Fallen out of love, 2k miles in the last 15 months.

[Jon39]

bogie said:

...so I reckon its costing me £100 a month in service/tax/insurance to sit outside the house for the odd ride out...at least the depreciation has just about bottomed out now.

I like your enjoyment of numbers (profile). So, 80p per mile for depreciation.
Running any (originally) £100,000 car is bound to be expensive, but I think many of us feel Aston Martin ownership is worth every penny. For this reason, I don't attempt precise calculations for my P&J.

However, over five years and 50,000 miles, my 'daily driver transport' has depreciated at only 1·6p per mile. That should leave plenty for my V8V.

By the way, I don't think our Vantages will bottom out at £30,000.

Edited by Jon39 on Saturday 13th April 19:54

[Simon T]

bogie said:

I did use mine daily for the for first 18 months and put 30k miles on it quite quickly as an only car ....but now its only + 60k miles 6 years later, as in recent years have only done 3-5K miles

its nice to have the choice and 3000 miles of pleasure driving still makes it feel special everytime rather than doing the weekly airport/motorway run it mid winter tip toeing around in dodgy conditions.

Personally I find I soon start to take it for granted if I use it daily, it all becomes too "normal"

when you use an Aston Martin as your runabout, what do you drive at the weekend? maybe a open top V12 Lambo? or a track car?

I dont think I could part with the Vantage though, not for a while until Im ready for a V12 Roadster. For what its worth there isnt anything out there as nice to replace it with.....

Edited by bogie on Saturday 13th April 19:13

"Runabout"



Weekend car

[Bincenzo]

Git.

[Simon T]

Bincenzo said:

Git.

Yeh, but I live in a caravan

[Neil1300R]

MrOrange said:

Talk me out of selling it please, folks.

MTFU! Get out and drive it.

[MrOrange]

Neil1300R said:

MTFU! Get out and drive it.

Yes, yes I should.

However, Bogie nailed this on the head. When the weather is dry & sunny I think I'd rather spend a day on my 1098 which is why I did 5k last year on the Ducati and eff all in the Aston. Times are tighter now than a few years ago so justifying 2 bikes & 2 cars is tricky ... man maths only works for so long. Hell, I might spend a year without a Sunday car.

What HAVE I started

[DJWuk]

Sell it.

If you have done that number of miles on your bike vs car, it's got nothing to do with the weather, or conditions of road etc....... you just prefer your bike.

My last serious car was a 911 GT3 , yet I now enjoy hooning a Caterham r300, at 1/3 the value, much more.

Sometimes less is more

Dave.

[bogie]

Jon39 said:

bogie said:

...so I reckon its costing me £100 a month in service/tax/insurance to sit outside the house for the odd ride out...at least the depreciation has just about bottomed out now.

I like your enjoyment of numbers (profile). So, 80p per mile for depreciation.
Running any (originally) £100,000 car is bound to be expensive, but I think many of us feel Aston Martin ownership is worth every penny. For this reason, I don't attempt precise calculations for my P&J.

However, over five years and 50,000 miles, my 'daily driver transport' has depreciated at only 1·6p per mile. That should leave plenty for my V8V.

By the way, I don't think our Vantages will bottom out at £30,000.

Edited by Jon39 on Saturday 13th April 19:54

I dont think of mine as worth £30K now ...more like £20-25K for a quick trade sale

so thats another reason to keep it...whatever else I buy is bound to depreciate more ...so if I keep this until its done 100K miles, I will have had value for money out of it

[bogie]

Simon T said:

Bincenzo said:

Git.

Yeh, but I live in a caravan

I like your style, I bet its a big caravan...with integrated garage?

[hornbaek]

outofstepuk said:

hornbaek said:

I used to commute in my V12V into central London. During the closure of the Hammersmith Flyover year before last, traffic in West London broke down so I started bicycling to work. Have never looked back since and my Aston has been out twice since it got its winter tyres on in October. Summer tyres are now back on but it has not stopped raining since. The weather gets to all of us eventually.

