Does anyone have resources on where I can download a service manual for the 2006 Vantage?....besides the dealer!

 

Try going here...

http://www.astonmartintechinfo.com/login.aspx

 

Thanks for the tip XJRS. A wealth of information is available on that site . . . for a price of course.

 

people are reselling pages downloaded from this site on ebay, quite shady. I got my own copy from the site. Gave it to my cousin , a car guy who's been giving me great information.

 

Yup, but it's only $100 or so to download everything you want. You only need a 1-day access, but make sure you've got time to download ALL the stuff (and there's a lot) pertaining to your model car.

Last year I downloaded the DB9 service manual and at that time a 1-day/1-model pass was only $15 or so. Now it looks like they've increased the price substantially, but allow you access to all models (or so it appears).

In any case, this is much cheaper than getting something printed from the dealer.

 

Thanks very much folks. Good to know I can download the entire service manual...that's really what I wanted.

 

Hi, just wondering, how do you go about downloading the stuff off the site? I've paid the subscription, and the site uses a print2flash system which doesn't allow saving. Everything comes out as a .swf, and I've tried some download managers but they time out at 99%. My PM is available if that is a more appropriate place for this. Thanks.

 

Can't help you. I did this last year before the site got totally revised. There were PDF downloads available then.

 

I was able to download the files individually by "printing" them to PDF at work. I'm not sure what configuring needs to be done to make it happen, but one of the "printer" options that pops up when I select "Print" from the "File" menu in any program is "Adobe PDF." I was able to save the files by selecting "Print" from the print2flash program and then selecting "Adobe PDF" as the printer. Not sure if this helps you or not.

 

I am not 100% certain but I think .swf files can be read by either Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop (not Adobe reader). Maybe someone that is a little more computer literate can chime in.

Adam

 

my solution. use IE or Chrome.

I had problems with that site when I was running Firefox. Fired up Chrome and downloaded with no problems.

 

Thank you for all your replies. After a good half a day of hunting for solutions, and downloading all sorts of add-ons and programs for Firefox, I found that all I had to do was go to Tools > Page Info > Media, select the embedded .swf, and save as. This saves the entire file as the .swf that was on the page, so you get all the information as well as the RAM hungry, CPU sapping print2flash junk. It is then a matter of dragging the file into IE or Firefox to read. AstonAficionado, I do not have the print to PDF option, but I suspect that is because I do not have a PDF writer or anything that functions as a virtual printer. I will try this at my work machine later to see if I can get PDFs. Good tip, it didn't even cross my mind! alevine, .swf files can be read by any browser with the appropriate plugins. I also suspect Adobe Flash may be able to extract the files, will try that now. cshsia, always wanted to try Chrome, will dl it and fire it up to have a go. Still have maybe 8 hours of subscription left

 

Okay, have managed to get the Print to PDF function working by downloading a free virtual printer, doPDF v7. Exporting everything to PDF is super easy, except having to wait as it tries to print a 750 page workshop manual into a file Thanks for the tips, everyone.

 

Guys,

I was just about to subscribe when I realized that the page that is asking for a credit card number is not secure (notice the http:// instead of https:// ono the address line and no lock at the bottom right of your browser). I tried this in Firefox and Chrome. I don't mean to be paranoid but am I the only one that sees that as a problem? If you put in your credit card information and click Submit, I'm fairly certain that the information is going out to across the Internet in clear text (not encrypted).

 

lets just say this is not the most well designed website.

One more note, when this AM Tech site sends out updates, by email, they don't do the usual "send to self, bcc everyone" technique for mass emails. Everyone's email address are exposed in the recipient field. So some of you might not want to use your corporate, or primary personal email.

Just the list of email address took me 2 mins to open on the iPhone when I got that email. Wasn't pleased.