It turns out that you can get an early Aston Martin DB9 with fewer than 50,000 miles for less than $50,000.
Is it a good idea? Probably not, but it is an idea.
2005 DB9 Coupe: 28,482 miles, $41,000
It turns out that you can get an early Aston Martin DB9 with fewer than 50,000 miles for less than $50,000.
Is it a good idea? Probably not, but it is an idea.
2005 DB9 Coupe: 28,482 miles, $41,000
I like this idea.
Still a great looking car.
That is an awfully pretty car. The design has aged very well. I would not have guessed it was 20 years old.
Didn't someone on here buy an Aston recently? IIRC, the trans is a sequential box yeah?
Of the three similarly shaped cars I lust over (FD, DB9, First gen GTS Viper), I feel the DB9 may be the most affordable option when I am ready to purchase something in the next few years...
Those are priced way to high.You can get them in the low 30's with good mileage. Actually pretty easy to work on if your skilled on modern stuff but my god are parts expensive if you buy OEM. Lots of stuff swaps out from other brands on the sensors like you would expect. Much more car then a vantage in presence.
If I have one more big project left in me, it will be a premium chassis with an LS engine, two turbos and de-digitalized operating experience. One of these would be a good candidate. They are beautiful cars and I is a sucker for a pretty face.
What is holding me back is that I am only at the early stages of learning myself what makes an LS work well from an engine controls/tuning-standpoint. About to hit the learning curve hard with the Molvo.
I think three of us with the means should buy those three DB9s for "research" purposes.
What it they were part of the new GRM trifecta?
Db9 is apparently hard to do maintenance on. Spark plugs is almost an engine out service.
ive had my eye on V8 vantages, lots of ford parts and pretty reliable. Also can get a manual for $30k-$50k. V12 is cool, but I'd opt for a reliable manual v8 for the same money
Just this year alone, 3 stunning examples for Toyota Camry prices
So why wouldn't I buy one of these vs say a 911 of the same age? I mean even the 10 y/o versions are only in the 50s for a really clean car.
The clutches in the V8 vantages are apparently quite weak and require frequent replacement. The interior quality on the DB9 I drove when I was looking at them was lacking for something in that range. I really wanted to like them, but ended up liking my NSX more. I do still look at them though. If a green or blue manual DB9 Volante turned up for a decent price I might still end up with one.
CyberEric said:IIRC, the trans is a sequential box yeah?
I was today years old when I learned that it's a 6-speed ZF auto. (That's part of the reason I brought this topic up in the first place.)
In reply to Colin Wood :
Did the Doug DeMuro video pop up for you too today? Lol
Someone was posting here regarding thoughts on a used lexus lc500, an Aston was cheaper then too. Make me think about the maintenance cost but that's a hell of a lot of car for the money.
CyberEric said:Didn't someone on here buy an Aston recently? IIRC, the trans is a sequential box yeah?
That was me! I bought my dream car, the original Vanquish, about 2 years ago. I've been more or less daily driving it since then. I've put about 12K miles on it and it's been very reliable. Here are some photos from my trip to Boston a couple of weeks ago:
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Colin Wood said:It turns out that you can get an early Aston Martin DB9 with fewer than 50,000 miles for less than $50,000.
There are a lot out there in the mid-$30k range. All the Gaydon-era cars are well built and reliable. Prices on V8 Vantages have started to shoot up, especially for ones with manual gearboxes. The DB9 looks like a pretty solid deal right now. They're a lot more reliable than the internet would have you believe. As long as you replace the coils, plugs, and battery once a decade and change the oil regularly they will last forever. And that V12 engine sound is really incredible.
Hoppps said:ive had my eye on V8 vantages, lots of ford parts and pretty reliable. Also can get a manual for $30k-$50k. V12 is cool, but I'd opt for a reliable manual v8 for the same money
You can find a manual 4.3 pretty easily, but a manual 4.7 is almost impossible to find. You won't find a Vantage V12 for under $100k these days. A DB9 with lower mileage is going to be cheaper than even a 4.3 Vantage these days. Once you experience the V12 it's hard to ignore.
Sonic said:The clutches in the V8 vantages are apparently quite weak and require frequent replacement.
Vantages with single-clutch SMG gearboxes have a reputation for "clutch issues" because owners don't know how to drive them. They treat them like automatics and burn up clutches by (a) crawling through traffic and (b) banging through gears without lifting. Just like the E46 M3 SMG, you need to treat it like a manual. Lift slightly when upshifting near the redline. Click it into neutral when standing still for any significant length of time. Try not to slip the clutch unnecessarily when maneuvering at low speeds, especially heading uphill. With a little mechanical sympathy they're just fine. My Vanquish is now 23 years old and still on the original clutch.
If you do buy an "automatic" Vantage (or an early Vanquish, like mine) you should budget about $6k for a new clutch and resurfaced flywheel. For about $1000 more, you can upgrade to the Vantage S (or Vanquish S) flywheel and clutch, which are bulletproof even in the hands of typical E36 M3ty drivers.
The DB9 is a different animal because it has a real automatic gearbox. They're problem free. Coils and plus every 10 years and oil change every 5K miles and they'll run forever.
I'm eyeballing a very nice DB9 Volante out here
God they are a beautiful car, wow!
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