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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 03:51 PM
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lemon 08 roadster..worth it?

I am looking at a few Astons. I found one 2008 roadster with auto almost all options.

It has 37k miles.

The car was a lemon as the engine was replaced at 4k miles. The cluth was changed 10k miles ago.

So the only item that i need to fix on the car is the top motor. The top doesnt go down.

Im looking at about $45-46k for the car and get it all fixed it. It about $20-25k less than the book clean title value.

It drives great.

Would anyone touch this car or run away?

Or im looking at a 06 coupe manual with 39k miles for about $50k clean title no accidents.

What would you choose?
 

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06 coupe all the way if it has good service history. The 08 roadster just sounds like trouble, and yellow is not a popular color for resale. Both are 4.3, so no difference there. Has the clutch been replaced on the coupe?
 
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Cluth was replaced on the coupe about 12k miles ago.
 
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Very rare for the engine and the roof motor to go
Combined with the yellow colour is leave it alone
 
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Originally Posted by jateshk
I am looking at a few Astons. I found one 2008 roadster yellow with auto almost all options.

It has 37k miles.

The car was a lemon as the engine was replaced at 4k miles. The cluth was changed 10k miles ago.

So the only item that i need to fix on the car is the top motor. The top doesnt go down.

Im looking at about $45-46k for the car and get it all fixed it. It about $20-25k less than the book clean title value.

It drives great.

Would anyone touch this car or run away?

Or im looking at a 06 coupe manual with 39k miles for about $50k clean title no accidents.

What would you choose?
I would run like the wind from the yellow one....

The only other comment I'd make is: you get what you pay for. Usually, if you buy cheap there is a reason the car is cheap.

Good luck.
 
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