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Feb 15, 2014 | 09:32 AM

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Bizzysmore

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I'm a new member here as well and would like to thank everyone for sharing their Aston insights. I found Grant Neal's AM guide book particularly helpful in aiding my decision to buy a 2010 V8V.

Feb 15, 2014 | 09:40 AM

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mikey k

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Originally Posted by V12Vantage

For the small performance gain, I don't think the S is worth the extra cost. I have driven both and there isn't a lot in it on the current new cars. A V8S with a bit of spec isn't that far off the cost of a basic V12S, if you need performance go for that.

I had a 4.7 ASM1 car before my ASM2 S, had them both for 2 years and ~13k miles in each
Believe me they are "chalk and cheese"
Not so much on +MY12.25 cars though
I still don't understand why AM brought the std car so close to the S spec

A V12VS is a good 40% more before you start optioning

Feb 21, 2014 | 09:42 PM

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Hardwired, what did you end up deciding?

Feb 25, 2014 | 10:54 AM

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Hardwired, what did you end up deciding?

I couldn't convince myself to go for the standard, and the V8VS options were limited. Then I got involved in a heavy project at work and so I'll have to put aside my Aston aspirations for a while.