Pulled the trigger!
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So having been dreaming of 1 day owning an Aston and many man math calculations later, I've finally pulled the trigger on a purchase. I'm ashamed to say that I bought the first one I went to see, however, in my defence it was from a dealer (HR Owen Cheltenham) and I did get it inspected by Bridge Mill Motors for a second opinion, they said it was a good un, so fingers crossed.
I picked it up on Saturday and I don't think I've stopped smiling since. So far so good, just a couple of random TPMS faults on the way home, but I'm told they all do that sir. It was very cold on the way back up north on Sat so that may have contributed towards the errors.
As you can see from the photos it's a very high spec 4.7 with sports pack, lightweight seats, N400 sills & lights and B&O stereo. This is on account of the fact it was an AM factory car for the first 12 months, so used as a demonstrator. Some may say this is a bad thing as it might have been abused by many people, but the way I see it AM would have looked after it properly replacing anything that needed doing during their ownership, and hopefully wouldn't let a lemon out into the public domain. I await your comments.
Just need all this snow and ice to go away so I can use it, currently very white and cold here in Sheffield, and the car is looking a hell of a lot dirtier than when I pick it up.
I picked it up on Saturday and I don't think I've stopped smiling since. So far so good, just a couple of random TPMS faults on the way home, but I'm told they all do that sir. It was very cold on the way back up north on Sat so that may have contributed towards the errors.
As you can see from the photos it's a very high spec 4.7 with sports pack, lightweight seats, N400 sills & lights and B&O stereo. This is on account of the fact it was an AM factory car for the first 12 months, so used as a demonstrator. Some may say this is a bad thing as it might have been abused by many people, but the way I see it AM would have looked after it properly replacing anything that needed doing during their ownership, and hopefully wouldn't let a lemon out into the public domain. I await your comments.
Just need all this snow and ice to go away so I can use it, currently very white and cold here in Sheffield, and the car is looking a hell of a lot dirtier than when I pick it up.
Congratulations! Great spec, and don't worry about it being an ex Aston car. It will be sorted.
Definitely try removing fuse 15 or 22 from the boot to open up the exhaust. Someone will confirm which one it is on that car. (Or it says in the manual). You may not want it louder all the time, but try it.
Definitely try removing fuse 15 or 22 from the boot to open up the exhaust. Someone will confirm which one it is on that car. (Or it says in the manual). You may not want it louder all the time, but try it.
that looks stunning, congratulations
my MY10 has the same spec bar the B&O and i'm just down the road from you in Nottingham 
Thanks for the kind comments, it was certainly the fully loaded spec that appealed initially, then the general condition of the car. As for the B&O stereo, I think I need to spend more time setting it up, but it seems to be source dependent e.g. on CDs it sounds very good with a coherent balance across the frequency range, where as on the FM tuner it seems a lot more wooly in the bottom end. I've yet to try iPod/iPhone source to see how that compares.
Impasse said:
Check your tyre pressures. Sometimes putting in a touch more air can make those annoying TPMS messages go away.
Its the cold temperatures - it drops the tyre pressure by ~2-3 psi and just puts it on the TPMS thresholdOnce they have warmed up it usually goes away
Both mine did this.
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