The black piano wood I have goes with the "sporting" interior and the sports pack wheels are pretty nice IMO. Yes, there's better in the aftermarket as always. See below:

 

O ya, those rims and interior are fantastic and probably exactly how I'd spec an Aston if I got it. You've got a newer DB9; perhaps I just haven't seen the newer models options. I LOVE the piano black finish interior, and those are the rims, in addition to the 2010 ones here https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...-ive-seen.html , that I like a lot.

What I don't care for as much on the DB9 is the earlier style rims/interior like this car has http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/ast...n&distance=any: Its still a very beautiful car, just not near as great as the options you've got. Then again, its 3 years older than yours and significantly cheaper too. I just remember seeing a 05 DB9 parked last summer with these rims and wood interior when I was jogging by it and did not think "wow", which is what you should think when you see an Aston .

I also don't like these rims: http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/ast...n&distance=any .

 

I agree with you 100%. Rims in the first link are just plain awful and the second one is somewhat better, but not really what the car deserves. Secondly, any other wood besides piano black inside says, "luxury" and not "sport" to me. Nothing wrong with woods but for my tastes, those other combos are more at home inside a Bentley, Jag or Rolls. I passed on many cars due to interiors and got lucky with mine, finding it new and ordered this way at the dealer. When purchasing an object of desire or something to satisfy one of your dreams, it's best not to settle or convince yourself you'll be satisfied. The satisfaction of a good/great deal will quickly wear off and then you'll have yourself a car you don't totally like and it will be expensive to change. Since beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, if you happen to really like something that most don't, you will get lucky price-wise if you are not the original owner. If you're that person, then you will get hurt more than average.

 

See I like the wood, because it's a nice contrast to my other sports cars that I've owned in the last 15 years. I've avoided the luxury segment, because I enjoy going fast (let's face it, Aston Martins don't rip your face off during accelerating, braking, or cornering).

My wife has really changed my opinion of this color combo (the burgundy ext, biege int, with wood trim). I'm starting to appreciate the perspective of being inside a completely different car.

 

Here's one in Boston
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...ingId=53726731

meteorite and tan

 

I agree with you in that the burgundy exterior combined with tan and that wood actually go together. Nothing wrong with liking it and there's a certain "warmth" to the package. I saw some cars like that when I was looking and they looked right, just not for me at the time. The same phenomenon exists with certain 911 Turbos.

 

It's down to $60K. Wow.

DB9 in Arizona

 

Pretty amazing. Either there's something wrong with it which you only find out when seeing it in person, or everyone in Arizona is broke.

 

if im not mistaken, the 05s have green backlighting on the instrument panels and buttons.. definitely date the car quite a bit in my opinion

The color combo is not bad, a bit on the classic side for me but it's nice. Not sure I'd pay $60k for that... maybe $49k tops. 37k is quite a lot of miles for a car like this (according to the market, im sure the car's fine)

 

You are mistaken...

 

New to forum and interested in buying an A/M but live in small town where repairs would require a long distance drive. Does anyone have a feel for reliability that they can share.

 

How funny that I stumbled upon this thread.

I was looking online today and I was surprised to see that the DB9's were going for about 100k for a somewhat low-mileage 2009.

I think it's a better value than the Vantages I've been looking at. Sure the N420 is cool and the V12 Vantage are great, but they command such a premium over this car which is also a V12.

How is the maintenance and reliability? I'm primarily thinking of getting one as a daily driver to put about 15-16k miles a year on it.

 

AM of Newport Beach has an 06 Meteorite coupe for $79k and Star Motor Cars in Houston has an 06 tungsten silver for $80k. im assuming those come with the 12 month warranty - nice for the piece of mind

these used db9s are really close to the v8v in price.. really tempting

I stand corrected on the 05 DB9's green backlighting - it just looked that way in this picture (http://4.photos2.ebizautos.com/1769/...6217062_28.jpg). Perhaps it's just the radio/air con display

it also looks like the maroon one is sold!