DB9 reliability
Discussion
Tentatively looking at a DB9 for sale on PH, 2005 manual at Mcgurk.
Problem is when my partner and I first met I had a 2002 DB7 manual v12 that was forever broken,basically every time I took it out it broke. The car had been babied, heated garage the works. I wanted to use it and use it to full potential, saw 190 on the speedo but next day dead etc.
My partner therfore is weary of having another Aston and says I can have it as an ornament but not to drive as she refuses to sit waiting for the AA!
She's been the understanding type and has sat there broken down in the DB7, a Ferrari that had to be lifted onto a flatbed in a busy carpark with 2 pubs next door and an Esprit V8 in the peeing rain in a not very nice town. I feel this may be last chance saloon as far as supercars go and her patience!
Any inside knowledge,pointers or suggestions?
I'm a bit older now and more concerned with safety and license so car would have an easier ride than the 3 mentioned above but equally I don't want it in a heated garage with a protective bubble over it and would like to use regularly all year round as much as possible.
Problem is when my partner and I first met I had a 2002 DB7 manual v12 that was forever broken,basically every time I took it out it broke. The car had been babied, heated garage the works. I wanted to use it and use it to full potential, saw 190 on the speedo but next day dead etc.
My partner therfore is weary of having another Aston and says I can have it as an ornament but not to drive as she refuses to sit waiting for the AA!
She's been the understanding type and has sat there broken down in the DB7, a Ferrari that had to be lifted onto a flatbed in a busy carpark with 2 pubs next door and an Esprit V8 in the peeing rain in a not very nice town. I feel this may be last chance saloon as far as supercars go and her patience!
Any inside knowledge,pointers or suggestions?
I'm a bit older now and more concerned with safety and license so car would have an easier ride than the 3 mentioned above but equally I don't want it in a heated garage with a protective bubble over it and would like to use regularly all year round as much as possible.
The manual car had sold so no longer became an option but from reading your replies and some Google research of the same points I think we'll be looking at a newer one with hopefully more niggles sorted. I prefer the later cars as not keen on the multi spoke wheels of the earlier ones, the main appeal on that manual was the wheels. I feel the multi spokes date the car, no offence intended to any one, we're all different and that
Hmmmm, suggestions of not driving in the rain, garaging and battery conditioner being a must does make this feel more of a millstone than a pleasure at this stage if I'm honest.
I'm not into super shiney cars/detailing, I want to be able to leave something in the yard, jump in as and when the moment is available not have to start prepping for use. This doesn't sound like the DB9 has these attributes from what's being said.
F type doesn't really float my boat and no rear seats.
Mother has an XKR black edition that at some point she'll want rid of so maybe I'll see what she wants when the time comes.
Perhaps our rural/farming lifestyle doesn't accommodate an Aston as much as I'd like to think
I'm not into super shiney cars/detailing, I want to be able to leave something in the yard, jump in as and when the moment is available not have to start prepping for use. This doesn't sound like the DB9 has these attributes from what's being said.
F type doesn't really float my boat and no rear seats.
Mother has an XKR black edition that at some point she'll want rid of so maybe I'll see what she wants when the time comes.
Perhaps our rural/farming lifestyle doesn't accommodate an Aston as much as I'd like to think
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