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08-09-2008, 09:35 PM
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1st post, happy to be here
Hello all,
I'm happy to be here, and just spent a wonderful day test driving a few Aston Martins  I'm fortunate to be in a position to add a second, fun, car. I'm torn between 2, and would love to hear some views: '02 Vanquish '05 DB9 My brain is telling me to go for the DB9. Beautiful, plenty of performance, sounds good, 3 yrs. newer, $15K less, and less to own. BUT the Vanquish...the exclusivity, and the SOUND...so cool. Tough choice, and I'm literally 50/50. Thank you, Mike 
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08-09-2008, 09:42 PM
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08-09-2008, 10:20 PM
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welcome................
if it were me; I'd go with the DB9. if you do a search, you'll find a lot has been written about tranny issues with the Vanquish........
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08-09-2008, 11:45 PM
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+1 on the DB9. For what it is worth, a friend of mine had a vanquish and lots of transmission problems with it
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08-10-2008, 06:57 AM
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Thanks for the advice. I would always have the Vanquish under warranty...wouldn't that safe guard me against any possible tranny issues?
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08-10-2008, 09:10 AM
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Welcome. Go for DB9.
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08-10-2008, 09:32 AM
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Here's a pic of the actual DB9...
they call the color shadow, pretty nice. I'd usually go black, or metallic silver, light or dark. My daily driver is a black A8 so this may be a nice chg of pace.
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08-11-2008, 01:19 AM
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Ever consider an AMV8? Seems like reliability would be a bit better....
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08-11-2008, 05:08 AM
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I'd go with the DB9, it's more modern en more reliable than the Vanquish and yes the Vanquish has tranny issues, replacing it doesn't solve the problem much.
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08-12-2008, 12:06 PM
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another +1 for the DB9
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08-12-2008, 02:07 PM
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Manual?
would getting the automatic take the "fun" out of the car?
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08-12-2008, 02:31 PM
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Personally I like the automatic better.
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08-13-2008, 06:28 AM
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JMO but unless you have a regular full automatic with no pretentions of being a manual, a dual-clutch set up or wet-pack like M-B is doing, or a plain, old manual it is neither fish nor fowl. If this isn't your daily-driver, why not get a stick?
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08-13-2008, 10:13 AM
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Why anyone would want an automatic in a sports car is beyond me. This car can go from almost a dead stop to around 60mph in second gear so just leave it there in traffic.
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