That's a cracking looking car.

I'm looking to get a 4.7 Coupe in Spring/Summer next year.

Is yours a SportShift or a manual?

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Sports shift. I went for a long test drive to see what it was like. Its very easy to use and you soon get used to it. I've just done a 500 mile round trip to Somerset and back (mainly motorways) and averaged 27 mpg so fuel economy not scary

Very nice combination. I had a look a few years ago at a 4.3 V8V. Not particularly quick and the 4.7 is a big step up.

There's a company called Bamford Rose Engineering who specialise in Aston Martins. The guy who owns the place Mike did a lot of work for Aston Martin in the engine design team.

If you take them a 4.3 and give them £5k they will put a high performance exhaust on it that doesn't make any extra noise unless you want it to, it includes 200 cell 4 - 1 manifolds. This gives the 4.3 the same performance as a 4.7. If you give them a 4.7 it makes a big difference to that too.

You can also take them a 4.3 and give them circa £15k and they will strip your engine, have the block machined out and then rebuild it with all new internals with a new displacement of 4.7 litres.

There's a massive thread on Pistonheads where Mike posts exactly what he does, how he does it and answers loads of questions. He also tells you what his experience is in the thread as well:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.a...&mid=0

Here's his homepage:

http://www.bamfordrose.com/

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Best combination .... but then I am biased !

Very nice collection.

Sorry, but l just have the following caption goes through my head:

Aston (to the FFRR): "Hey, Dad. Will I be big and strong too when I grow up?"

The AM just looks so short next the the RR.

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I think they make the ideal pair! Like your taste Stephen

But then i would say that