Should I buy a 5 owner DB9!?

[Robbo1969]

Hi all,

Still on my hunt for a DB9 Volante.

Would you buy a car that has had 5 owners!?

Seen this very nice looking/ very low mileage and well within budget at my local garage - https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Any comments/advice?

Its probs a "toogoodtobetrue !!!"
Cheers!

Ps. Just a thought, if you're not allowed to post links to cars on the forums, I apologise and will delete immediately!

[Mako V12V]

Life is too short to wonder should I /shouldn't I. Just buy it if that's what you're after. Enjoy it. You can always sell it if it's not right for you but you'll at least have had one!

[HBradley]

Robbo1969 said:

Hi all,

Still on my hunt for a DB9 Volante.

Would you buy a car that has had 5 owners!?

Seen this very nice looking/ very low mileage and well within budget at my local garage - https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Any comments/advice?

Its probs a "toogoodtobetrue !!!"
Cheers!

Ps. Just a thought, if you're not allowed to post links to cars on the forums, I apologise and will delete immediately!

These cars are aspirational purchases & regularly have more owners than 'normal' cars. What's more important is how it's been looked after.
If it ticks the boxes, go for it!

[avinalarf]

HBradley said:

These cars are aspirational purchases & regularly have more owners than 'normal' cars. What's more important is how it's been looked after.
If it ticks the boxes, go for it!

I agree with HB,however for peace of mind I would have it checked over by a respected Indie like BM that specialises in AM's.
Edited to add that....in the description it appears to have started life as a DB9 and the been downgraded to a DB8,which might indicate a cause for concern.

Edited by avinalarf on Saturday 8th July 09:29

[bomberh]

HBradley said:

Robbo1969 said:

Hi all,

Still on my hunt for a DB9 Volante.

Would you buy a car that has had 5 owners!?

Seen this very nice looking/ very low mileage and well within budget at my local garage - https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Any comments/advice?

Its probs a "toogoodtobetrue !!!"
Cheers!

Ps. Just a thought, if you're not allowed to post links to cars on the forums, I apologise and will delete immediately!

These cars are aspirational purchases & regularly have more owners than 'normal' cars. What's more important is how it's been looked after.
If it ticks the boxes, go for it!

What he said.

99% of owners love their cars and look after them like they were their own children (well I do) So view the car, give it a good looking over, test drive it and make your mind up. It might be worth having a good look round as well and see some other cars too, that's if you haven't already.

Oh, I think I am the 5th owner of my car.....

[Flugplatz]

I would take some time to look at when the ownership changed and how the service history links to that.

There are lots of genuine 5 owner cars out there but there are more clocked ones.

If all the paerwork suggests its genuine and you can follow the mileage then its worth a look.

Any holes (like it covered 1000 miles over a 3 year period etc) or missing history and you can walk away.

[Robbo1969]

Thank you all for taking the time to comment.

You're quite right, life is too short, which is the reason I'm buying and yes, I see it's now a DB8!!
I would still rather buy from a main dealer and this dealer does look, well, how do I put it, ummm, a bit flash!?!?

I'll have a quick swot up on what to look for from my trusty "Definitive Guide Book" from Grant Neal and then pop down and have a look.

I can already feel my heart making the decision and not my head! Oh dear!

I'll keep you all posted.

[M5MarkM]

Thats nto a lot of owners for these types of cars, it's all about has the car been looked after and serviced. Don't be worried about main dealer service stamps either, a professional like Trinity Engineering servicing a car is better than an dealer!

Another nice one here

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[bogie]

Its a 10 year old car, it will have had a few. History is everything. Also check the owners out. My old Vantage had quite a few owners due to an accident taking me out for a couple of years when my other half ran it as her car. In reality it had only 2 "real" owners over 80k miles/10 years, but V5 showed 5 owners.....

1 - reg as dealer demo
2 - 1st owner
3- me
4 - my partner
5 - me

[Gday2]

DB8 ??? I do not know a DB8, It is a DB9 or did I miss something?

[Flugplatz]

Gday2 said:

DB8 ??? I do not know a DB8, It is a DB9 or did I miss something?

