The big void between '06 V8V and DBS
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A daft question to kill my last hr of work...
Stupidly..I looked at PH classifieds at the values of '06/'07 V8Vs and realised that the V8V I bought about 3/4 months ago seems to have dropped hard.
For argument sake, lets say we're talking £40K. Total ball park.
I then looked what I could afford in way of upgrading and the answer is...not a lot.
Seems to be a big space between my car and the likes of N400s (£50k+), Vantage S (£70k+) and DBS (£85k+)
I love my car (apart from clunky 1st and 2nd...TADTS)...but it needs more oompf!
380bhp aint a lot in todays standards!
Also looked in carbon bits to tart is up...mainly interior. Prob waste of dosh.
So where does a poor man like me with entry level go?
Stick with it and hope for lotto numbers!
Anyway, that killed 10mins...
Stupidly..I looked at PH classifieds at the values of '06/'07 V8Vs and realised that the V8V I bought about 3/4 months ago seems to have dropped hard.
For argument sake, lets say we're talking £40K. Total ball park.
I then looked what I could afford in way of upgrading and the answer is...not a lot.
Seems to be a big space between my car and the likes of N400s (£50k+), Vantage S (£70k+) and DBS (£85k+)
I love my car (apart from clunky 1st and 2nd...TADTS)...but it needs more oompf!
380bhp aint a lot in todays standards!
Also looked in carbon bits to tart is up...mainly interior. Prob waste of dosh.
So where does a poor man like me with entry level go?
Stick with it and hope for lotto numbers!
Anyway, that killed 10mins...
te anyway, get some nice walnut fascias Gareth135R said:
I love my car (apart from clunky 1st and 2nd...TADTS)...but it needs more oompf!
380bhp aint a lot in todays standards!
DB9 manual with sports pack is very, very near the the DBS in term of performance, especially with 200cell catalysts, decent filters and a backbox! Add some H&R springs, of which I have a set going begging...380bhp aint a lot in todays standards!
No need to £85k for a DBS, certain DB9s do it just as well
you need to find perspective perhaps ...I often have the same upgrade thoughts
my 2006 car is worth about £25K if im lucky...and a 4.7 Roadster is +£35K more
is it £35K more fun? ...not really
sure its nice to upgrade, and spend £10K on what youve got is cheaper, will keep you interested for a while longer, but you never get the money back on mods
Id just save up some more...the newer cars are depreciating faster than yours, so the gap to upgrade IS closing ....another years bonus and I will hopefully be in my 4.7
my 2006 car is worth about £25K if im lucky...and a 4.7 Roadster is +£35K more
is it £35K more fun? ...not really
sure its nice to upgrade, and spend £10K on what youve got is cheaper, will keep you interested for a while longer, but you never get the money back on mods
Id just save up some more...the newer cars are depreciating faster than yours, so the gap to upgrade IS closing ....another years bonus and I will hopefully be in my 4.7
bogie said:
my 2006 car is worth about £25K if im lucky...and a 4.7 Roadster is +£35K more
Out of interest, what miles has your done? There's really nothing for sale at under £30k unless it's done 80k+ miles. One sold last week on eBay for £28k and had 92k miles and an orange interior 
....now relisted but not far off that price again. I had a trade contact keep an eye out for me but most 2006 cars are currently around £30k even in the trade (albeit with lowish miles), having picked up from the winter doldrums.Lunablack said:
Walnut
...... It's a bloody sports GT not a drawing room....
Walnut = OLD FART
CF = HIGH TECH..
Spot on! Wood has no place in a Gaydon era car. ...... It's a bloody sports GT not a drawing room....Walnut = OLD FART
CF = HIGH TECH..
Although you'd never get the money back on any interior upgrades, it would make your car unique and personal. Add in the Bamfird Rose upgrades and you will have a very special car!!