I'm just always surprised how much people are put off by rain. Sure I'm not in a monsterous V12V, and whilst of course it's not as fun as a beautiful dry day, for me it's still enjoyable.

You'd think Aston's were made out of paper mache the way some people talk about it.

It is not the fact that my Aston does not like rain. It is merely the fact that you don't really want to go somewhere involving a drive if it is pissing down with rain. It is time to leave the country.

[MrOrange]

DJWuk said:

Sell it.

If you have done that number of miles on your bike vs car, it's got nothing to do with the weather, or conditions of road etc....... you just prefer your bike.

My last serious car was a 911 GT3 , yet I now enjoy hooning a Caterham r300, at 1/3 the value, much more.

Sometimes less is more

Dave.

That very much reminds me of the great times I had in my Elise 10+ years ago. Hooning around at much lower speeds and a back to basics feel was good. I'm not suggesting I go back as I'd find an Elise way under-powered these days.

[Jon39]

outofstepuk said:

I'm just always surprised how much people are put off by rain.

You'd think Aston's were made out of paper mache the way some people talk about it.

It might be that we are lazy, and do not like the inevitable car cleaning, after a drive in the rain.

[bogie]

Jon39 said:

outofstepuk said:

I'm just always surprised how much people are put off by rain.

You'd think Aston's were made out of paper mache the way some people talk about it.

It might be that we are lazy, and do not like the inevitable car cleaning, after a drive in the rain.

same here, my problem is limited free time, so I prefer to spend it driving/riding and not cleaning ...hence I dont tend to use the Vantage as daily transport in poor weather...or a bike

[outofstepuk]

bogie said:

same here, my problem is limited free time, so I prefer to spend it driving/riding and not cleaning ...hence I dont tend to use the Vantage as daily transport in poor weather...or a bike

took mine for a £5 wash treat earlier.

Don't think they break if they aren't constantly cleaned and detailed.

[bogie]

outofstepuk said:

bogie said:

same here, my problem is limited free time, so I prefer to spend it driving/riding and not cleaning ...hence I dont tend to use the Vantage as daily transport in poor weather...or a bike

took mine for a £5 wash treat earlier.

Don't think they break if they aren't constantly cleaned and detailed.

that takes time too if you live out out town...its an hour round trip to the car wash ...actually some of the best rides out on a nice day

[DJWuk]

MrOrange said:

That very much reminds me of the great times I had in my Elise 10+ years ago. Hooning around at much lower speeds and a back to basics feel was good. I'm not suggesting I go back as I'd find an Elise way under-powered these days.

Once again you're not going to compete with your bike for acceleration. Expect to see your car listed tomorrow

[1973ja]

Ask the chap who got rid of his and bought an RS5, seven months later he's come back home to the AM way of life

[pschlute]

Mr Orange

Plan a European trip this summer. We took our DB9 last September to the Black Forest; Switzerland; over the Alps; Lake Garda;; Verona; Nice;Grenoble; and Beaune. 10 days of sheer enjoyment. If you like the reaction of people in this country to seeing your Aston wait till you get on the continent. The Italians were falling out of their car windows screaming encouragement.

Not another car like it.

Just my twopence worth.

Peter

[DangerMonkey]

Depends on your Elise, weirdly I sold mine because it was toooo fast, I had it set up so it was at its best at 9/10ths and I was getting too comfortable driving it like that. The great thing is the Aston is happy to waft around in comfort also if that's your bag

MrOrange said:

That very much reminds me of the great times I had in my Elise 10+ years ago. Hooning around at much lower speeds and a back to basics feel was good. I'm not suggesting I go back as I'd find an Elise way under-powered these days.

[hartley]

I think it is a mistake to polish these cars and treat them like fine porcelain - I did this for a couple of years but am enjoying the car much more since I use it for a commute - got the roof down yesterday at the first sign of sun - nothing like listening to the v12 burble bounce off the walls of the city centre as you weave your way through it. Don't lose it - use it!