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- The original Super Dad Car, what is it like to drive today? Should you use classic cars with children on board? what are the rear seats like, do modern child seats fit? A family road test review of this legendary car.
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I grew up in the 80s in America riding in our cars and I’m still here enough said.
You're creating such a powerful memories with your children. This is how I became an absolute petrolhead, when my dad was taking me for a drive in loads of different cars, telling me all their history, showing me how the cars were in his youth. A massive respect for that. Yet, that Aston is an absolute masterpiece, and thanks to the owner for lending it so people can see it. Watching your videos reminds me how it felt when I was a small little man thinking of nothing more than cars. Can't wait for another video
Thank you my man 👏 how amazing is it that guy would bestow this experience upon my family 🥲
On a budget, but took my daughter out in an MGB/GT - she remembers it to this day with a smile!
I grew up going runs in my dad's 77 V8 manual, constantly asking him to 'go faster'. Now the proud owner of db9 chassis number 46
My Dads daily driver from 1972 - 1977 was a 1971 Aston Martin DBS6 Vantage - I was born in 1971 and we were a family of five. It wasn't until we became a family of six that the Aston couldn't cope. My memories of the Aston are terrific - my first two words at six months were Dadda and car! I guess that tells you all you need to know? Wen Dad bought the car in 1972 it was £3000 and petrol (5 star) was under 50p/gallon. Also, the Aston is really strong and a good car to be in, if you're unfortunate enough, to be in a accident. A manual gearbox transforms the car into a real road burner.
Thank you for sharing this is awesome! 🙌 having this car for the weekend was a complete dream for me, getting to spend time in it with each of my 4 children was wonderful 🥹
What a lovely thing. Strikes me it's from an era when performance engines were more about torque than outright power... So I imagine it was lovely to waft along the motorway, even if the 0-60 didn't set your hair on fire. A fantastic video!
I really didn’t mind the lack of acceleration, this was such a joy to have for a long weekend
I always have to remember, cars arent always about going fast. Sometimes the cars are slow, but look so damn cool and nothing else really matters. I'd rather drive a inline 6 from the 40s thats slow by todays standards, but looks so much cooler than your Tesla, base Civic or econo box Nissan parked next to me at the light.
@@joshuakhaos4451 0-60 is really rather meaningless today
I don't recommend holding it at around 10,000 rpm to warm up and spread the oil....
You're more likely to spread the engine over your drive!!!
I think he meant 1000 rpm. Sometimes 1000 rpm reads as 10k
Yeah that was obvs a slip! Surprised I didn’t notice that during the edit! 🙈
@@dadcarslol . Actually best to hold it at about 1800 for about 30 seconds before letting it drop down to idle.
😂 when I heard you say it I knew what you meant but made my day! Imagine hearing a V8 at 10K rpm!!
Also agree with holding the revs a little higher as the oil pump will develop more pressure at that RPM to help push oil through engine more and to heat it up quicker so it can protect better.
My Dad took us everywhere in his red AMV8. It was a little cramped in the back seat.
Always been my ultimate car from when I was 15, I was surprised that they are not that fast on acceleration but it does not matter, its all about how you feel driving it and owing it.
Absolutely, I’d love to one day drive a manual just to see what this engine is capable of but regardless of speed the experience is so special! 😎
Having owned a AMV8 since the late 80’s and had 2 young boys grow up with it the car it becomes part of the family. “3rd child”. I fitted period children’s seats at the time. We used it as a club car and all went well but fuel smells resulted in several several lost lunches. As a regular family car I’d say no chance but for smiles and respect it’s a class act and even moderns Aston’s struggle to achieve. Love ‘em!
This is amazing! I can’t even begin to imagine what it was like driving one of these around in the 80s! I bet your children have some incredible memories in it 🙌 Is yours a 3 speed auto?
@@dadcars Hi Ben, yes 3 speed auto slow by modern standards. Great memories, my boys (men now) won't ever let me sell the V8 then again nor would I, it's a perpetual project. After just becoming a grandad I'm looking forward to taking my GC for a spin, history will repeat it self I'm sure. FYI I'm an Australian viewer. Great show BTW.
