V12VS on Collecting Cars

[Tyndall]

Anyone know the car? What do we think it'll reach?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2014-aston-mar...

[goatherder2001]

£85k

[LTP]

Looks pretty tidy. It had roughly 3 years of basically sitting about but has accumulated a few more miles in the last year which will have got things moving again - I wonder if it changed owners in 20/21? Sadly, whatever it goes for it'll be too rich for me, but with the market as it is it'll probably go for top dollar - the only downside for some of the hardcore purists (Weeeell, it's an Aston Martin Vantage with a V12 engine....) might be the SSIII transmission.

As an aside, I never realised that the V12VS had the painted "lipstick" around the grille - was this standard on all V12VS's?

[Phil74891]

Nice car. Doesn’t have the lightweight wheels or seats though. The lipstick was an option on the S.

There’s a similar one at Grange AM for £82.9k

[AdamV12V]

Yup lipstick was an option at £995.

It was often specced with the roof, tailgate panel and wing mirrors in the same colour also.

Roof £995, Tailgate £495 and mirrors £495

[LTP]

Phil74891 said:

The lipstick was an option on the S.

Thanks Phil. Every day's a school day

[RSbandit]

Certainly in the right colour but wouldn't like the wheels... SS3 is fine to use just don't leave it in D. I remember I paid £83k for my S in May 2018 it had similar mileage at that time to the one advertised but this one will easily go for that I'd imagine.

[joinery80]

Lovely car shame it's got the fat seats.
80k I would guess

[The V12 Way]

Day to go and up to £68,888, will be interesting to see what it make

[macdeb]

Be very interesting as it's the sort of spec' I may have gone for. Oh, and I prefer the 'fat' seats as it's called as they fit and suit the interior better imho. The lightweight seats look a bit aftermarket for my liking. Just my slant

[The V12 Way]

macdeb said:

Be very interesting as it's the sort of spec' I may have gone for. Oh, and I prefer the 'fat' seats as it's called as they fit and suit the interior better imho. The lightweight seats look a bit aftermarket for my liking. Just my slant

I agree, had fat seats in both mine, Le Mans and back and got out both ways not having felt i had driven

[macdeb]

The V12 Way said:

macdeb said:

Be very interesting as it's the sort of spec' I may have gone for. Oh, and I prefer the 'fat' seats as it's called as they fit and suit the interior better imho. The lightweight seats look a bit aftermarket for my liking. Just my slant

I agree, had fat seats in both mine, Le Mans and back and got out both ways not having felt i had driven

exactly this. Could've drove mine all day long.

[LTP]

Under £70k with a day to go, nice colour and low mileage. A tempting prospect. The two things that would stop me putting in a bid would be the fact I couldn't do the important checks like the state of the CCM brakes and misfire count on the V12 and the second would be the wife, pointing out that I already have a Vantage. Puppy eyes and "But...but...it's a V12!. And it's an 'S' to boot!" would not cut any ice, sadly.

[SHIFTY]

Possibly a typo but the last service was on the 21st June 2021 at 13,564 miles and the MOT pass on the 2nd July 2021 at 13,364 miles, otherwise looks a good buy.

[Tyndall]

LTP said:

Under £70k with a day to go, nice colour and low mileage. A tempting prospect. The two things that would stop me putting in a bid would be the fact I couldn't do the important checks like the state of the CCM brakes and misfire count on the V12 and the second would be the wife, pointing out that I already have a Vantage. Puppy eyes and "But...but...it's a V12!. And it's an 'S' to boot!" would not cut any ice, sadly.

What sort of money are these two issues to replace/fix in a worst case scenario, and are they very common (the brakes/misfire, not the wife!)?

[cayman-black]

The V12 Way said:

macdeb said:

Be very interesting as it's the sort of spec' I may have gone for. Oh, and I prefer the 'fat' seats as it's called as they fit and suit the interior better imho. The lightweight seats look a bit aftermarket for my liking. Just my slant

I agree, had fat seats in both mine, Le Mans and back and got out both ways not having felt i had driven

The seats are in no way a deal breaker i personally would be happy with either seat types .

[anonymous-user]

Tyndall said:

What sort of money are these two issues to replace/fix in a worst case scenario, and are they very common (the brakes/misfire, not the wife!)?

Brakes: say £3k per corner. But the chances of them needing to be fixed are not high. If the car has been tracked a lot over its 13k miles then that will take a chunk out of their life. More likely is that they have tens of thousands of miles of life in them.

Misfire: can’t say I’ve ever heard of anyone getting a report like this. Bamford Rose say that the V12 can ingest particles of its primary cat (either causing or caused by a misfire - can’t now recall which way round it goes) but failures of that V12 engine are very rare AFAIK. It’s not like a Porsche overrev report where range 3 or upwards sounds alarm bells.

[Tyndall]

Thank you. Had always thought I was after a 2015 Vanquish (non-S) but must say I'm seriously tempted (though dropping £75k+ unseen is slightly unnerving but the detail/photos are pretty comprehensive!).

[Ian187]

LTP said:

Under £70k with a day to go, nice colour and low mileage. A tempting prospect. The two things that would stop me putting in a bid would be the fact I couldn't do the important checks like the state of the CCM brakes and misfire count on the V12 and the second would be the wife, pointing out that I already have a Vantage. Puppy eyes and "But...but...it's a V12!. And it's an 'S' to boot!" would not cut any ice, sadly.

That car looks amazing and it's even in Stroud next to me...
Paul, leave your Vantage at mine (I'll look after it) and you drive back in the V12 s - your wife will never know, just tell her your car was always that colour

[LTP]

BlackWidow13 said:

Brakes: say £3k per corner. But the chances of them needing to be fixed are not high. If the car has been tracked a lot over its 13k miles then that will take a chunk out of their life. More likely is that they have tens of thousands of miles of life in them.

Misfire: can’t say I’ve ever heard of anyone getting a report like this. Bamford Rose say that the V12 can ingest particles of its primary cat (either causing or caused by a misfire - can’t now recall which way round it goes) but failures of that V12 engine are very rare AFAIK. It’s not like a Porsche overrev report where range 3 or upwards sounds alarm bells.

Really? Nearly £9k for a second-hand set on AMBits https://www.astonmartinbits.com/models/5-V8-Vantag... that's just the parts.
And wear is not the problem you need to look for with CCM's - it's whether the bolts holding the discs to the bells have corroded and whether some numpty has used wheel-cleaning solutions to make it look nice and shiny and etched the surfaces of the rotors.

As far as the cat ingestion goes then considering the cost of a new engine I'd want to know before I bid (and yes it is rare. But it does happen).

But you do you, of course.