DB9 GT volante

[damianke]

Hi

On another thread I was bemoaning the late arrival of my V12VMR, scheduled for March/April, now due in June (late June at that). I'd resigned myself to not having an Aston for the spring, having sold my old V12 in the autumn.

Anyway, Stratstone Wilmslow have come up trumps with a short term deal on a run-out, but brand new DB9 GT Volante for the interim. The financials are great, no doubt helped by all sorts of incentives etc. Effectively it's costing me the square root of bugger all till the V12 is built.

Will post pics later in the week, it is Quantum with black interior. First impressions; GT Volante is a bit of an oxymoron. The road noise is very significant with the hood up and you have to raise your voice to have a conversation with the passenger on some typical surfaces. Hood down it is quieter, as is often the case with convertibles, but the touring/GT thing would probably be a bit wearing after a few hours. Having said that, it is comfortable, with a good ride and good noise suppression on door seals, etc..

Carbon brakes are great, it is pretty quick with the sport button on (there is a function in the menu for the sport button to be permanently on, it seems, but it doesn't seem to work even though the menu picture shows it as being on), and the exhaust note is very good with sport on also.

The B&O (being discussed elsewhere on another thread) is to me not as good as the Premium Audio, but the other improvements to Sat Nav etc are pretty good, although a bit non-intuitive, though that's probably just me.

In short, I like it but it's not so far engaging me like the V12 I had up till recently. Stratstone's said I wouldn't want to keep this when the new V12 arrives, and they are spot on. Nevertheless, it's still a proper Aston and is still a real pleasure. Top marks to Martin and Phil at Wilmslow for putting the deal together and great customer service.

[damianke]

[damianke]

[damianke]

[anonymous-user]

That is lovely, a manual run out DB9 would be perfect.