Db9.2 purchase advice.

[anonymous-user]

zepe said:

The car is over 2000 miles away so..

Edited by zepe on Wednesday 15th January 19:49

Sounds like a great excuse for a running in road trip back by collecting it yourself.

[zepe]

soofsayer said:

Sounds like a great excuse for a running in road trip back by collecting it yourself.

You ever driven across Texas? Lol, even in the Aston that might drive me batty. Seriously I considered it but the winter weather issues across the Us Midwest followed by what is without a doubt the most boring and featureless drive across the USA nudged towards enclosed transport.

[anonymous-user]

Lol. Fair enough.

[zepe]

Well ppi came back with alignment needing to be redone, no surprise really with the lowering. The biggie is the start/stop switch (dock) became temperamental while at dealership and they now recommend full replacement. The dealer I’m purchasing from balked at that and is offering to disassemble and have the leads cleaned at his expense as according to himthis is a common issue. Any thoughts on that? I’ve never heard of the start/stop dock being problematic before.
Thanks.

Edited by zepe on Saturday 18th January 21:49

[vernierMike]

Haven't heard of that one, although others might have?

A dealer will always want to replace. It's just the way it is, but when paying myself I try to fix first. I would say that a reasonable first thing to do with a sticky switch is to disassemble and contact-clean everything (the switch too, not just the wires as the contacts and mechanism inside the switch might be dirty.) I restored my Ma's old Beogram turntable to working order last week, where the Start button was indeed sticky and intermittent for the price of a cup of tea and contact cleaner. So whilst it might not be a specific 'they all do that sir', switches sometimes do...

From the seller's point of view worth a try, but they should agree to replace if that doesn't work or the fault returns in the next few months.

[zepe]

vernierMike said:

Haven't heard of that one, although others might have?

A dealer will always want to replace. It's just the way it is, but when paying myself I try to fix first. I would say that a reasonable first thing to do with a sticky switch is to disassemble and contact-clean everything (the switch too, not just the wires as the contacts and mechanism inside the switch might be dirty.) I restored my Ma's old Beogram turntable to working order last week, where the Start button was indeed sticky and intermittent for the price of a cup of tea and contact cleaner. So whilst it might not be a specific 'they all do that sir', switches sometimes do...

From the seller's point of view worth a try, but they should agree to replace if that doesn't work or the fault returns in the next few months.

That was my initial thought process as well, however the option of going back to seller down the road is not there. This is why I am really curious if anyone has been able to permanently fix the dock by cleaning or tightening contacts.

[zepe]

Well turns out they found one of the docks internal springs had come completely off its track and was mangled, they replaced it and cleaned all the contacts for good measure. So it seems like a good option to open dock up and have a look when experiencing the abnormal start issue. With the issue resolved the deal is officially complete and we are just awaiting the transporter, here are a couple of more pics of my new to me Aston.

[zepe]

Ok, one more....

[anonymous-user]

Nice. Have the bonnet louvres been power coated / wrapped, or are they carbon (not seen any before)?

[zepe]

soofsayer said:

Nice. Have the bonnet louvres been power coated / wrapped, or are they carbon (not seen any before)?

They are wrapped, whole car was done in Avery satin black.

[zepe]

On the way home, loaded up today. Wait is killing me, lol

[anonymous-user]

What colour is the original car?

[zepe]

soofsayer said:

What colour is the original car?

Here’s build sheet. I originally balked at the wrap but in person it just looks so cool, might keep it for a little bit.

Edited by zepe on Saturday 25th January 22:35

[anonymous-user]

I dont know what jet black is like but I would be curious.

[zepe]

soofsayer said:

I dont know what jet black is like but I would be curious.

It is a “flat” black paint. Apparently really tough to upkeep and that was reason previous owner chose to wrap car shortly after purchase. The info I have shows the euro carbon cars with a different color, carbon black ii.

Edited by zepe on Sunday 26th January 02:25

[Speedraser]

Jet Black is simply the non-metallic black that was on the "Fast Track" colors list.

[zepe]

So this paint talk got me curious, I did a little digging using vin numbers from other carbon edition US cars and it turns out about half the cars are Bergwerk Black and the other half are Jet black like mine, odd.