@@afd4344 thanks for sharing! Lovely to hear this! 👏
Such a rare sight one of a lucky guy driving it
Absolutely! Makes all the long hours filming and editing worth it for me getting to have this for a long weekend 🙌
That shape of Aston Martin is my ABSOLUTE favourite car - of ALL TIME!! It's the British Mustang, just with more class and sophistication! A total beast and the embodiment of power and brute strength, yet displaying reserve and depth at the same time! I'll hopefully end up with a Rapide S before long, just because I really don't have a deep enough wallet either to buy, or maintain, my true love - such is life!!!
🙌 I’ve reviewed a Rapide S check it out!
@@dadcars - Will do!
The single most beautiful body shape of any Aston Martin to date!! It has even more brutish appeal than even the Bullitt Mustang, yet with a gorgeous refined interior. For me, it beats even the DB5 hands down!!! Sorry, Cdr Bond! This time you lose!!
And, in response to your comment, I have NEVER sat in one of these at any age. So childhood experiences had nothing to do with it, yet ever since my late teens, this era of Aston V8 has remained my unchallenged dream car! I have been lucky enough to own a DB9 a couple of years back and I'm currently scheming to find a way into a Rapide S, with the Aston Installations ICE upgrade!!! THAT will be my realistic and achievable pinnacle of perfection!
Great comment! I’ve done a video on the Rapide S as well 🙌 such a bargain car those
FYI - the final manual X-Pack cars could, on a nice, wet road, would literally spin the rear wheels on full throttle - at 70 or 80mph, such was the torque they produced!!
Yeah by all accounts they are rapid!
You're my new hero my favorite car in the whole world My father had one I have an achieved it yet Yes classic cars can be used as a daily driver I have an XJS V12 1978 and I use it every single day it's my only car loved this video❤❤❤
Oh wow that’s awesome!! You’re very cool my man 👏😎
Yes. In the 70's my dad had a DB4 MkIII. Great memories and the smell of leather I will never forget. To us the back seats weren't small, but we were!
That's nothing on my uncle's early 30's Aston Martin LeMans coupe. That had a tiny back seat and even as youngsters it was small.
He took us to Ascot where he sold that Le Mans at auction and en-route we had to get dressed on that back seat/padded shelf.
We set off in the small hours in our pyjamas. Still all great memories.
To those reading, no I was not born with a silver spoon. My dad was a bricklayer and bought a used Aston with literal chickens in the back, did it up and used it.
In the 70's a DB4 was just a used Aston, not the classic it is today. My uncle might have had a few quid though.
... And yes, of course I am now a massive AM fan and I would love one, a classic one at that. I'm just not able until my numbers come up!
Awesome thanks for sharing this 😊
Vantages look similar but are different mechanically and worth a lot more.
p.s. you deserve a lot more subscribers
Thank you my man 👏
One of my all time dream cars, on the lotto win list, ever since i seen these in the bond films 😊 lucky getting to drive one👍🏻
Very lucky indeed! This was a dream for me
Ben, you are a legend...😊 I come from Sweden but was born and raised in the UK, Essex (yes - heard all the jokes). When I was tiny my father took a picture of me sitting on his cousin's DB6 (?) on a driveway in Dagenham... I think... Memories like that are so precious for kids... thanks for sharing your's with us all!
Thanks man! And thanks for sharing that 🥲 sharing these cars makes memories that will last a lifetime 👏
Lovely car, Lovely family
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it, this was such a special weekend! Shame the video didn’t get more views 🥲
As an American and as someone who who loves classics, That part about how many buyers for these cars are bought by older guys who now have money and grew up with them in some fashion, but us younger guys(Under 45-50) have 0 experience or have super limited experience with them to where we just dont care. Thats so true.. Here in America at least, the Boomers were really rude to us getting to close to their old cars and tell us to watch ourselves when around their dime a dozen classic.
