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

 

Welcome!

 

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........

 

+1 on the DB9. For what it is worth, a friend of mine had a vanquish and lots of transmission problems with it

 

Thanks for the advice. I would always have the Vanquish under warranty...wouldn't that safe guard me against any possible tranny issues?

 

Welcome. Go for 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.

 

Ever consider an AMV8? Seems like reliability would be a bit better....

 

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.

 

another +1 for the DB9

 

would getting the automatic take the "fun" out of the car?

 

Personally I like the automatic better.

 

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?

 

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.

 

Mike, I'd just get an Extreme Power in the classic Sarroni colours with new 11 speed Super Record!
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