Is it healthy for a car to do this few miles?

[baccalad]

Speaking of an 05 reg Aston Martin DB9 that's for sale on eBay.

Services:

26/04/05 - 0 miles - Pre-delivery inspection at– Aston Martin Wilmslow
27/02/06 - 1571 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
16/06/06 - 1939 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
03/07/07 - 2884 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
09/09/08 - 4539 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
04/02/10 - 6173 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
09/02/11 - 6681 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
14/02/12 - 7194 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
15/01/13 - 7597 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow
17/12/13 - 8081 miles - Aston Martin Wilmslow

Isn't it known for super cars to need engine rebuilds after doing so few miles?

[Lee540]

DB9 is not a supercar

It'll be fine

[MissChief]

AS long as the journey's aren't a two mile pootle to the local Waitrose and back again it'll be fine. It's clearly a weekend/occasion car but as long as it gets a good workout and is allowed to get up to temperature and is driven I'd say it would be OK. Some cars are known to behave better and be more reliable if driven regularly but I wouldn't be concerned by that mileage.

[Impasse]

The oily bits of modern day Astons are very robust. The cars tend to suffer from niggly issues rather than catastrophic failures. The mechanical aspects of that DB9 will be fine, especially the engine. Anecdotally, I bought my V8V about 2½ years ago and put more miles on it in the first year of ownership than the previous owner had done since he bought it in 2006. It's just needed consumables.

Buy the car and stick some miles on it - it's what it was made for. There is a dedicated Aston section of PH, have a rummage though there.

[jdwoodbury]

My dad had a 1989 911Turbo LE that he sold in 2007 I believe, it had done 12k miles in 18yrs and sometimes did not turn a wheel in 12months. The biggest issue he had was a flat battery and mice deciding to make the boot home! With really extended intervals I expect you need to consider petrol going off, oil starvation and rubber seals cracking.

[sparks_E39]

The DB9 is a reliable car, there aren't really any horror stories. It's no supercar though. It's getting much prettier in it's old age.

[_Al_]

If a car has been stood a long time then it can take a while to get back to it's best. In my experience barn find beats starship miles very time...

[irish boy]

Nice to see it being serviced properly rather than the mentality some people have that it doesn't need serviced till 10k no matter how many years pass......

[RedBull]

baccalad said:

Isn't it known for super cars to need engine rebuilds after doing so few miles?

Um, no. I own a 1990 Countach Anniversary with less than 5000 miles from new and it runs beautifully. Maybe running a bit rich, but that's it.
When I bought it in 2007 it had less than 2000 miles on it, and I've done a few hundred each year. I would say it's more down to how a low use car is stored rather than how many miles it's done. Mine is kept on a good quality battery monitor/charger and is stored in a dehumidified and well sealed garage. It starts fine even after about 6 months of storage.
The mileage on the Aston would be of no concern to me whatsoever as long as the condtion is right and the car runs well.

[baccalad]

I'm not looking to buy this car by the way (it's for sale for nigh on £50k), I'm just purely interested. The low mileage means it's being listed for around £10-20k more than others of a similar year but with 30-60k miles on.

[Baryonyx]

Lee540 said:

DB9 is not a supercar

It'll be fine

This.

[croyde]

I have a motorbike that only does around 600 miles between MOTs and have just bought a 14 year old Mercury that has only 32k miles on the clock. 6 of it's years it barely did 1000 miles a year.

Both are going great.

[Claudia Skies]

irish boy said:

Nice to see it being serviced properly rather than the mentality some people have that it doesn't need serviced till 10k no matter how many years pass......

Oh don't be silly. Annual service on that car is a complete waste of money - unless it's being cold started and driven 1.5 miles each day to the station and back. Which seems unlikely.

[poing]

Claudia Skies said:

Oh don't be silly. Annual service on that car is a complete waste of money - unless it's being cold started and driven 1.5 miles each day to the station and back. Which seems unlikely.

Depends how you define waste of money, I would pay a premium for this particular car because it's been serviced correctly, I wouldn't even consider buying one that had been serviced twice since 2006 unless it was massively cheaper. Personal preference obviously but that would be mine.

[Sump]

Meh, I prefer higher mileage cars. That way you know any niggles have really been sorted out.

[ging84]

super car millages aren't worth the chips they are stored on

[226bhp]

ging84 said:

super car millages aren't worth the chips they are stored on

Random.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/millage