Thinking of trading the DB7... Thoughts

So I was at the Aston Martin dealer today for a service and noticed that they had taken a car in trade towards a DB9 that I liked more than my DB7.

It was black with parchment and black interior and a 5 speed with 39000 miles. In fact it was another DB7.

So what does everybody think. They are appraising my car and I have basically decided to trade it if they can make the difference in price between teh two cars somewhere around $4,000. For that I get a car with a 5 speed, they actually have better luck with the automatic cars, and one in a bit better shape with less miles.

Chime in.

More details and Pics please.

I'm all for making that trade.

Lower mileage, 5-speed, more desirable (to me) interior color, better overall condition, etc...

In another 10 years, the gap will only widen as far as which one I would pick. Do it!

No wait...on second though, sell it outright and buy the Bauer Targa 2002 from my other post.

Well, I'll be perfectly honest here- I'd go with the DB9.

Why? My friends did the development.

Maybe a not solid reason, but it's a reason.

Yes, I may have worked on the DB7, it was not nearly the involvement my co-workers had with the DB9- so IMHO, it was a much better developed car.

Either way, you have an Aston Martin. Win-win!

E-

I tend to favor the DB9 over the 7, but I've never driven either one, so my opinion is simply looks.

Three pedals is better than two! If the black car is right, I'd go for it!

Joe Gearin wrote: Three pedals is better than two! If the black car is right, I'd go for it!

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4K eh.

If you've got the cash in hand. Rock en roll.

Andy, I guess the first question is which direction the $4k would be flowing in...

Given the amount of work you've had done on your DB7, what's the condition of the same critical items on the black DB7? I would think you probably wouldn't want a repeat performance of the various issues you've had with your DB7, unless they were priced in in the first place.

Oh and do you have a black suit?

Ah hell sell the thing and get a DB4!

They decided they want 7 grand and that did not make sense. My tech at the dealer thinks mine has been treated better mechanically as well so I am sticking with mine. The also said it was much dried underneath. :)

I do have a black suit and need to do a pic like that.

What I did instead was to source and buy all the extra parts I needed to bring mine fully up to spec. I drove it this morning on a diet coke run and I love it!!!

If I could afford the DB9 I would buy one today.

Andy: Good to walk away. I suspect you would have ended with a car in overall poorer condition. Yours is at least partially sorted and likely better than that. I also thought that if this "deal" came my way, the dealer would want more than I could stomach. A used car salesman by any other name is still just a used car salesman. Cheers Ron

alfadriver wrote: Either way, you have an Aston Martin. Win-win! E-

Yes sir.

I love the car. We are now making it an online project car. It has a few needs and we are going to attend to them.

First will be fitting the winter driving wheels and some new Bridgestone Blizzak tires and see how this works.

I am going to cover how to own one of these cheaply, places to find parts, how to do stuff yourself and such. It should be fun.

I will post pics of the tires and wheels as I get them done. Look for a online project car posting for it later this week.

Andy Reid wrote: I love the car. We are now making it an online project car. It has a few needs and we are going to attend to them. First will be fitting the winter driving wheels and some new Bridgestone Blizzak tires and see how this works. I am going to cover how to own one of these cheaply, places to find parts, how to do stuff yourself and such. It should be fun. I will post pics of the tires and wheels as I get them done. Look for a online project car posting for it later this week.

For those of you who think it may be horrible to take a DB7 out on winter streets, and that it should be preserved....

I can assure you that AML actually sold a winter package for the DB7- it was a unique (narrower) set of wheels, and I can't recall the specific tire that was made for it. But the winter package does exist, and AML took a lot of pride that their car was a 12 month car, anywhere, when we heard reports that vipers would not start below 0F.

So have fun, Andy- outside of the confusing HVAC, it's a great winter car.

Eric

Thanks Eric and I actually have that winter package with the car. The longer I own it the neater it is. The only thing I could even think of replacing it with would be a nice series 1 or 2 E-Type 2+2, but not soon. Not at all soon.