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    Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
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    Image of Liam_Gallagher Liam_Gallagher
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    I believe Malcolm Gladwell's first book was the Tipping Point...
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    03/29/09

    @Liam_Gallagher: Thanks and fixed.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Google should "street view" the Sultan's palace and his huge garage. Now that would be epic.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    You rock, P.O.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    I saw the title of this post and knew I better go get my coffee before I opened it. I was right. I probably won't be able to leave my desk for a while. It would be inappropriate to walk around a professional office pitching a tent.


    Excellent story, Peter. Thanks for the history on this rare and, until today, unknown-to-me Aston Martin.

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    Image of Jamesface Jamesface
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Ah, the Sultan of Brunei. The man I most aspire to be in life. He owns Ferrari 456 four-doors and shooting brakes. He has the only Bentley Java outside Bentley's styling studio. There's a rumour that in the leanest years of the 1980's his patronage was the only thing keeping Aston Martin in business. He takes his ludicrous wealth and uses it to keep craftsmen in business making (mostly) beautiful things. Like the carpocalypse bailout, with more beauty and fewer G3s.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    03/25/09

    @Jamesface: Personally, I always liked his Mercedes Benz 300 SL gullwings, which grafted the original style SL sheetmetal onto a then modern R129 chassis with a V12.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    So what you're basically saying is that Billionaire's Boulevard is a p-magnet. Because that's what the House of Saud's ill-disguised getaway scheme makes them.


    Oh, and the Aston is replendent in PMB.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    But it looks like a DB7 bodykit.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    New feature coming soon to Jalopnik:


    DOTGSV
    Down On The Google Street View

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Good job. What a great story.


    I can't help but thinking that the chrome trim on the bottom of the doors could only be enhanced, in a tuner sort of way, by chrome fender flares around the wheel wells.

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    Image of Cosmo_Kramer Cosmo_Kramer
    03/25/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Agreed. This is probably one of the most interesting car stories I've come across on teh Intarwebs. Evar.


    Peter - where in Italy were those pics taken? Perhaps Baveno on Lake Maggiore?

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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    03/29/09

    @Cosmo_Kramer: Cernobbion on Lake Como.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    03/29/09

    @Peter Orosz: Cernobbio, I mean.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Great find. What a puzzle to solve too!
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Great find Peter! I'd never seen or even heard of this car before.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Great article. Now I am going to be even less productive at work today. Wait, is it possible to be negatively productive?
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/25/09

    @Jø Schmø, Pauljones evil and opposite twin: Yes, but you actually have to go and undo something you did yesterday, so it's not really worth the effort.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    03/25/09

    @Mike the Dog will work for a Preview Button!: What you say is so true.
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    03/25/09

    @Mike the Dog will work for a Preview Button!: I find comfort every day in the fact that I don't have to do anything I've already done.


    I'm not being snarky, it's the truth.

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    Image of Big McLargehuge Big McLargehuge
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    Personal opinion: That car would look a lot better with some nice mesh wheels.
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    03/25/09

    @Elvidnir: Suffer Not the Manager to Live!: I agree, or just some chrome to match the door sills.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/25/09

    In reply to Google Street View Hits London with Ultra-Rare Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
    I have nothing witty to say. Vantage is one of my favorite cars of all time, especially in the V600 and in the Le Mans trim. Zagato sheetmetal just makes it sweeter.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    03/25/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity:


    I was up in Solvang, CA over the weekend talking to a guy who was from Orange County (where I live as well) and we started chatting about cars... he owns a 1931 Bugatti that he races but he also owns 1 of 99 2003 Aston Martin DB AR1s... (they actually made 100 but sold 99, the last being for a museum I believe). He said he has had it up to 170 and he and his wife drive it all the time... very cool.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/25/09

    @BrAff: Wait. I might know this guy. He has an AR1 in his car museum. Probably some other OC guy who has an AR1, but what are the chances?
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