Last weekend, when the sun finally deigned to come out, I
had seen Aston Martin's everywhere with their hoods down. That's not to say
they are common it's just that I noticed them more.
Beforehand I seemed only to hear them, as there is no
mistake when you hear that tremendous throbbing, a noise so thrilling it makes
your hair stand up. I wonder if anyone has considered it as a ring tone for
their mobile. I have always liked convertibles and once owned a Citroen 2CV
which was like sitting in a deck chair with wheels, with a lawn mower for an
engine and an umbrella for a roof, but it was a fun car that was reliable and
took me to Paris and back on several occasions when I was running second hand
clothes to the Flea Market there.
Unlike the MG RV8 that I bought on a whim back in the
early 90s, because it was so beautiful and British. It constantly overheated
due to its 4 liter Range Rover engine and the canvas roof was forever leaking.
I got rid of it pretty quickly and have not owned a soft top since. But these
last few sunny days have been tempting me to reconsider, perhaps it's a mid
life crisis although I'm getting a bit old for that or it's that sense of
freedom with the wind blowing through my hair ( what's left of it).
I don't know if you have spotted the competition we are
running to win an Aston Martin Vantage Roadster, I certainly have, as I tried
to enter myself until it was pointed out to me that I wasn't allowed, I even
thought about changing my name to Heremy Jackett, a name one of our Spanish PR
girls endearingly insisted on calling me.
The winner is able to choose the colour of both the exterior and
interior. Now if I had been able to enter I would have created a vintage
Vantage, cream paintwork, red leather interior and whitewall tyres reminiscent
of 1950s sport cars, dream on! The competition runs until the end of May all
the details are on the Hackett website. As I can't take part, but you can, so
my advice would be to take a Vantage!
Jeremy Hackett
Jeremy Hackett
