DB9 - Pre Purchase Inspection - West Sussex Area

[W4NTED]

I have seen a private DB9 that I really like the look of - have driven it and all seems fine but I just can't bite the bullet until I have had an inspection done.

Can anyone recommend who to use? Will they go down to the car or does the car need to go in to them? Are these guys any good?

http://www.rikkicann.com/pre-purchase-inspection/n...

Also this car has missed an annual service as follows:

Miles 25k 12-03-2012 (AM dealer)

and next one was done at

Miles 41,447 on 30/05/2014 (Bamford Rose)

Is this a deal breaker? The car is priced lower than market value to take this in to consideration.

Edited by W4NTED on Sunday 28th September 20:20

Edited by W4NTED on Sunday 28th September 21:51

[BravoV8V]

W4NTED said:

Also this car has missed an annual service as follows:

Miles 25k 12-03-2013 (AM dealer)

and next one was done at

Miles 41,447 on 30/05/2014 (Bamford Rose)

Is this a deal breaker?

It's hardly the end of the world (or the end of the deal!) The car was either 2 months, or 6k, late for the service.

I would contact Bamford Rose to get their opinion on the car. They only worked on it a few months ago.

[W4NTED]

BravoV8V said:

It's hardly the end of the world (or the end of the deal!) The car was either 2 months, or 6k, late for the service.

I would contact Bamford Rose to get their opinion on the car. They only worked on it a few months ago.

Nopes, it was 14 months late and 6k late.

[AMDBSNick]

W4NTED said:

BravoV8V said:

It's hardly the end of the world (or the end of the deal!) The car was either 2 months, or 6k, late for the service.

I would contact Bamford Rose to get their opinion on the car. They only worked on it a few months ago.

Nopes, it was 14 months late and 6k late.

[W4NTED]

Oops Initial post amended!

The car missed a service in 2013 and on the 10k per annum rule was out by 6k

Edited by W4NTED on Sunday 28th September 21:51

[V8 Animal]

10k miles or yearly whatever comes first.
So 6k miles out or 3 months no real need to worry.

[W4NTED]

My bad - see amended post 1

[BravoV8V]

Still not necessarily a deal breaker, particularly if the price has been adjusted to reflect it.

Like I said, contact Bamford Rose. They will be able to give you a very fair opinion of when they saw the car.

[Ken Figenus]

I use very similar fully synthetic 'best you can buy' oil for my Aston as I do for my 535D. Filthy twin turbo thing does 17,000 miles minimum on the stuff...

I think there may be some nonsense on these short service intervals - especially on an usually rather low annual mileage car...

[W4NTED]

Hmm so the forum consensus seems to say the missed service is no big deal.....interesting that

[AMDBSNick]

My DBS missed it's first service.......worthless

[BravoV8V]

W4NTED said:

Hmm so the forum consensus seems to say the missed service is no big deal.....interesting that

Missing a service isn't going to kill a car (see above!) Missing all services is obviously another matter though.

Condition is far more important. Just be aware that when you come to sell, you will be reducing your number of prospective buyers. Some people wouldn't consider buying an AM without a full service history. You might also struggle if you want to warranty the car. I don't know what the AM small print says but lots of warranty policies state that the car must be serviced in line with the manufacturers schedule. This car hasn't been.

[AMDBSNick]

BravoV8V said:

Missing a service isn't going to kill a car (see above!) Missing all services is obviously another matter though.

Condition is far more important. Just be aware that when you come to sell, you will be reducing your number of prospective buyers. Some people wouldn't consider buying an AM without a full service history. You might also struggle if you want to warranty the car. I don't know what the AM small print says but lots of warranty policies state that the car must be serviced in line with the manufacturers schedule. This car hasn't been.

Just to add to this. I purchased my car from an AM dealer with 12 months warranty and FSH. I only discovered the missing service 6 months down the line but frankly couldn't care less, as you say, the condition was far more important to me. A couple of warranty claims were paid without question.

[W4NTED]

Thanks folks