After 9 years of ownership its time to say au revoir

[michael gould]

Ive had the pleasure of owning 3 Aston Martins the latest being a 1 previous owner DB9 which has never let me down and has been a pleasure to own. Part of its reliability has no doubt been down to the 12 services completed by Stratstone in Wilmslow and Im sure they will be upset that I will now be handing over my salary to their colleagues at Stratstone Ferrari !! Since buying an Audi S8 it has taken the shine of my occasional weekend toy. You can't have your daily drive quicker than the weekend toy !! I have decided to move to the "dark side" and try a little Italian exotic. My wife (pictured in the middle) has suggested we keep the Aston but it would be vulgar to have a total of 1600HP sitting outside the house....so it must go ....it needs some rear brakes and a small paint job of the wing mirror arms and then I will advertise it here on Piston Heads

Ive not had a chance to try out the Ferrari 599 yet but on the drive home it did seem to be very nippy

Ive enjoyed 9 years on this forum and I have little doubt I will return at some time after Ive replaced the clutch a couple of times on the F1 gearbox of my 599

Here's me looking like a daft knob with the new toy

Edited by michael gould on Tuesday 23 January 14:24

[michael gould]

avinalarf said:

I wondered where you got to as I used to enjoy our banter.
Good luck with your new Ferrari although the banter on that forum is not as good as on this AM forum.
Wife looks OK which makes me wonder why you bothered with my Ladyboys.

the reason I can afford the 599 is because I haven't visited your ladyboys for while ....i've been saving up

[michael gould]

MarkM3Evoplus said:

Saw a pic of you looking very pleased with your new purchase on the Ferrari part of the forum. Enjoy!

I also have a friend looking for an Autom, post 2007 DB9, so if it ticks those boxes, feel free to drop me a PM with details.

Atb,

Mark

Not sure what an Autom is !1 but my Aston my is a 55 plate .....but it has only had 2 owners and has been supplied and serviced by Stratstone from new .....37k miles an in lovely condition

[michael gould]

AdamV12AMR said:

Your '9 is a manual, if I remember correctly?

auto