Get rid if my v8v after just one month?

[anonymous-user]

Slarti said:

I guess I'm waiting for someone to pipe up and tell me it's ok to be 37 and own a db9 or rapide :-)

Can you tie your own shoelaces?

[mikey k]

Neil1300R said:

Jockman said:

Ahem.......could we please keep this thread on track !!!!

Comment of the week so far, but you've got a few more days to better it.

+1

[X7LDA]

Is there something wrong with the car? I've seen a couple of people post this kind of page so that it doesn't look odd when the advert goes up after such a short period of time. Sorry if I am way off just like others the whole situation seems a little odd to me.

If the post is as it reads then (assuming you have the budget) buy the Rapide. It's your only sensible option. In terms of the DB9, I'm 24 and looked at the DB9 before I bought the V8V - it definitely had an 'older' feel than the V8V but wouldn't have put me off in the slightest - I genuinely just preferred the V8V.

Anyway, just my 2p.

Cheers
Lewis

[krisdelta]

Jockman said:

Ahem.......could we please keep this thread on track !!!!

I think someone has hacked Jockman's account.... mods...

[Slarti]

X7LDA said:

Is there something wrong with the car? I've seen a couple of people post this kind of page so that it doesn't look odd when the advert goes up after such a short period of time. Sorry if I am way off just like others the whole situation seems a little odd to me.

You're a suspicious fella :-) no, nothing wrong as far as I can tell. If I thought there was I'd be at Startastone's door telling them about it!

[JohnG1]

Neil1300R said:

Comment of the week so far, but you've got a few more days to better it.

How does that work? It's Sunday - end of the week no??

[Slarti]

brakedwell said:

I wouldn't put a four year old in the back seat of my DB9, it's too cramped. Even if your daughter is comfortable to start with it won't be long before she starts complaining about lack of space.

Thanks brakedwell, I wonder why they put back seats in them and then make them useless. I don't suppose you've ever seen or experienced 997 back seats? Theyre small but I found them useable (to an extent). If a db9 is similar then that could work for me. As I said, neither I nor my wife are tall as such.

[Slarti]

Mr Aston Martin said:

Have you tried a Rapide? If you haven't be prepared to have any preconceptions blown away.

Can you tell that i've got the itch? ;)......

Well, you're not doing a good job of hiding it :-) they did try to sell me one at stratstone when looking at the v8v but at 150k new it was way too expensive/overpriced for me. The idea of a rapide is definitely starting to grow on me. I wasn't sure about the elongated body (purists: flame me freely for reducing what is quite possibly one of the best engineered cars on the planet to something with a long body, but that's just me) - when you really think about what else is out there (conti, maser, 612...) in that range it suddenly becomes far more attractive. It's interesting, I might wait for my April dividends and chuck some cash at one. If only they were a little cheaper I'd start to seriously think about getting one sooner. Hmmm, I'm starting to think, keep the v8v and enjoy it ...for now.

[Slarti]

Adam2S said:

Keep the car, get rid of the wife n kid... Easy to pick up a new wife with the V8V anyway!

Lol. Not quite there yet but....

Regarding a wedding last Sunday. I created the need to see a colleague about some business, thus asked my wife to take the sprog and herself to the wedding in her car. I then dutifully met them at the wedding in my aston (having conducted my urgent business) and proceeded to drive home in my Aston - on my own.

I don't know for how long I can sustain this pseduo deceit.

[Slarti]

CurveEater said:

Slarti-

No, not the harness. Until you have child #2, you could use her as the hood ornament

Tha made me laugh :-))

[George H]

JohnG1 said:

How does that work? It's Sunday - end of the week no??

Sunday is the start of the week John

[JohnG1]

George H said:

Sunday is the start of the week John

Er, according to whom?

In my dim memory the sabbath was the seventh day. Thus spake the Lord...

Or summat like that!

[Slarti]

Highrisedrifter said:

Lovely crinkly edges.

You clearly haven't seen earth MK II. It uses state of the art pan dimensional fractals to connect a single fjord to any number of infinite fjords that exist across the multiverse. this way the crinkly edges are more beautiful to look at and provide Aston drivers with sharp, winding roads with fully interactive panoramic views of their chosen universe at any point in time (like, show me the universe where I just bought a one-77 and am about to get it on with Heidi Klum...)

I think thats kind of brought this thread back on track,,,Jockman :-)

[George H]

JohnG1 said:

Er, according to whom?

In my dim memory the sabbath was the seventh day. Thus spake the Lord...

Or summat like that!

I was always taught at school that Sunday was the first day of the week. Although, in fairness, ISO standards does say Monday is...

[KarlFranz]

If a Rapide is outside your budget, you could always buy a Panamera, although they are butt-ugly from some angles.

[michael gould]

I went out for lunch today with my wife and our 2. 1/2 year old.......we took the 4x4 and left the the DB9 in the garage......that's normal.......but when I take my wife out for dinner we take the Aston

Stop winging and enjoy your car......

[Slarti]

michael gould said:

I went out for lunch today with my wife and our 2. 1/2 year old.......we took the 4x4 and left the the DB9 in the garage......that's normal.......but when I take my wife out for dinner we take the Aston

Stop winging and enjoy your car......

Fair point, and if you're still having to take the 4x4 even with the back seats in your 9 then I guess I should think accepting this reality. Btw, how tall are you? Is the back really so cramped that you can't get your 2 yr old in it? Or you can but it's just a PITA?

I'll stop winging soon as I probably should be betting to bed.

[JohnG1]

KarlFranz said:

If a Rapide is outside your budget, you could always buy a Panamera, although they are butt-ugly from some angles.

I'd rather buy a Mondeo!

[michael gould]

Slarti said:

michael gould said:

I went out for lunch today with my wife and our 2. 1/2 year old.......we took the 4x4 and left the the DB9 in the garage......that's normal.......but when I take my wife out for dinner we take the Aston

Stop winging and enjoy your car......

Fair point, and if you're still having to take the 4x4 even with the back seats in your 9 then I guess I should think accepting this reality. Btw, how tall are you? Is the back really so cramped that you can't get your 2 yr old in it? Or you can but it's just a PITA?

I'll stop winging soon as I probably should be betting to bed.

I'm 6' 1" and she's too young to be in the back without a car seat.....the thought of struggling to get a car seat in the back if we want to go out as a family fills me with dread....I think if I still have the DB9 when she's a little older then we could manage it....I didn't buy the 9 because I wanted the rear seats, I just prefer the look of the car over the V8V.

I also have a two door golf R32 which we never use as a family car......we always take the Toureg

I don’t worry about depreciation, my 55 plate DB9 is worth say 42k and it's probably now only depreciating at the same level as a new Ford Focus......3-5k per year

A V8V or a DB9 are not family cars.....if you wanted that you should have bought a Maserati or similar

Enjoy your car; it’s a wonderful bit of kit, even if it does only have a little V8 under the bonnet

[brakedwell]

Slarti said:

Thanks brakedwell, I wonder why they put back seats in them and then make them useless. I don't suppose you've ever seen or experienced 997 back seats? Theyre small but I found them useable (to an extent). If a db9 is similar then that could work for me. As I said, neither I nor my wife are tall as such.

I have never seen inside a 911, but do I know the back of the DB9 has acres of lovely leather and inches of space! My wife is 5' 7" and you can see how far back her seat is.