Aston Martin - Owners who have bought more than one car.

[Jon39]

Loyalty to the marque greatly impresses me.
It does seem to be fairly common, amongst AM PHers.

Many contributors here have described buying their first Aston Martin, then subsequently some talk about changing to a second, third (and even more) Aston Martin models. Some owners even retain the original car, and just add to their Aston Martin collection. How wonderful.

Going from a V8 Vantage on to a V12 Vantage, is perhaps one of the most popular moves.

Steven (avinalarf) has owned a Newport Pagnell car, and now has a Gaydon model.
Do many of you have ownership connections with more than one factory. I expect the driving experience must be very different between old and new. Would you like to describe?

Please tell us your AM serial ownership stories.

[Jon39]

Before it was deleted, there was briefly a contribution on here, about Aston Martins more recently being photographed in front of rather low standard houses. Perhaps it was a joke although not very nice, but I did have a couple of photos ready to respond.

DB5 Volante - being driven carefully out of Buckingham Palace.
New Vantage - parked partly on the pavement outside a terraced house, with fake stone lions on top of the gate pillars.

[Jon39]

Hello, OP here.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this topic.
Remarkably in just five days, we have now reached 100 posts.
I try to come up with topic subjects which might be of interest, and occasionally 'hit the mark'.

We already knew that a number of PHers have owned several Aston Martins, but this topic has certainly shown us, just how widespread the repeat buying loyalty has become. Existing owners must form a very welcome percentage, of new Aston Martin car buyers.

Edited by Jon39 on Friday 16th March 11:18

[Jon39]

Moonpie said:

Very interesting thread with many serial enthusiasts.

I started lurking on PH about six months ago and became familiar with those that contribute often. Looking through this thread however there are many members that I do not recognize. I wonder if those I do not recognize have moved on to another brand or whether they simply lost interest in visiting the Aston section of PH.

Hello Rob, OP here.

When this topic originally began to gather pace, it was perhaps a surprise for us to realise just how hugely important, existing customers must be to AML.

Looking back, it is now clear that the VH period has joined a limited group, of Aston Martin golden eras. At that time, the prices depreciated very slowly (after the 2nd year), so it was not too expensive and was also a worthwhile step, for owners to move up through the range. Many owners took the 4.3; 4.7; 4.7S; V12V route.

I think you are correct to suggest there must be various reasons for people leaving this forum.
Many drivers like to change their cars fairly often, and perhaps loyalty to Aston Martin is now weaker than it was. Some have told us about going to Porsches and McLarens, but many simply disappeared.
There is only so much we can talk about, so continual repetition must put many off.
During the IPO period, interest split between the business and financial aspect of Aston Martin, and the cars. There were some excellent technical business discussions, but for those only interested in car talk, it must have been very boring.

Always good though, to see new people here, discovering the special joys of owning an Aston Martin and perhaps become serial buyers.

Edited by Jon39 on Thursday 18th March 19:00

[Jon39]

Derek 111S said:

I seem to have missed this thread.

Thank you for your contribution to this topic, Derek.
9 pages have certainly demonstrated the passion and loyalty of so many owners.

I note from your profile that you have been/are a Lotus enthusiast.
Perhaps you are tempted by the Emira.
How wonderful to suddenly see (historic) Lotus with what appears to be, a huge success on their hands.

[Jon39]

bridggar1 said:

... - that said, not yet driven a roadster and don't want anything too wobbly. (like my M4 cab)

I have never driven a Roadster, but with the 2005 version, it was strongly emphasised by AML, that the chassis of the Roadster was originally designed, then used for both the Coupe and Roadster. IE. no extra stiffening when the soft top version was introduced.

Whether that was fact or marketing tosh, I don't know.

[Jon39]

Calinours said:

As ever, it was tosh Jon, but as ever, based on a modicum of truth. The DB9 Volante uses essentially the same structure/architecture as other VH cars, and it is a complete blamange compared to the DB9 Coupe.

The Vantage Roadster had one key additional structural component over the DB9, a crossmember running laterally between the A-pillars. This made the Vantage Roadsters more torsionally rigid than the DB9 Volantes to suit their more sporting character. The cross member is also present in the Vantage coupe, but wasn’t really needed as it didn’t add much torsional rigidity when a roof is there. It’s why the DB9 coupe is almost as torsionally rigid as the Vantage Coupe.

In addition to the cross member, the Vantage Roadster also used different under trays, either more/thicker or more mounting points (can’t quite remember exactly which). ...

Thank you Calinours.

I seemed to recall reading on here about different undertrays on the Roadsters, so therefore not all catered for as one at the outset. I suppose if the Coupe did not need more torsional stiffness, then no point in carrying extra weight for no benefit.