Only avaialble from SHAKS

[Flugplatz]

Sorry, ive just seen this 5 owner car has a claimed 14K miles.



Dont even waste your time going to see it!!!!

[Jon39]

avinalarf said:

...in the description it appears to have started life as a DB9 and the been downgraded to a DB8, which might indicate a cause for concern.

Very well spotted. The only DB8 in the world. Now that is a rare car.

I think my main concern would be the dealer name. I might have dyslexia, but Sharks Specialist Cars is quite a worry.

Some multiple owner cars occur, for genuine reasons.

E.G. Buys an Aston, revisits the dealer with a small query, has some free coffee and unaccountably, suddenly desire takes over and PXs for a new Aston. That happened with two previous owners of my own car. I have had injections to stop that ever happening.

If a car is as new inside, then it probably has been treated carefully overall. Careless people soon cause scratches and scuff the leather.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Flugplatz said:

Sorry, ive just seen this 5 owner car has a claimed 14K miles.



Dont even waste your time going to see it!!!!

Curious. Why do you think that's a problem? Sounds like a perfectly reasonable number of miles to me.

[craigjm]

bogie said:

Its a 10 year old car, it will have had a few. History is everything. Also check the owners out. My old Vantage had quite a few owners due to an accident taking me out for a couple of years when my other half ran it as her car. In reality it had only 2 "real" owners over 80k miles/10 years, but V5 showed 5 owners.....

1 - reg as dealer demo
2 - 1st owner
3- me
4 - my partner
5 - me

I have to ask... if your partner was driving it why did you change the registered keeper and in essence add two more owners than necessary

[avinalarf]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Flugplatz said:

Sorry, ive just seen this 5 owner car has a claimed 14K miles.



Dont even waste your time going to see it!!!!

Curious. Why do you think that's a problem? Sounds like a perfectly reasonable number of miles to me.

Yes and no.
My 2006 DB9V has done 20K miles but I'm the 2nd owner.
This car has had 5 owners so it's a little strange that NONE of the other owners has put any decent mileage on it.
That's not say it's definitely a wrong'un but another thing to factor in.
I would reiterate that it would be worth the money to have it properly looked over by a competent AM mechanic,especially when the garage is not a MD with proven track record,if this is the case. Not saying the dealer is not reputable but caveat emptor.

[craigjm]

Annoying when adverts don't tell you or show you the registration so you can do preliminary checks online

[8Tech]

A lot of people buy their dream car after running a run of the mill commuter and get a serious shock when they start putting fuel in it, or even worse, get it serviced at a main dealer when they are used to a paid-for company car.

It seemed a good idea at the time when you could buy a supercar for £50k.

This shock usually takes the edge off the new purchase and so it ends up sitting in the garage until the owner decides its too much money to be just sitting there hemorrhaging value and the misses wants a new washing machine, and thats the end of the dream.

[Flugplatz]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Curious. Why do you think that's a problem? Sounds like a perfectly reasonable number of miles to me.

The mileage is fine and im sure there are beautiful 14k mile DB9's out there but the chances of a car that has had 5 registered keepers being correct is not good.

10 minutes with all the available paperwork and the car and you would know one way or the other.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

avinalarf said:

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Flugplatz said:

Sorry, ive just seen this 5 owner car has a claimed 14K miles.



Dont even waste your time going to see it!!!!

Curious. Why do you think that's a problem? Sounds like a perfectly reasonable number of miles to me.

Yes and no.
My 2006 DB9V has done 20K miles but I'm the 2nd owner.
This car has had 5 owners so it's a little strange that NONE of the other owners has put any decent mileage on it.
That's not say it's definitely a wrong'un but another thing to factor in.
I would reiterate that it would be worth the money to have it properly looked over by a competent AM mechanic,especially when the garage is not a MD with proven track record,if this is the case. Not saying the dealer is not reputable but caveat emptor.

You don't know if one of the owners was responsible for much of the mileage, with the others progressively less so. The average is 3k miles per owner. Doesn't seem all that unusual, at least here in US.