for being a tarted up English Mustang, but please tell me that you’re joking. I don’t want to live in a world where a 1/2 million dollar super car’s steering wheel could be sourced from a junkyard in Brandywine, MD.

QCGoose > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 10:10

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Nope, not a joke. That steering wheel is the same corporate Ford wheel found in their common passenger vehicles from that time period.

QCGoose > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/08/2020 at 10:12

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This is still one of my favorite Astons, despite its many glaring faults.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 10:28

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I’d say that’s an easy enough fix without doing anything irreversible .

hillrat > QCGoose 10/08/2020 at 10:28

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JFC, I hate it here. And when I say “here”, I mean this planet.

hillrat > QCGoose 10/08/2020 at 10:30

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The only possible way for me to deal with this information is to buy a Mustang and put a Vantage badge on the steering wheel.

QCGoose > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 10:36

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Lol! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

I can understand raiding the parts bin for electrical stuff or even visible things like switches and knobs, door handles, etc b ut man, I can’t believe Aston couldn’t come up with anything else for the steering wheel of all things in that car.

Of all its faults and disappointments, the steering wheel IMO is its greatest offense.

Cash Rewards > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 10:52

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Yeah, sorry, astons of that vintage have some corporate parts bin stuff from Ford. The steering wheel is the worst offender, but not the only

hillrat > QCGoose 10/08/2020 at 11:02

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Yeah, especially one that is instantly recognizable too.

So lazy, so trifling, so pennywise and pound foolish. Because if it didn’t have that stee ring wheel in it I would stroke a check for that car right now. [Harumph]

boredalways > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 11:03

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1991 Taurus SHO interior

Good news is that you can always swap it out

hillrat > boredalways 10/08/2020 at 11:05

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Y’all really seem to be enjoying my distress over this steering wheel.

CaptDale - is secretly British > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/08/2020 at 13:00

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GIVE GIVE GIVE! The V600 LeMans is one of my top tier dream cars.

boredalways > hillrat 10/08/2020 at 14:37

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Parts sharing/off the shelf parts were , and still are , quite common. Aston wasn’t owned by Ford back then so when you saw it, it was obvious. Think of it like a TVR or a Morgan — it’s just cheaper to get quality parts from major manufactures when you have a low volume luxury/nichè brand. I guess it’s just no big deal to us.

Just like it's no big deal that the Lamborghini Diablo uses Nissan 300zx headlamps.

hillrat > boredalways 10/08/2020 at 15:51

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Parts sharing can be, and often is, good smart engineering. Because, w hy re-invent the wheel? I get it, I steal and plagiarize ideas all the time at work.

If I’m buying an Aston Martin (and this a threat AM should take VERY seriously) I do not want to look over at someone’s hoopty and see my steering wheel in their car.