- Right, check it out, I'm very excited,
Aston Martin have lent me a Vantage for a few days,
just saying that is unbelievable.
I'll take you for a little tour, show you around.
(upbeat music)
Question is, could you live with a supercar?
Obviously it's an amazingly fun car,
but could you use it for your other activity,
you know, mountain biking.
Just look at that flipping duck tail that's amazing.
Aston Martin, Martin Ashton,
don't think there's any connection there.
Right so, there is space look.
There's your boot, obviously it's a two seater.
There isn't a lot behind there but
you have a bit of a parcel shelf thing.
So kit bags, plenty of space in there,
I've got a rucksack, got my kit bag, got my camel pack.
So, I'll show you the bike rack setup,
but you've got to take your front wheel off first.
Now I'll push that little parcel shelf down,
front wheel goes in there, shut the boot.
I should hold on to that leather strap shouldn't I really?
Bang, she's in, right, bike rack.
So you can't use any old bike rack of course,
you need one of these Sea Suckers to go on the roof,
and this, I'm assured will stick to this glass;
and this roof is pretty flexy,
no idea what that is but this roof is pretty flexy.
I'm slightly worried, but then you just suck it on.
You know it's on, because the orange band has disappeared.
Lets just hope it stays on.
That's pretty strong.
I reckon this is a two man job Jack,
can you give me a hand?
This is quite concerning, strapping a bike to
the top of a £150,000 car.
Don't drop it (Laughs).
Right, we're in business.
Time to go for a ride.
(car engine roars)
That is something you would never get bored of,
I don't think.
I could drive this car for ten years,
and that up shift, that pop you get is ridiculous.
I did have to, well I feel like I have to apologize
to my neighbors over the startup
at six o'clock in the morning.
I bet it woke them all up.
But, what a nice way to wake up.
The burbles when you let off sometimes as well.
I mean I do look forward to the future
of electric cars for everyone,
but you're gonna miss that surely.
This car, the performance,
I'm sure you can hear that over the mic,
it's incredible the noise it makes,
and the actual force of getting sent back
into your seat as you put your foot down is mental.
I've got quite a fast car myself,
I've got a Golf R estate, which is a really practical car.
I've got a bike rack on the roof, fits the family,
fits dogs in the back, a proper wagon.
It's 300 horsepower four wheel drive,
it is a fast car, but this is just next level,
I've never driven anything like this.
I mean, it's pretty crazy being able to
stick your bike on the roof.
I like the fact that you can do that,
you can get the thing muddy.
Would I use it as a mountain bikers vehicle?
Well, it is pretty cool,
I think you'd get some looks showing up at
the car park at Trailhead.
Depends how self conscious you are but,
if you don't want the attention,
don't drive a bright blue Aston Martin Vantage.
But, what a machine.
So is an Aston Martin Vantage,
the perfect mountain bikers vehicle?
Well, maybe not,
I've always thought something like the
Audi RS 6 or those big Mercedes E 36,
something like that would be amazing,
but now I can see that it can stick your bike
on the roof of this with a Sea Sucker,
I can imagine chucking it on
and driving those roads up to North Wales
for a weekend of riding,
that would be pretty awesome.
There's a lot of differences between
my car and this.
As you'd expect, a VW Golf, Aston Martin Vantage.
The biggest one would be the engine of course.
V8 compared to the four cylinder in mine,
the noisiest thing in performance.
(Car engine roars)
The torque of it, that was from third gear.
And I know it's definitely not your
average mountain bikers car,
because the rule always goes that the
bike's got to be worth more than the car.
I don't know what bike you would find that
would be worth as much as this,
and I don't think you'd think enough on the roof.
But, it's not your average car.
I know this isn't a normal video for GMBN,
but let me know what you think, comments down below.
Would you like to see more of this?
I mean for me it was just too good of
an opportunity not to take up.
Drive an Aston Martin, stick a bike on the roof,
see what it's like.
I mean I've got loads of ideas,
I'd love to go on a road trip
with Blake and the boys,
Martin and Dolly,
get some different vehicles, I'd love that.
If you guys are into it let me know
in the comments down below.
Let me know what vehicles you'd like to see.
Hopefully I'm not too smug in this video
because I've flipping enjoyed it,
I've been very lucky to have this car.
If you want to see some more videos,
click over on the left hand side
for a video about how to pack your car
for mountain biking.
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Right, lets drive this car home.