And if we had a family member who had classics, they were essentially off limits and us riding in them was never even considered. If we were fortunate to be allowed a ride in the classic, it was always short and by our family members terms. I'm 31 and my uncle has a classic Corvette, but the few times Ive managed to get him to let me get seat time behind the wheel is effectively a weeks long courting ritual lol. The amount of buttering him up just to let me have 20 minutes behind the wheel is insane. Especially when he knows I have driven other classics and ones that are older, I also own a muscle car. And its hard to get wheel time.
I strongly believe the importance of sharing classic cars with the next generation. Those who preserve their garage queens from the world and people around them are doing a massive disservice to the car in my opinion 🤷♂️
@@dadcars As do I. The placing of values and future potential values into the future above all else is, in my eyes, the most dangerous threat to the car culture and even the historical significance of each era of cars. People forget about the history that certain cars and even a decade of cars holds. They arent just transport, they are a brief glimpse into their era and the over all culture that those said cars and brands come from. They are a reflection of their own countries culture.
Denying younger generations even a glimpse of these amazing machines, let alone experiencing them with their own 2 hands or butts. Is effectively telling kids that history and ones own culture doesnt matter. All because you might lose 20, 30, 80k upon selling it later compared to the one that was just closed off and never saw daylight for very long.
@@joshuakhaos4451 I agree, the only value in owning a special car is in the memories you make and how much you share them during your ownership 🙌
And now - you HAVE to test the manual Vantage version of this era!!!
(Ideally the RS Williams 7.3 litre one!!)
If you know anyone who has one I’d love to film it 👏
@@dadcars -You could approach RS Williams and ask if they could pass on a message...?
@@markchip1 it’s a very personal thing, some really get the DadCars ethos while others don’t. I’d love to speak to anyone who sees the value in sharing these incredible cars with the next generation, I really would. I’ll do my absolute best to feature every classic Aston even if it takes me a lifetime 🥲
Hi Ben & girls. Hope your all doing good.
I loved the video. Loved the sound of that car. I couldn't tell if that Aston is black or dark green.
It’s green! In the direct sunlight it really pops actually 😎 most of the shots I took were in the shade though
Can tell you absolutely loved spending time with this lovely V8. A special day, helped by amazing weather. Cool to hear about how positive thr public reactions are.
Thanks Dylan yeah this was a special one!
Your comments about driving a classic car with children I think are spot on. Another great video 👍🏻
Thanks man 🙌 this video didn’t get the clicks the car deserves! But glad you enjoyed it ☺️
I've owned my 1976 AM V8 for about 20 years now, which means my two daughters grew up with it. I'd love to be able to say that they remember the experience fondly, but... Perhaps it was the intoxicating aroma of old leather and petrol that didn't quite do it for them. Or maybe they didn't appreciate the approving looks I received from women who were not my wife...! Anyway, no doubt they will one day be pleased that it'll help pay for my old folks home. Having said all this, my eldest daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed taking a 5,500 km road trip together when she was eighteen. It was special in so many ways, not the least of which was the unique opportunity to bond. These are truly awesome cars, and I wish one of my kids loved it as much as I do to want to inherit it. Ah, we should have ordered up a son!
That road trip sounds amazing, 1 on 1 time in cars is magical… sad to hear your daughters didn’t get the petrolhead big, I have 4 so I’m hoping 1 of them will! 🤞
@@dadcars If there was a way here to post a photo or two I would. It was an incredible road trip through Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, five US states, two Canadian provinces... The car gave us zero problems, except for when the alternator packed it in and the US customs official had to give the car a push start (yes, it had just been converted to manual!)
@@76Aston if you’re on Facebook we have a DadCars group where you could post some pics! I know the other dads would like to see them too 😊
@@dadcars I'll do that. Thanks!
@@76Aston thanks for sharing!! I plan on doing big road trips when mine get older… take a look at the video I did with the “vantage world tour” father and son driving around the world in a high mile Aston 😎
Great episode mate! My father started working as a salesman at Mercedes-Benz in 1991 and these days I drive one of those old cars he started working with back in the day…memories are made when I see myself as a child (in the back) and as an adult (in the front nowadays) at the same time when driving my old Coupé with a son in the back. So yes, I am totally convinced once you care about it - you can use those cars even as a daily. Cheers!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this 😎👏
I had one of these back in the 90s. took my 2 children in it most weekends in the summer.. Loved it.