Buying a 4.7 would give more power and a slightly different interior but it would not be unique nor quite as personal.
bogie said:
you need to find perspective perhaps ...I often have the same upgrade thoughts
my 2006 car is worth about £25K if im lucky...and a 4.7 Roadster is +£35K more
is it £35K more fun? ...not really
sure its nice to upgrade, and spend £10K on what youve got is cheaper, will keep you interested for a while longer, but you never get the money back on mods
Id just save up some more...the newer cars are depreciating faster than yours, so the gap to upgrade IS closing ....another years bonus and I will hopefully be in my 4.7
Or spend the 10K, get an enormous amount of fun out of the car for another couple of years (by which time the depreciation on it will probably have reached a plateau), save for your 4.7 and then when you reach the goal decide if it is worth spending your saved money or if the 4.7 really doesn't give you that much extra over what you have. Then spend what you saved on the GT4 engine and brake upgrade and have you very own Jessica my 2006 car is worth about £25K if im lucky...and a 4.7 Roadster is +£35K more
is it £35K more fun? ...not really
sure its nice to upgrade, and spend £10K on what youve got is cheaper, will keep you interested for a while longer, but you never get the money back on mods
Id just save up some more...the newer cars are depreciating faster than yours, so the gap to upgrade IS closing ....another years bonus and I will hopefully be in my 4.7
yeti said:
Gareth135R said:
I love my car (apart from clunky 1st and 2nd...TADTS)...but it needs more oompf!
380bhp aint a lot in todays standards!
DB9 manual with sports pack is very, very near the the DBS in term of performance, especially with 200cell catalysts, decent filters and a backbox! Add some H&R springs, of which I have a set going begging...380bhp aint a lot in todays standards!
No need to £85k for a DBS, certain DB9s do it just as well
:J: said:
Yet Aston make them with carbon aesthetics and they sell? If your opinion was correct, they wouldn't sell any?
How do you know they would sell without them? You don't get a choice If I had my way you wouldn't be able to get matte/satin finishes or black alloys either. Sad to see that they're losing the class associated with the brand and offering these options.
I'm definitely in a minority, but I didn't really see much driving improvement in the normal 4.7 (certainly over an N400) - and I prefer the 4.3 interior (yes, that makes me weird). The flappy paddles are definitely better in the 4.7, if you like that kind of thing.
As others have pointed out, making a 4.3 go faster is quite cheap, but you won't get the money back.
If/when my clutch goes, I'll probably get the BR one, but I'm not itching to upgrade anything really.
- Steve
As others have pointed out, making a 4.3 go faster is quite cheap, but you won't get the money back.
If/when my clutch goes, I'll probably get the BR one, but I'm not itching to upgrade anything really.
- Steve
Completely off topic, sorry [though it's traditional I guess], but my posts/month ratio is rubbish!
Apparently I've made less than 2 posts per month in the time I've been on this site. How is that even possible?
Maybe I'm just not afflicted by this: http://xkcd.com/386/
Apparently I've made less than 2 posts per month in the time I've been on this site. How is that even possible?
Maybe I'm just not afflicted by this: http://xkcd.com/386/
It's personal choice George.
But Aston don't offer wood inside a Vantage. And I can't recall any pictures of anybody adding a wooden ski slope to a Vantage.
If the OP chooses to add Carbon Fibre (and in my opinion, that is very modern and classy) thats his choice. But as I've already said, that money would not be added to the value of the car but would personalise it. The same could probably be said for performance upgrades too. It's doubtful whether they would add value to the car. They may even make it harder to sell.
But Aston don't offer wood inside a Vantage. And I can't recall any pictures of anybody adding a wooden ski slope to a Vantage.
If the OP chooses to add Carbon Fibre (and in my opinion, that is very modern and classy) thats his choice. But as I've already said, that money would not be added to the value of the car but would personalise it. The same could probably be said for performance upgrades too. It's doubtful whether they would add value to the car. They may even make it harder to sell.
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