I saw an Aston Martin DB9 in the P.C. Hooftstraat yesterday afternoon. If my immediate family contained fewer members than the number of seats in that car (or even an equal number), that’s a vehicle I might have to consider. What a nice car; and so subtle, too. I could drive around in that without feeling like a complete wanker.

The only problem I could see was that literally about 30 – 40% of all the people who walked past it in the street stopped to admire it and peek inside. You’d attract a similar number of glances parking it and getting out, as well as getting back in. I suppose that’s precisely the reason some people would want a car like that, but I personally can’t stand being the focus of attention and the resulting loss of casual anonymity. I’d end up waiting on the other side of the street for people to walk away from my car, then quickly scuttling across the road to get back in before the next admirer happened along.

Ah well, that’s another advantage to our Audi A6 Avant. It’s a fantastic car, but not very glamourous.