New Vantage owner

[Cornwall1]

Hello everyone,

I have just bought my first Aston Martin Vantage 2006 V8 last weekend and joined this Forum.

The reason I bought this particular car apart from the condition and the 35,000 full dealership servicing, was that the clutch and just
been replaced, new discs and brakes all round and a new MOT.

Having got the car home 2 fault codes appeared, the first one was for a battery remote and the second for an emissions service.
I have read this Forum and both these faults appear to be easily rectified, but will need to buy a OBD2 reader to clear.

My question is which of the ports in the car do you plug the reader into, assuming I am sat in the car left or right?

Also I am thinking of buying a cheap reader to start with (Memoscan CAN OBD2) does anyone have experience of this reader,does
it work on a Vantage?

Thanks in advance.

[Big Ry]

Until you post a pic we will call you a liar and stonewall your questions

Seriously though, great news on the purchase, but we do insist on a pic

[Cornwall1]

Photo as requested, had to resize to fit on Forum.

[bogie]

Congrats on the new car and welcome

I have a 12 year old generic cheap reader off ebay that works fine to read and reset. OBD is a standard so should be fine. Pretty sure its the left port, maybe labelled if you have torch.

change battery and read/write down/reset the emissions error. See if it comes back.

[Cornwall1]

Thanks bogie for info and welcome.
Reader on order, will let you know.
Also thanks to Big Ry for the welcome.

[ATM]

Cornwall1 said:

Photo as requested, had to resize to fit on Forum.

If you upload pics to a sharing site like postimage and then copy the link for forums into your post there is no size limits.

[EVR]

ATM said:

If you upload pics to a sharing site like postimage and then copy the link for forums into your post there is no size limits.

Another technique when a picture is too big is to actually take a screenshot of said pic, the resulting one will be way smaller in terms of KB/MB.

Anyway, welcome! I am interested too in the OBD port, since soon I will receive a reader too.

[Buzz Killington]

Welcome, lovely car. New member myself as of a couple of weeks. I'm spending a lot of time in the garage these days. Not doing anything, just gazing and hoping the rain will stop.

[8Speed]

Buzz Killington said:

Welcome, lovely car. New member myself as of a couple of weeks. I'm spending a lot of time in the garage these days. Not doing anything, just gazing and hoping the rain will stop.

You can take it out - it won't dissolve!!

[EVR]

8Speed said:

You can take it out - it won't dissolve!!

I have been told Ferraris do that.

[baconsarney]

OP, had emissions up on mine shortly after purchase, both upstream lambdas faulty.. Bought correct parts off ebay for £120, then £40 at my TVR specialist for an hour up on one of his lifts (most of that letting it cool down), £160 total. Nearest AM dealer to me quoted over £500...... (I'm not a skinflint, but I though that was taking the pi**)

[stevenotwet]

Cornwall1 said:

Hello everyone,

I have just bought my first Aston Martin Vantage 2006 V8 last weekend and joined this Forum.

The reason I bought this particular car apart from the condition and the 35,000 full dealership servicing, was that the clutch and just
been replaced, new discs and brakes all round and a new MOT.

Having got the car home 2 fault codes appeared, the first one was for a battery remote and the second for an emissions service.
I have read this Forum and both these faults appear to be easily rectified, but will need to buy a OBD2 reader to clear.

My question is which of the ports in the car do you plug the reader into, assuming I am sat in the car left or right?

Also I am thinking of buying a cheap reader to start with (Memoscan CAN OBD2) does anyone have experience of this reader,does
it work on a Vantage?

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the page. I'm also in Cornwall, just over the bridge PL17 , if you fancy a meet up with both cars, gimme a shout

[Buzz Killington]

8Speed said:

You can take it out - it won't dissolve!!

I know and have, but it's much less fun. Leads me to a question, my v12v came with pirelli corsa's installed. Not planning on tracking the car anytime soon. When it comes to new shoes what do people recommend for a more rounded all weather tyre?

[baconsarney]

Buzz Killington said:

I know and have, but it's much less fun. Leads me to a question, my v12v came with pirelli corsa's installed. Not planning on tracking the car anytime soon. When it comes to new shoes what do people recommend for a more rounded all weather tyre?

Favourite with the TVR lads at the moment are rainsports, highly recommended by the lads that have them, but no idea about suitability for a Vantage I’m afraid..

[baconsarney]

baconsarney said:

Favourite with the TVR lads at the moment are rainsports, highly recommended by the lads that have them, but no idea about suitability for a Vantage I’m afraid..

Edited to add, just ordered Conti 6’s for mine, replacing F1’s..

Dunno what I did there..

[V8V Pete]

Buzz Killington said:

Leads me to a question, my v12v came with pirelli corsa's installed. Not planning on tracking the car anytime soon. When it comes to new shoes what do people recommend for a more rounded all weather tyre?

Michelin PS4S. Nearly as good as the Corsas in warm dry conditions and superb in the cold/damp/wet when the Corsas are "interesting"!

[JohnG1]

Cornwall1 said:

Photo as requested, had to resize to fit on Forum.

Titanium Silver? Lovely!

Was the original, new car supplying dealer Cambridge?

[Cornwall1]

Hi JohnG1,
No, Murray Motor Company
Edinburgh

[Buzz Killington]

V8V Pete said:

Michelin PS4S. Nearly as good as the Corsas in warm dry conditions and superb in the cold/damp/wet when the Corsas are "interesting"!

Thanks. Useful stuff. They sure are "interesting" in the wet. Hence my comment about not going out in the rain much.