I've seen it and driven it (I'm in Atlanta). The car has been very well maintained and looks great. A couple minor paint chips, but other than that the exterior is perfect. It has the N400 side skirts which was one of the things that attracted me to the car, along with the color. The interior (excluding seats and floor carpet) is all the one beige color, including the a-pillar and head liner. I didn't particularly care for it on the pillars or head liner. The center console and door inserts are wood grain, which I also didn't like, but could be changed. The condition of the interior is pretty much perfect. If I recall it has a ton of options - premium sound, HID lights, etc. I'm pretty sure they have the window sticker shown in pictures on their site. It has the power pack and you can tell the difference between it and a standard 4.3, but it still didn't feel quick to me. It was a one owner car and the guy who owned it was pretty passionate about the car. He apparently went to England to see the factory while it was being built.

Give them a call and go check it out if you are interested. They were very nice to deal with and let me look at it as long as I wanted. I probably would have bought the car, but thought they were asking way to much for it. I went to look at it only a couple weeks after they had it listed and told them that if they reduced the price to give me a call. I've decided to look at only 2009+ cars so even if they called now I wouldn't buy it. If you do go drive it make sure and switch the stereo over to USB. We got a kick out of what's on it.

They had a bunch of high end cars in their warehouse. Lots of Ferraris of all different kinds, some Bentley's, some Porsche's, etc. The Aston was probably the cheapest car they had for sale, yet we thought it was probably the best looking one. Showed how well it stands up looks wise to other exotics.

David

 

Price seems kind of high, I got my 2010 manual for only 1k more than that 3 months ago, love the color and upgrades though

 

How do you specifically know it's a powerpack package? What are we looking at in the pictures? Wondering if my late 08' is because it also has a black intake.

 

Black intake manifold from the factory means it has the Power Pack. Also, there's an additional vacuum hose going from just behind the throttle body on the left-hand (driver side in US) down to the air boxes. More info: http://www.redpants.lol/power-pack-intakes/

 

merlin is local to me and they do indeed always have some nice cars for sale. price wise they've never been that competitive but having never bought from them, i don't know what room there is to work with.

 

Thanks for all the input. Today I went ahead and bought the Vantage. They have the original window sticker and all of the service invoices from the Aston Martin dealer. The shifter and the side skirts were installed by the Aston Martin dealer. They took close up pictures of every thing I ask for. So I can buy it sight unseen.
They were easy to work with and will deliver it enclosed to our home in Florida.
Now comes the hard part waiting for it to arrive. Sold the c32 for my asking price without ever even advertising it to a good friend.

 

Congrats!!!

 

Well done Gene

 

What did you pay? Did you get the Aston preowned warranty? That is a very nice Vantage with a lot of good upgrades.
Ron

 

congrats! and like i said if you're interested in some ace wheels you should let me know

 

The price was less than they were asking and included enclosed transportation to our home in Florida. It was a price that was fair to both parties. They aren't an Aston dealer so no CPO warranty. It does have the original window sticker and invoices for every service done. It was fastidious maintained. I looked at db9s as well but like the way the Vantage looks more. I knew after I traded our 09 Vantage in for the e63 wagon that I would have to get another Aston.

 

Congrats. It was a very nice car and appeared well maintained. I loved the color. They weren't really willing to negotiate when I looked at it so sounds like they changed their mind after having it for a couple months. I recall the door struts being weak so that would be something to check when you get it.

David

 

Congrats!!
Did you do the AM PPI? This allows you to add the warranty if clear.

Where in Florida will this beauty hit the roads?

 

Saint Augustine and Jacksonville. No ppi. If if breaks I'll just have to fix it. I don't believe in warranties they really are just an insurance policy. And the companies selling them make money on them.

 

I'm interested in your wheels. Let me know. I sent you a pm