Love it!
I remember sitting on the transmission tunnel of my dad’s Elan in the very very early 1980s. Safety 😬
Ah…uncle had an electric blue V8 Aston…I remember it being a real treat as a toddler in the back but don’t remember using the seatbelts as sat on mums lap hahaha. 😂 preferred my dads RR Silver Cloud 3 in the back as had lovely deep carpets😅 lol
Love the review Ben. Your enthusiasm is great to watch. My father had DBS in the 70s and AMV8 in the 80s and brought me home from hospital in one as a new born. I remember sitting in the back as a child and in my uncle’s one too. I’m now on the look out for one to add to my small collection as you hit the nail on the head. Making memories with your family is everything and yes as a father of three it’s fantastic to know how one can live with these and fit your kids in.
Absolute cracking supporting roles from the girls!! I was just waiting for one of them to say "You built a time machine out of an Aston??" 😁😁🤣
Yeah they found the Time Machine thing a little confusing lol 😂
What a great experience. The car's alright too!
It was a magical one this one 🙌
That's such a curve ball to see lol, well done on another great video Ben!
I didn’t expect one of these to be gracing my driveway after only 9 months of the channel 🤯
@@dadcars I am fairly sure that after the video you did with Alex, your sub count is steadily rising! So, congrats and keep up the awesome work :D
This not really a request or anything, I'd love to see more normal/standard cars - as someone who lives in a country where cars are still expensive to afford for most people. But it's still awesome to see the perspective of a UK dad on a classic UK car like this, once everywhile :D
@@phucnguyen0110 I promise you more affordable stuff is coming! 🙌
@@dadcars great to know, thank you Ben!
Very nice 👍
First 👌
What an epic bit of kit, I wish I had gone for a DB9 instead of the Vantage sometime so I could take the family out, I think my next one will be a DBS if you ever get a chance, can you do a review of one of those 👍
DBS will be reviewed for sure! In the meantime I’ve done lots on my DadB9 😎
Don’t tell the kids that there’s sheepskin rugs in the car. They’re going to hate you.😂
I like to tell them where their food etc comes from!
I drive my 620kg 1960 mini with no seatbelts with my kids in all the time. You can’t protect kids from everything.
I think the rear seats of a classic mini are bigger than the rear seats in a DB9 😅
@@dadcars it’s like a living room inside. And the kids have loads of fun sliding around in hairpins without seatbelt :)
Think that you should have purchased a land rover oh and a telly.
Want.
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Absolutely. All cars are safe. They become unsafe because of poor driving skills .
No way I do it. I imagine it would perform very poorly in Euro NCAP crash tests.
A little bit of gas and hold it at 10,000rpm? Surprised you didn't blow the engine up!!😅😂
Lol 😂 I can’t believe I missed this, I’ll see if I can edit it. Obviously meant to say 1000 🙈
That looks familiar, could you fit kids in it ?
Who cares ?
Come on guys your ripping the piss out of this
Who cares? Kids fitting in the car is an important part of this channel or have you not noticed what this channel is about?
🙌 lol yeah this is literally what the Dadcars channel is all about, fortunately there are one or two other channel out there that are focused on just driving the cars on your own if that’s what you wanna see 😅
@@Birmingham_racing
This very car was on jayemm on cars two days ago , excellent review , very thorough.
He definitely missed a trick , most people who are in the market for a classic Aston are concerned if they can get kids seats in the back !
It’s not as if they would have a daily driver is it ?
I appreciate he is trying to differentiate himself from the other channels out there with a unique perspective on cars ,however I feel it is completely unnecessary.
The reviews of the cars are good , no need for all the nice car but can I fit the kids in ?
Children should be banned from flying in aero planes (unless they are stashed in the cargo hold) and riding in Classic Cars. Again unless they are shoved in the boot!
Ms Trunchbull from Matilda just commented on my TH-cam video!! 🤯🙌
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Absolutely. All cars are safe. They become unsafe because of poor driving skills .