Aston Martin alternative parts

[Buster73]

IJWS15 said:

Swop it for something you can afford to maintain.

OP has raised a valid point regarding parts prices , I like your assumption that he can’t afford to maintain his vehicle ,I take it you know all about his personal financial position ?

[oilit]

Buster73 said:

IJWS15 said:

Swop it for something you can afford to maintain.

OP has raised a valid point regarding parts prices , I like your assumption that he can’t afford to maintain his vehicle ,I take it you know all about his personal financial position ?

Indeed - and on the premise fools and their money are easily parted I would suggest at least the OP is no fool for asking.

[macdeb]

IJWS15 said:

Swop it for something you can afford to maintain.

[Buster73]

oilit said:

Indeed - and on the premise fools and their money are easily parted I would suggest at least the OP is no fool for asking.

Couldn’t agree more .

One previous poster saved over €200 on his oil costs , doesn’t matter how wealthy or poor you are it’s a cracking saving.

Don’t let that fact get in the way of a cheap dig about your wealth though.

Some bloody Eejits get on here at times.

[DAVIDOXE]

oilit said:

Buster73 said:

IJWS15 said:

Swop it for something you can afford to maintain.

OP has raised a valid point regarding parts prices , I like your assumption that he can’t afford to maintain his vehicle ,I take it you know all about his personal financial position ?

Indeed - and on the premise fools and their money are easily parted I would suggest at least the OP is no fool for asking.

Dont all brands need a wide spread of customers to survive? From the man or woman of course buying a new DBSS to someone buying a tired high mileage 4.3 vantage. Conversations about saving a few quid should be gratefully received wherever you are in the scheme of things.

[ragpicker]

There are some things you can't get away with though. The 3 pin coil packs appear to be AM only or alibaba's finest - no half decent alternative. The spark plugs for the 470+bhp cars too. They have an AM only part number.

[TheJimi]

IJWS15 said:

Swop it for something you can afford to maintain.

Meanwhile, on another thread -

IJWS15 said:

We had a multicar policy with Admiral - got fed up with having to ask for the discounts at renewal and moved to Aviva.

Hypocritical, much?


Anyway, on topic - I feel exactly the same way about Volvo prices. Don't get me started

Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 13th May 22:14

[JonnyCJ]

I think he maybe regrets his original post...

[Buster73]

TheJimi said:

Hypocritical, much?

Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 13th May 22:14

Top detective work.

[paulrog1]

Moderators, would it be possible to start a topic and pin it at the top for posting alternative parts, it would help all of us???

BTW That guy's an idiot!!!

Edited by paulrog1 on Thursday 14th May 08:11

[cayman-black]

TheJimi said:

IJWS15 said:

Swop it for something you can afford to maintain.

Meanwhile, on another thread -

IJWS15 said:

We had a multicar policy with Admiral - got fed up with having to ask for the discounts at renewal and moved to Aviva.

Hypocritical, much?


Anyway, on topic - I feel exactly the same way about Volvo prices. Don't get me started

Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 13th May 22:14

Ha, excellent!

[N7GTX]

Good thread this. One day I may be able to afford a Vantage once you nice people compile an equivalent parts list Easy for me to find alternative parts as I have an early DB7 i6 so many Jag parts fit. The AM prices though are really silly

e.g. differential pinion oil seal - AM £92.58

The same part from Britparts and it comes in a Jaguar branded packet is £9.49.

Do AM not realise they are pricing owners such as me (maybe I should 'swop' it) out of buying spares from them which must surely impact on their profits. Its a short sighted policy.

[randytusk]

N7GTX said:

Good thread this. One day I may be able to afford a Vantage once you nice people compile an equivalent parts list Easy for me to find alternative parts as I have an early DB7 i6 so many Jag parts fit. The AM prices though are really silly

e.g. differential pinion oil seal - AM £92.58

The same part from Britparts and it comes in a Jaguar branded packet is £9.49.

Do AM not realise they are pricing owners such as me (maybe I should 'swop' it) out of buying spares from them which must surely impact on their profits. Its a short sighted policy.

Those shiny dealerships cost around 80k a month to open - that's the reason.

[Big Ry]

randytusk said:

Those shiny dealerships cost around 80k a month to open - that's the reason.

This is the truth of it. Just ask for a tour of Works during the week and see how many people are on the payroll. I'm not defending the ridiculous prices some things carry (two grand for the black window trim on a previous gen Vantage), but with heavy discounting on new cars by most dealers (yes I appreciate AML stand some of that cost), they need to get the profit from somewhere, and big shiny showrooms cost a shed load to run.

I'd certainly be arguing the point if they were quite openly taking the piss, like £100 for a £10 part, but when it comes to the straight servicing costs I just kind of swallow it and accept what it is. To be fair though, I don't think AML Fixed Service prices are bad at all. My mates 991 GTS costs more to service at Porsche Silverstone than my V12S does at Works. For me, having the Works stamp is worth paying that little extra at service time.

However, when it comes to "other" non service stuff, then I'll be shopping around as much as the next man.

[geresey]

Are there a good number of independents you'd trust with your Aston? I dont have one yet (looking for a 4.7 manual roadster) and it is a bit if a concern on maintenance costs. With porsche and BMW they are plentiful enough, and are so accepted by owners for service history (as at least as good as and sometimes more knowledgeable than the dealers, for older cars anyway) that you'd find the dealers price-matching rather than lose the trade

[bogie]

There are a great network of Aston specialists and AM dealers do fixed price servicing thats similar to indy prices for the yearly service. A fixed price service at an AM main dealer is often less then premium car service like BMW M and Audi RS cars. Ive had hot Audis myself and a friend had a V8 in recent years, his service bills were usually double what my were on the Vantage, so its not just an Aston trait, its main dealers in general.

However, when the bill can ramp up is when you need more than the standard service and the dealer will only supply official parts at off the shelf prices versus aftermarket alternative parts. You dont have to pay the prices if you have alternatives available. I tend to do all the easy consumable jobs myself like discs, pads, plugs, filters and just have a dealer fixed price service to maintain the service history. Depends if you have the tools and like working on your own car I guess.

[N7GTX]

Like others I am fortunate to be able to do all my own servicing and repairs. My car being older (1995) has some dealer and some 'ordinary' garage service stamps but at least it was serviced throughout its first 60,000 miles. I'm not sure taking it to a dealer for the service & stamp will make much difference now. Part of the ownership buzz for me is working on the car. I can't get enough.... yes, I know.....
For those of you with newer cars I can well imagine it is worth paying that extra though especially come sale/trade in time.

[JohnG1]

Big Ry said:

I'm not defending the ridiculous prices some things carry (two grand for the black window trim on a previous gen Vantage),

Ouch! I was looking into replacing the brightwork on my V12V with the "stealth" look matte black look. But for £2,000 for parts alone I may look into wrapping...

[Shinjuku79]

bogie said:

Maybe we can maintain a list/wiki of common replacement parts ?

This has been suggested several times over a number of threads.

It's such an obviously useful idea.

Unfortunately it never happens.

Perhaps this time will be different?

Come on moderator team. Could you work with those suggesting in a group PM to agree some wording for a thread and then curate it so that yes the thread may be long but all the useful stuff sits at the top in a nice order?

Similalry a sticky on How To would be useful. A forum I was on for a long time had a specific subsection for this and the there was a sticky in which the threads were grouped ny the mod team (body, engine bay etc) and hyperlinks provided to the threads in the balance of the folder. It was an awesome resource of knowledge.

S

[oilit]

We could just start a thread and add the part we know by car type - or provide a link to a cloud based spreadsheet - but that would need someone to manage it.