Couple of quick questions

[james280779]

hey, After having a baby this year, my Esprit turbo, 911 cab and TVR are becoming less used. I am seriously thinking about selling the Esprit and 911 and purchasing an early DB9 V12. I preferably want a manual although these seem pretty rare.

I have noticed alot are for sale around 30k, is there a big exensive service coming up which is why sold on at this mileage?

Also anything specific I should be looking out for, major issues to be wary of?

I plan to keep for a long time so not too worried about depreciation (if any at this price - circa 40K)

thanks

[Wobbly]

Buy the book !!


As listed above The Difinitive Guide to the Gaydon New Era Aston Martin, money well spent, and will answer all your questions.

[yeti]

Weirdly, I just sold my 911 cab, Esprit Turbo and Marcos as I never drove any of them, I would always take my manual DB9 when I could!

Tremendous car, hold out for a manual box, they do come up and sometimes a manual Volante comes up, best of all possible worlds

30k seems to be where the cheaper cars are settling now, just above the DB7s. 40,000 mile / 7 year service is big, but only adds plugs and could of needed; there's no Ferrari engine-out type service for them.

[james280779]

yeti said:

Weirdly, I just sold my 911 cab, Esprit Turbo and Marcos as I never drove any of them, I would always take my manual DB9 when I could!

Tremendous car, hold out for a manual box, they do come up and sometimes a manual Volante comes up, best of all possible worlds

30k seems to be where the cheaper cars are settling now, just above the DB7s. 40,000 mile / 7 year service is big, but only adds plugs and could of needed; there's no Ferrari engine-out type service for them.

you sir, Have very good taste in cars!

[michael gould]

james280779 said:

yeti said:

Weirdly, I just sold my 911 cab, Esprit Turbo and Marcos as I never drove any of them, I would always take my manual DB9 when I could!

Tremendous car, hold out for a manual box, they do come up and sometimes a manual Volante comes up, best of all possible worlds

30k seems to be where the cheaper cars are settling now, just above the DB7s. 40,000 mile / 7 year service is big, but only adds plugs and could of needed; there's no Ferrari engine-out type service for them.

you sir, Have very good taste in cars!

Na.....Yeti uses the scatter gun approach to buying cars.....buys lots of them.....till he finds the right one

[jeremydb9]

My dad was a lotus dealer for 25 years - no money in selling them but boy was there a profit in servicing / repairing them! Aston should be heaps more reliable. Lotus = small engine VERY highly tuned. Aston = great big engine, tuned yes but not to the point of imminent destruction!

[steveatesh]

michael gould said:

Na.....Yeti uses the scatter gun approach to buying cars.....buys lots of them.....till he finds the right one

If you replace the word buy with try, this Works for finding the right woman, too, apparently ....

[jonby]

steveatesh said:

michael gould said:

Na.....Yeti uses the scatter gun approach to buying cars.....buys lots of them.....till he finds the right one

If you replace the word buy with try, this Works for finding the right woman, too, apparently ....

no, word was correct first time round :-)

[gmacdb9]

jonby said:

steveatesh said:

michael gould said:

Na.....Yeti uses the scatter gun approach to buying cars.....buys lots of them.....till he finds the right one

If you replace the word buy with try, this Works for finding the right woman, too, apparently ....

no, word was correct first time round :-)

[jonby]

gmacdb9 said:

jonby said:

steveatesh said:

michael gould said:

Na.....Yeti uses the scatter gun approach to buying cars.....buys lots of them.....till he finds the right one

If you replace the word buy with try, this Works for finding the right woman, too, apparently ....

no, word was correct first time round :-)

As Steve says, only 'apparently' of course :-)