Average Length of AM ownership

[michael gould]

so 2009 and you would be its seventh owner !!!! not great.......my 2005 DB9 ....i'm the second owner

[steviebee155]

michael gould said:

so 2009 and you would be its seventh owner !!!! not great.......my 2005 DB9 ....i'm the second owner

I will be the sixth owner..........but point taken.

[mikey k]

V8 Animal said:

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steviebee155 said:

Certainly looks good and FAMSH. Just not sure about S/S. Like the idea and worked well with paddles but didn't feel too responsive in Comfort mode.
I need to drive a manual version to compare.

This will be the reason IMO
Owners don't gell with the sport shift very well and when spending 50k + they move on.
I was the 6th owner of my SS and when I researched it they were all short ownerships.

Comfort mode on ASM1 and D mode on ASM2 are a COMPLETE waste of time
It's not that peps don't gel they just don't understand it
It's a manual with a robotic clutch
Teach the robot where the bite point is regularly (clutch learn at start up), NEVER use Comfort and lift slightly on up shifts and it gets a LOT better.
Still doesn't get round the stupid reverse gearing (still the same on current manuals ), no hill hold and "creep" mode that hobble ASM1 . All sorted on ASM2 & 3 which are much better.

[hashluck]

mikey k said:

Comfort mode on ASM1 and D mode on ASM2 are a COMPLETE waste of time
It's not that peps don't gel they just don't understand it
It's a manual with a robotic clutch
Teach the robot where the bite point is regularly (clutch learn at start up), NEVER use Comfort and lift slightly on up shifts and it gets a LOT better.
Still doesn't get round the stupid reverse gearing (still the same on current manuals ), no hill hold and "creep" mode that hobble ASM1 . All sorted on ASM2 & 3 which are much better.

This

[ds2000]

My 2009 V12 had one owner for 4.5 years before I took her on. My previous V8 was 2009 and I was 4th, only had it for 18 months.

[Pentoman]

steviebee155 said:

Thanks Sooty,
So how did you find the move from Porsche to Aston? My older and possibly wiser son thinks a C4S would fit the bill but my heart is set on an Aston. Looking forward to becoming a fickle petrolhead

Welcome steviebee and a lovely car you have purchased (I read your other thread).

Has your son been in your Aston yet and seen the error of his ways?

[snuffy]

I was the 6th owner of my 2005 V8V which I only kept for 18 months. So I assume it's now on it's 7th in 10 years. The previous owner to me only kept it for about 3 months, so lots of owners, some for very short periods was certainly true with mine.

As to why they get a lot of owners of course is a different question. I know what I only kept it 18 months but I doubt many other's felt the same way.

[fuzzy01]

We have a DB9 that's just coming up 10 years old and we are the 3rd owners and 39K mileage, we've had it 3 years now. I never use auto, just the paddles. A bit more info...., in that time we have had, 1 replacement battery, set of plugs and coils and a set of hand brake pads (as the pad material actually fell off the back plate !!) and the annual service/mot at Harwoods. Hope you have as much fun as we do in ours.

[michael gould]

steviebee155 said:

michael gould said:

so 2009 and you would be its seventh owner !!!! not great.......my 2005 DB9 ....i'm the second owner

I will be the sixth owner..........but point taken.

i thought it might have 5 previous owners on the V5 which would make you the 7th owner........it's a lot of owners even if your the 6th ......it would set alarm bells ringing for me ........good luck with your hunt for the right car

[steviebee155]

Pentoman said:

Welcome steviebee and a lovely car you have purchased (I read your other thread).

Has your son been in your Aston yet and seen the error of his ways?

Callow youth indeed - he came with me to the dealership - lets just say he was impressed

[Speedraser]

I've had my 2009 V8V from new. Still love it.

[gibbon]

2005 plate, 2006 made v8 Vantage.

Im the 3rd owner, had it two years, first owner kept a year or so, I bought from the second owner. Great car.

As to what to move to next? Tough choice, I've done the Porsche, will probably return to a 911 when I have a child, otherwise it will be a v12 or maybe a Morgan Aero 8 I think.