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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 10:43 AM
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http://autos.yahoo.com/news/watch-a-...he-street.html

Watch a $1.7 million Aston Martin One-77 repeatedly stall on the street

Just because you're behind the wheel of a $1.7 million supercar doesn't mean you know how to drive it. Watch as the driver of this Aston Martin One-77 repeatedly stalls on the streets of Paris.

We don't understand how this driver and this other One-77 owner can stall a car that doesn't even have a clutch pedal for its automated manual gearbox.

Maybe Aston should have invested in a double clutch transmission -- or engine controls that wouldn't bog its 750-hp V-12 on a city street.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 11:10 AM
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How do you even manage that?
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 11:56 AM
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How do you even manage that?
since the car doesn't even have a physical clutch, something doesn't sound right about the car i guess
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
since the car doesn't even have a physical clutch, something doesn't sound right about the car i guess
That's wonderful. Pay nearly two million for a car that doesn't even work. What a POS.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 01:27 PM
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The finest display of crappy British's electronics.

Or do the car have the start / stop feature? JK
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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sounds like a problem...... a problem you should never have with a 1.7 million dollar car. To make a point I dont think we have ever heard of a Veyron broken down.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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That's so embarassing.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 06:14 PM
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The anti-stall feature is extra.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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I wonder if that's why he got his windows tinted.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Car looks like it is blowing brown smoke out of the exhaust,,,,normally a sign of cheap/bad/wrong grade gas. Hopefully that is all that is the problem. Either way, seems that the car is shutting down to avoid meltdown from the cheap gas.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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Probably what it is. Dude spends out the rear on the car but doesn't want the expensive gas. If that's the case, the owner is stupid.
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