05/06/07 vantages?

[thehos]

was looking at changing my e46 m3 and getting into a e90 m3, 28-30k's worth.

then started looking at vantage's little more but maybe!!

I'm not gonna lie, would be stretching myself to buy one, initially anyway.

Is there any model i should avoid or not, is there face lifts? I want an auto so sportshift? is the way to go?

what do you aston guys think? are the running costs high?

[thehos]

V8LM said:

No idea what an e46 or e90 is, but the latter sounds almost twice as good. Is there an e93? Or e1232?

e46=2001 to 2006
e9x=2006 on

[thehos]

897sma said:

Someone will be along in a minute to tell you to buy grants book.

In the meantime, running costs (other then fuel) should be similar to any other performance car, probably similar to your M3. £800 services, £200 tyres, etc. Although reading the forums can give a little distorted view as people are much more likely to post when something goes wrong rather than when everything is ok.

Modern astons are very reliable and should give many miles of trouble free motoring, as long as you buy a good one. Just be sure that you could find a couple of grand if something did go wrong.

thanks, m3 services are £800 then £250 then £800 etc etc

one being inspection, then oil servive