Interview With Rich Dude in Aston Martin Dealership
Lincoln Travis III, Aston Martin buyer
The following is an interview conducted on February 30, 2010 with a buyer in an Aston Martin dealership (its location on Northern Blvd in Roslyn, NY has been withheld).
MetaCars: Thanks for sitting down with us.
Lincoln Travis III: I was already sitting. You just invited yourself to the next chair over.
MetaCars:Well it was open. More to the point, are you buying a car today?
Lincoln Travis III: Yes, a V8 Vantage convertible.
MetaCars: I think it’s called a Vantage Volante.
Lincoln Travis III: I think I could buy out your mortgage and evict you.
MetaCars:Fair point. So what swayed you on the Aston?
Lincoln Travis III: Well, I wanted something different and pretty flashy to park in front of restaurants.
MetaCars: Did you think about a Maserati?
Lincoln Travis III: Italian cars break down a lot.
MetaCars: Right … So you went British.
Lincoln Travis III: We’re 2 seconds from me removing one of your fingers with this cigar cutter.
MetaCars: So have you heard about the new Aston Martin Cygnet?
Lincoln Travis III: No. What is it? Another million dollar supercar?
MetaCars: Actually it’s based on a small Toyota city car, but styled by Aston. Here’s a picture.
Lincoln Travis III: What a faggy piece of crap.
MetaCars: The idea is that Aston buyers will buy them as a sort of yacht tender.
Lincoln Travis III: Do you know what a yacht tender actually is? Do I park my Vantage a mile off shore and then drive this little one to the sidewalk? Are you going to tell me it fits inside a bigger Aston?
MetaCars: No, it’s just a regular car, about the size of a Smart car.
Lincoln Travis III: Sounds like a deathtrap.
MetaCars: Well, Aston describes it as a local runabout.
Lincoln Travis III: I have a local runabout. A Mercedes GL450.
MetaCars: But doesn’t that use a lot of gas?
Lincoln Travis III: I have no idea. I would assume so.
MetaCars: Well in addition to that, Aston pitches the Cygnet as a sort of fun little car for your wife or maybe kids to putter around in.
Lincoln Travis III: No, I’m not putting my kids in a sardine can. I’d rather spend $40,000 on something I know they’re safe in, rather than $10,000 on that little POS.
MetaCars: As it happens, the Cygnet costs about 30,000 British Pounds.
Lincoln Travis III: You’re shitting me.For less than that, I bought my daughter a Lexus RX like a normal person.
MetaCars: Hybrid version?
Lincoln Travis III: No. I’m a Republican.
MetaCars: Well the environmental stuff is big now for people in both parties.
Lincoln Travis III: Yeah that’s what I’ve heard on the news.
MetaCars: Not for you?
Lincoln Travis III: I have 6 cars and fly twice a week for business.
MetaCars: Well, thanks for meeting with us.
Lincoln Travis III: I didn’t have a choice. How’d you manage to get in here, anyway?
Most Aston owners I’ve met try to act, speak, and dress like some sort of cross between Ian McKellen and Fred Rogers.
Lincoln Travis III looks and sounds more like a ZR1 or GT500 Super Snake buyer to me.
ajla, mabe you’re thinking of Lincoln Travis IV, I think he drives a ZR1… though it is in the shop after that incident last Saturday night on the way from the club to the afterparty.
I know that Aston dealership – I drive by fairly often. There aren’t too many people with those sorts of names around here. Astons typically go to new money types. Bentleys too, for that matter, at least the Continentals. The old money sorts tend to go for Bentley Arnages or older Rollers. Maybe a Jag. They tend to avoid flash.
Mark,
Lincoln Travis IX would be the likely ZR1 driver, no?
The Convertible/Volante line was excellent…