Thinking of buying a DBS.

[paddy328]

Well, on my phone it looked red lol. And as we know, flame red/Orange can look very different in pics. Anyway, it still stands, I've not seen one before.

[Brital]

It is indeed Flame Orange. It was the factory press car (DBS1) for the launch of the DBS Carbon Edition. It does look red, whereas the Karussell Orange looks - orange!!

[paddy328]

Well, I think it looks awesome in that colour. It's nice to see any Aston in a special colour. Apart from the Orange and grey virage when that came out of course.......

[petop]

I have a Fire Red V8 Vantage and especially on some computer screens it looks like a really washed out red.
Thank goodness it looks a lot better in the flesh.

[Mr Tank]

Hi

I hope I am now very close to getting my dream DBS.

Any recommendation for or against Aston's at Amersham?

Andy

[SELON]

This has been going on for 17 lonnnng days!

I lasted one dealer and one test drive and one week! I admire your resolve!

Have you test driven the car and decided on that? Right price? AM dealer? Warranty? Get it bought!

Are you still going for 'colour'?

And post the pics when you have done the deed!

[Mr Tank]

SELON said:

This has been going on for 17 lonnnng days!

I lasted one dealer and one test drive and one week! I admire your resolve!

Have you test driven the car and decided on that? Right price? AM dealer? Warranty? Get it bought!

Are you still going for 'colour'?

And post the pics when you have done the deed!

Selon

Thanks for your reply.

This is a big purchase for some and I want to make certain I get it write, I don't have £100k to just throw around, so I am asking the questions from people who hopefully have the answers. Silly of me I know.

Yes I have now looked and test driven 5 cars (They were all different in many ways.) and I have today, I think found the car for me, and I hope from a good dealer (There certainly are some differences in them.)
Yes it's all personal opinion but any comments good or bad will help my decision.

The car in question is a Carbon Black 2010 car with 13k on the clock. The wife is happy with it, so that's one question sorted!

If anybody can help with this last question then I can make the decision and buy the car in the next week or so!

Plus if I get it write it will also mean I can keep my collection of TVR's as a bonus! Not ever bodies choice I know but it's mine!

Andy

[L0TT0]

Cannot help you with the Amersham question but you and your wife obviously have very good taste. So maybe this will help the decision

[Jon1967x]

Mr Tank said:

Hi

I hope I am now very close to getting my dream DBS.

Any recommendation for or against Aston's at Amersham?

Andy

I bought mine from Wilmslow Stratstone a year ago and since then half the sales staff seem to have changed. Every dealer has good and bad stories including the well know indies. I had issues with my purchase which they eventually sorted out (both with the car and the admin) and at the time it certainly took the gloss off the experience. Others have praised the same dealer. People can praise their dealer on here but talk to them in private and they've also had a bad experience at some point with them. There's no such thing as the perfect dealer, recommendations can only help give you better or worse odds on the experience you'd have. That said I've not heard anything particular either way about the dealer you mention.

The below is in my experience not untypical

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp%3Ft%3...

The message is really just get everything in writing as its communication and mismatched expectations that often causes issues and don't expect them to feel the same way about your new P&J as you do - to them it's just a car and it's business. You do have the peace of mind that as an official dealer and part of a chain, if it did go wrong you have avenues to persue. Hopefully and probably it won't or at worst it will be a minor problem where they've not done what they promised first time Sounds like you've done your homework on the cars so you'll know if the deals feels right.

The pleasure of ownership for pretty much all of us quickly outweighs any niggle during the purchase which is why the general message is 'just get it done' so you can start to enjoy.


Edit
apologies as this sounds like I'm teaching you to suck eggs!

Edited by Jon1967x on Saturday 24th January 08:54

[SELON]

I really hope you get the feedback you need.

Fab collection of cars you have there

Great choice of car and you should have it in time for the start of spring.

Keep posting.

All the best,
Mike

[Y100]

L0TT0 said:

Cannot help you with the Amersham question but you and your wife obviously have very good taste. So maybe this will help the decision

Can there ever be an Aston Martin that has more appeal than that of a DBS, utterly gob-smackingly awesome.

[V8 Animal]

Y100 said:

Can there ever be an Aston Martin that has more appeal than that of a DBS, utterly gob-smackingly awesome.

NO!

[cardigankid]

Jon1967x said:

The message is really just get everything in writing as its communication and mismatched expectations that often causes issues and don't expect them to feel the same way about your new P&J as you do - to them it's just a car and it's business.

This +1.

However awesome the car is, and it is, for them it is just another used car deal, even though it is an Aston Martin, and the customer shouldn't expect a used car to be perfect. Maybe new customers get treated slightly differently.

Anything they agree to do should be recorded in writing. Make sure the car is 100% to your satisfaction before you drive it away. Then I am sure you won't have anything to worry about.

[justin220]

Brital said:

As you will see from above, some dealers are better than others! Mine is now 3 years old, and is a wonderful drive. Try a Volante and Coupe side by side to see which you prefer. The latter is more a driver's car, but both are great. I have several AMs but even with an in-warranty car would get an independent specialist to give it the once over before buying. No dealer I have yet bought from has baulked at this request. Given the price of new discs, insist on them being checked (heated and weighed) against spec before buying - only really need to check one front.

Edited by Brital on Sunday 18th January 11:30

My god that's outstanding

[Mr Tank]

Hi

Thanks for all the replies and comments.

If thinks go to plan then this is my dream car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&amp...

Andy

[cardigankid]

Stunning

[shropshireAston]

Mr Tank said:

Hi

Thanks for all the replies and comments.

If thinks go to plan then this is my dream car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&amp...

Andy

Oooooo nice that looks identical to my dream car too... And it's in my garage :-)

[AMDBSNick]

[hashluck]

I see there is another Silver Fox Ultimate edition for sale. Same (hefty) price but more agreeable interior

[Mr Tank]

hashluck said:

I see there is another Silver Fox Ultimate edition for sale. Same (hefty) price but more agreeable interior

Hi

Funny that I was just looking at a video of the above car, which they sent me yesterday. If it was Black I would be down there tomorrow, but there again the wife says she like's the colour better than black and she didn't scream when I showed her the price.
The cb car at Stratstones is still of interest but looking at a few post on her I am having 2nd thoughts about dealing with them. The car had some damage to the front splitter which I pointed out to them, they said they will sort that, plus the centre consul had a chip out of the piano black surface again they said they would sort that. To me things like this should be sorted before the put them up for sale!
I had driven another DBS there in December and that had crap brakes and crap wheels and so many rattles inside, of course I walked away then and may also with the CB car. I am hoping they say this week these jobs are done so I can go and inspect it before we start talking final money!

Andy