Do I buy an Aston? Help!
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Right, here we go. I run a 993 C2 with track suspension a LSD and a few other trick components. It is a daily driver (for my mere 4K or so miles a year). Love the car to bits, but any air cooled Porsche comes with a todo list. Having looked at an Aston v8 vantage up close in a dealership, I was stunned by the quality of the workmanship and the product in general. Now I am thinking of taking the Porsche off the road for a couple of years and using an Aston instead, which should be lighter in maintenance but provide enough of a laugh at the same time.
Thoughts are, 2007 and beyond (has to have the newer seats). Manual box. Roadster. I want to pay no more than £45k but could stretch slightly upwards if it meant getting an n400 or 4.7. Taking a guess at running costs, I would think about £3.5k per year max and a loss on sale after 2 yrs of £5-8k, if it goes back to a dealer. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Is it best to buy privately (with all the necessary checks) or go through Aston directly? Any horror stories that mean I should reconsider? Also the model has been running for 10 yrs now. Is a new model on its way that is going to kill residuals?
Thoughts are, 2007 and beyond (has to have the newer seats). Manual box. Roadster. I want to pay no more than £45k but could stretch slightly upwards if it meant getting an n400 or 4.7. Taking a guess at running costs, I would think about £3.5k per year max and a loss on sale after 2 yrs of £5-8k, if it goes back to a dealer. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Is it best to buy privately (with all the necessary checks) or go through Aston directly? Any horror stories that mean I should reconsider? Also the model has been running for 10 yrs now. Is a new model on its way that is going to kill residuals?
Very interesting and well balanced comments - thanks. So it sounds like factor in clutch wear into the purchase price and £3.5k would be more like top end of the spectrum including tax and insurance.
Will be interesting to see what the new one looks like and what it does to residuals.
Wouldn't normally consider main dear for cars in general, but having watched the market for a while, it seems that stock turns over pretty slowly and there are a lot of good and low mileage cars out there. So could take a while to sell privately.
Will be interesting to see what the new one looks like and what it does to residuals.
Wouldn't normally consider main dear for cars in general, but having watched the market for a while, it seems that stock turns over pretty slowly and there are a lot of good and low mileage cars out there. So could take a while to sell privately.
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