aston martin db7 v's cerbera
Discussion
Test drove this aston today, was seriously thinking about getting it for the wife:
www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/74457.htm
What are peoples thoughts on it as a replacement for the cerbera? Would others see it as an upgrade? As i might get this or one newer if the budget will allow to replace cerbera.
Not as quick a cerbera, but still very fast.
I know people on here love talking about cars, so i thought i would ask the people who care lol.
Cheers
Dan
www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/74457.htm
What are peoples thoughts on it as a replacement for the cerbera? Would others see it as an upgrade? As i might get this or one newer if the budget will allow to replace cerbera.
Not as quick a cerbera, but still very fast.
I know people on here love talking about cars, so i thought i would ask the people who care lol.
Cheers
Dan
Having had the pleasure of driving most of the worlds Supercars i wouldnt see any as an upgrade over anything else.
It all depends on what you are looking for in a car.
The Cerb is Raw and somewhat impractical, everything it does is to the max, from the bumpy ride to the note from a sports exhaust and decat if you have one.
The Aston is more refined and less likely to want to kill you, but has an elegance and class about it far beyond what for example a porsche can offer and is still British. (was)
so what do you want? Looks, elegance, power, noise or adrenaline?
I guess arguably you could say an Aston is a Grown up Older brother of a Cerb, less extreme and with more class.
Horses for courses , see which one you like most
It all depends on what you are looking for in a car.
The Cerb is Raw and somewhat impractical, everything it does is to the max, from the bumpy ride to the note from a sports exhaust and decat if you have one.
The Aston is more refined and less likely to want to kill you, but has an elegance and class about it far beyond what for example a porsche can offer and is still British. (was)
so what do you want? Looks, elegance, power, noise or adrenaline?
I guess arguably you could say an Aston is a Grown up Older brother of a Cerb, less extreme and with more class.
Horses for courses , see which one you like most
An Aston is the only car I would choose above a TVR. That car looks stunning, but as others have said will be a different driving experience, although I would think upkeep will be in a similar league. I would think it is a upgrade over the cerb in terms or all roundness but not if you want a sports car. Given the choice I would have to choose the Aston even though the Cerb is the car I wanted above all others (within reason 
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)I have a Cerbera 4.5 and had the chance to back to back drive it with a DB7 on a track day at Guadix last month. Drove both cars with the same passenger - he said "Chalk and Cheese" I couldn't agree more.
The TVR is raw, glued to the road, visceral in it's reactions and you know you're in a real car! The Aston was lovely, quiet, refined but ultimately slower and more cumbersome. After 350 miles in a day you'd climb out of the Aston mildly stirred and not shaken - you'd climb out of the TVR ( as I do ) wondering if the trip wasn't just 20 miles too short - very stirred and with all bodily internals rearranged and probably with your hair on fire!!
On the other hand - as my Cerb seems to have blown a head gasket today, the Aston may be better built, but when it goes wrong - oh those bills!!
The TVR is raw, glued to the road, visceral in it's reactions and you know you're in a real car! The Aston was lovely, quiet, refined but ultimately slower and more cumbersome. After 350 miles in a day you'd climb out of the Aston mildly stirred and not shaken - you'd climb out of the TVR ( as I do ) wondering if the trip wasn't just 20 miles too short - very stirred and with all bodily internals rearranged and probably with your hair on fire!!
On the other hand - as my Cerb seems to have blown a head gasket today, the Aston may be better built, but when it goes wrong - oh those bills!!
I went from a Cerbera to a DB7 Vantage. As has been mentioned they are very different beasts - the Cerbera much more raw and fragile, the Aston oozing class and refinement. Both are great cars.
I'd suggest that the DB7 is the easier proposition to live with - I never had that nagging 'will it work/get me home/constant checking of the dials' worry (but don't forget that is comes with the running costs of the £100K car that it is), but the Cerbera is the one that'll get your pulse racing, palms sweating and heart beating.
For long journeys you can step out of the Aston in the same state as you left; it's a fantastically fast cruiser and can, if needs be, pick up its skirts and deal with the twisty bits. Extended distances in the Cerbera can be akin to several rounds with one M. Tyson.
My suggestion? Give the DB7 a try - that is the only way that you can say you have experienced two iconic British GTs.
As has been mentioned they are very different beasts - the Cerbera much more raw and fragile, the Aston oozing class and refinement. Both are great cars. I'd suggest that the DB7 is the easier proposition to live with - I never had that nagging 'will it work/get me home/constant checking of the dials' worry (but don't forget that is comes with the running costs of the £100K car that it is), but the Cerbera is the one that'll get your pulse racing, palms sweating and heart beating.
For long journeys you can step out of the Aston in the same state as you left; it's a fantastically fast cruiser and can, if needs be, pick up its skirts and deal with the twisty bits. Extended distances in the Cerbera can be akin to several rounds with one M. Tyson.
My suggestion? Give the DB7 a try - that is the only way that you can say you have experienced two iconic British GTs.
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