530 Miles in the Perfect Grand Tourer? FIRST Road Trip in My Aston Martin DBS!

This is why I bought my Aston Martin DBS! It's a perfect grand tourer, and we've got a long 500 miles drive ahead, so let's put it to purpose exactly as it was built to do. It's one of the best looking cars of modern times, but how does it stack up on the road - time to find out! I bought the 2011 Aston Martin DBS in Midnight Blue back in February, but without any real plans for it, the car has done very little mileage especially as I chose to have some paint work done and then the wait before PPF was installed at Topaz. As a result, prior to departing the Shmuseum it has done a grand total of about 150 miles since purchase and it's time to change that! With a reason to head to Germany, and a plan to fly being thwarted by huge delays and excessive cancellations of flights, why not drive, and why not get the DBS over to the Autobahn and Nurburgring in the process! That means a long journey ahead, 530 miles / 850km and around 10 hours from @TheShmuseum across the Eurotunnel and down through France towards Germany. So how does the DBS stack up? Pros and cons, as we make our way down the Autoroutes. It's certainly a GT, a very 'lazy' drive and comfortable experience, but more on that in the video. Thanks for watching, Tim Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:47 Road Trip Preparations 03:45 Leaving the Shmuseum 06:40 Arriving at the Eurotunnel 07:58 Train Crossing 11:12 Welcome to France 14:30 Reims-Gueuex F1 Circuit 17:11 DBS Driving Thoughts 20:38 Welcome to Germany 21:47 We've Arrived 23:02 Wrap Up #AstonMartin #DBS #RoadTrip Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Shmee150YT Website: http://www.shmee150.com Shop: http://shop.shmee150.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shmee150 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shmee150

Added 30 Mar 2026