Potential V8 4.3 Vantage owner
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Hi , I'm think of buying a 10 (ish) year old example at some point.
I'm just trying to get a better picture of running costs
Re insurance costs, the lowest unlimited mileage quote i have received is £481, the lowest limited mileage wasn't much less at £460
Is this about right? Or could i go a lot lower with a bit more searching. (47 year old, clean licence, 4 yrs NCB)
Re. servicing. I had a quote from AM Bristol of £772 for a year 10 service (inc coolant change). I compared this to a well known indie who lists their service prices online and I think their 10 year service comes out at £995.
So I'm thinking are indies much cheaper for servicing?
Thanks in advance for replies
Matt
I'm just trying to get a better picture of running costs
Re insurance costs, the lowest unlimited mileage quote i have received is £481, the lowest limited mileage wasn't much less at £460
Is this about right? Or could i go a lot lower with a bit more searching. (47 year old, clean licence, 4 yrs NCB)
Re. servicing. I had a quote from AM Bristol of £772 for a year 10 service (inc coolant change). I compared this to a well known indie who lists their service prices online and I think their 10 year service comes out at £995.
So I'm thinking are indies much cheaper for servicing?
Thanks in advance for replies
Matt
Make sure you're comparing like with like.
When I got quotes for 10 year service, I was told by Aston that they'd changed the service guidelines 'to bring it into line with newer cars'. What that meant was that the service price did not include 'options' - which meant most fluids. If you added all of those on it got much more expensive.
The Indy services tend to include those options.
When I got quotes for 10 year service, I was told by Aston that they'd changed the service guidelines 'to bring it into line with newer cars'. What that meant was that the service price did not include 'options' - which meant most fluids. If you added all of those on it got much more expensive.
The Indy services tend to include those options.
Insurance seems about spot on , im 47 with >8 yrs NCB and pay £400 ish for 8k miles limited business miles. Live in rural low risk area.
Indies are usually a bit cheaper due to labour rate differences, although can vary depending on location. An indy with £90 ph labour might be close to cheaper dealer prices.
There are good and not so good dealers out there. Usually they start off similar with the fixed price £680 service, but then you may need some brake pads or other consumable and get quoted full price like £480 fitted per axle (!) compared to say £180 per axle at indy. T
There are 5.5 hours in a 10K service, parts prices are similar for all using original parts, so its really the labour rate for non fixed work where you notice the difference. Some indies and dealer do a more thorough job than others.
Dealer or indy, I think its more important to find somewhere that does a thorough job that you trust and can build a relationship with over the years....
Indies are usually a bit cheaper due to labour rate differences, although can vary depending on location. An indy with £90 ph labour might be close to cheaper dealer prices.
There are good and not so good dealers out there. Usually they start off similar with the fixed price £680 service, but then you may need some brake pads or other consumable and get quoted full price like £480 fitted per axle (!) compared to say £180 per axle at indy. T
There are 5.5 hours in a 10K service, parts prices are similar for all using original parts, so its really the labour rate for non fixed work where you notice the difference. Some indies and dealer do a more thorough job than others.
Dealer or indy, I think its more important to find somewhere that does a thorough job that you trust and can build a relationship with over the years....
As above re insurance costs, that sounds competitive.
At 10 years plus (same as mine) running costs will depend what you are starting out with, if you buy a car which is shortly going to need discs and pads, along with maybe even a clutch, you'll be smarting a bit at your first service, but if you choose carefully and study past history, not just the stamps in the book but the receipts for actual work carried out, looking particularly for things like those mentioned above you'll have a fair idea of what lies ahead.
You can check the discs and pads fairly easily by feeling for wear lips on the discs and feeling the pad thickness, but it's not possible to know if a clutch has been done unless it is written down somewhere, mine had a recent clutch which was documented and this swung the car for me, over another of identical spec, mileage and year which I had also shortlisted.
At 10 years plus (same as mine) running costs will depend what you are starting out with, if you buy a car which is shortly going to need discs and pads, along with maybe even a clutch, you'll be smarting a bit at your first service, but if you choose carefully and study past history, not just the stamps in the book but the receipts for actual work carried out, looking particularly for things like those mentioned above you'll have a fair idea of what lies ahead.
You can check the discs and pads fairly easily by feeling for wear lips on the discs and feeling the pad thickness, but it's not possible to know if a clutch has been done unless it is written down somewhere, mine had a recent clutch which was documented and this swung the car for me, over another of identical spec, mileage and year which I had also shortlisted.
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