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I've a friend who's had a bit of a hard time recently. He's a bit of a petrol head and James Bond fan. To cheer him up I'm thinking of picking up an early DB9 and lend it to him for a few months.
I'm not too worried about lending him the car, nor losing a few k if needbe (although would prefer if I didn't!), however I'm wondering am I mad buying a car of that age (8ish yrs old) or costing £30-£40k.
I know a lot of it comes down to how well loved the car was, but just wanted to get some views of those who currently/have owned.
I'm not too worried about lending him the car, nor losing a few k if needbe (although would prefer if I didn't!), however I'm wondering am I mad buying a car of that age (8ish yrs old) or costing £30-£40k.
I know a lot of it comes down to how well loved the car was, but just wanted to get some views of those who currently/have owned.
Buying now and selling in a few months mean you will get the very worst of the seasonal price variations. If you bought in December and sold in June, you'd be doing a lot better and wouldn't lose anything.
If the car has been well looked after (very good full service history) and the tyres/brake discs are OK... I assume it'll be a TouchTronic, so no issues with clutch - then they are a very reliable car indeed. If you have the inclibnation, a pre-purchase inspection for £300 could potentially save you any grief.
Are you planning on keeping it afterwards? Just curious.
You could just buy your mate a pint?
If the car has been well looked after (very good full service history) and the tyres/brake discs are OK... I assume it'll be a TouchTronic, so no issues with clutch - then they are a very reliable car indeed. If you have the inclibnation, a pre-purchase inspection for £300 could potentially save you any grief.
Are you planning on keeping it afterwards? Just curious.
You could just buy your mate a pint?
Kudos said:
I've a friend who's had a bit of a hard time recently. He's a bit of a petrol head and James Bond fan. To cheer him up I'm thinking of picking up an early DB9 and lend it to him for a few months.
I'm not too worried about lending him the car, nor losing a few k if needbe (although would prefer if I didn't!), however I'm wondering am I mad buying a car of that age (8ish yrs old) or costing £30-£40k.
I know a lot of it comes down to how well loved the car was, but just wanted to get some views of those who currently/have owned.
How about this I'm not too worried about lending him the car, nor losing a few k if needbe (although would prefer if I didn't!), however I'm wondering am I mad buying a car of that age (8ish yrs old) or costing £30-£40k.
I know a lot of it comes down to how well loved the car was, but just wanted to get some views of those who currently/have owned.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3991334.htm
...the owner might even be able to shave the price a bit for you as well
oblio said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3991334.htm
...the owner might even be able to shave the price a bit for you as well
Wow, two words to say about that. 'Bar' and 'gain'!!...the owner might even be able to shave the price a bit for you as well
yeti said:
oblio said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3991334.htm
...the owner might even be able to shave the price a bit for you as well
Wow, two words to say about that. 'Bar' and 'gain'!!...the owner might even be able to shave the price a bit for you as well
George H said:
54k miles though?!
Interesting comment. It appears to me sometimes that the expectation is that any Aston Martin on the used market should be low mileage otherwise the buyer should beware.Why should Astons be any different to other marques. If I was buying a BMW or Audi I would buy even if it had higher than average mileage as long as it had a FSH. My 528i SE has 62,000 on it when I purchased it and I did another 35,000 trouble free miles. Not one problem other than repalcement tyres.
Do Astons suddenly cease to be as good if they do more than 2,000-3,000 miles per annum?
v8woollie said:
Interesting comment. It appears to me sometimes that the expectation is that any Aston Martin on the used market should be low mileage otherwise the buyer should beware.
Why should Astons be any different to other marques. If I was buying a BMW or Audi I would buy even if it had higher than average mileage as long as it had a FSH. My 528i SE has 62,000 on it when I purchased it and I did another 35,000 trouble free miles. Not one problem other than repalcement tyres.
Do Astons suddenly cease to be as good if they do more than 2,000-3,000 miles per annum?
No but I was thinking of stuff like resale. Say if you put 20k miles on, who the hell is going to want a DB9 with 75k miles on? Maybe some would, but not for me.Why should Astons be any different to other marques. If I was buying a BMW or Audi I would buy even if it had higher than average mileage as long as it had a FSH. My 528i SE has 62,000 on it when I purchased it and I did another 35,000 trouble free miles. Not one problem other than repalcement tyres.
Do Astons suddenly cease to be as good if they do more than 2,000-3,000 miles per annum?
v8woollie said:
Do Astons suddenly cease to be as good if they do more than 2,000-3,000 miles per annum?
And they cease to exist at 10k miles I believe..? I suppose the mould gets them in the end...Wouldn't bother me, my car has hit 33k miles now, if i do 10k miles/year in it and plan to keep it long term... well, you can see where that is going!
George, if there are 2006 Volantes about with 25k miles on for 40k, I stand corrected. Didn't know they had got that cheap, I might buy a spare!
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