First Aston Buying advice
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Any Aston under like 12 years old can be certified by a dealer, so if you are after a factory warranty, that can be bought after you get the car from whomever.
The Evora V6 rev's just as high as Vantage V8; neither cars have a red line on the tach. That being said, most the guys I talk to at the local AM-Lotus say they would take a Vantage over an Evora 400 for similar money. I don't think any of them are hardcore sports car/track guys though
For the Vantage make sure it has the Sport Suspension which is standard on some later iterations. The Aston Martin buyers guide is a must have before buying a used AM. So much detail on each iteration and I thought I was pretty up to date on... Makes your search so much better and it's like $30 for the book.
The Evora V6 rev's just as high as Vantage V8; neither cars have a red line on the tach. That being said, most the guys I talk to at the local AM-Lotus say they would take a Vantage over an Evora 400 for similar money. I don't think any of them are hardcore sports car/track guys though
For the Vantage make sure it has the Sport Suspension which is standard on some later iterations. The Aston Martin buyers guide is a must have before buying a used AM. So much detail on each iteration and I thought I was pretty up to date on... Makes your search so much better and it's like $30 for the book.
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Ron - That is by far the best exterior for the GT car!
All: the Lotus is some sort of wizardry and I have had some seat time a couple. I speak of the suspension witchcraft to my Porsche friends and they don't believe me.... more comfortable and compliant than my 5 series, yet sharper than my 911(PASM) when you push it. The engine isn't laggy at all but as good as it sounds, its just not a high revving, naturally aspirated V8. And for that reason - I'm out
GTS. I see these trade just over 100K and they are somewhat rare and hard to come by. As other mentioned.... I like actual buttons in my ancillary cars but am intrigued by the convenience of apple car play; even though this is dead last on a list of priorities.
GT. I see these trading at ~80 for low mileage examples
I seems like the 20-25K premium is more a function of the steep depreciation of these cars in the first couple years more than the GTS actually being worth more. Correct?
Aston's site is pretty poor for consolidating all the used cars with certification at dealers across the country.... any other resources? My perfect spec is a manual GT with the graphics, carbon fiber exterior bits and full leather, black interior. Sport package/exhaust also. Let me know if you see anything like this and thanks for the constructive comments on my newbee thread.
All: the Lotus is some sort of wizardry and I have had some seat time a couple. I speak of the suspension witchcraft to my Porsche friends and they don't believe me.... more comfortable and compliant than my 5 series, yet sharper than my 911(PASM) when you push it. The engine isn't laggy at all but as good as it sounds, its just not a high revving, naturally aspirated V8. And for that reason - I'm out
GTS. I see these trade just over 100K and they are somewhat rare and hard to come by. As other mentioned.... I like actual buttons in my ancillary cars but am intrigued by the convenience of apple car play; even though this is dead last on a list of priorities.
GT. I see these trading at ~80 for low mileage examples
I seems like the 20-25K premium is more a function of the steep depreciation of these cars in the first couple years more than the GTS actually being worth more. Correct?
Aston's site is pretty poor for consolidating all the used cars with certification at dealers across the country.... any other resources? My perfect spec is a manual GT with the graphics, carbon fiber exterior bits and full leather, black interior. Sport package/exhaust also. Let me know if you see anything like this and thanks for the constructive comments on my newbee thread.
Apple CarPlay was stated on the Aston Martin website as being available in 2016, however my car is a 2016 and does not have it and it cannot be retrofitted, I believe it was a 2017 and up feature.
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I have a 2 year warranty on my 2010. I was told by the dealer that it could not be extended past the 10 year anniversary. I would be interested to find that it can be extended further, although I don't know if I actually would.
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We're both Kerbeck and I was told the same, and Perfurbia always moves on to his next when he can no longer renew the warranty.
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Check out listingallcars(dot)com--it's a listing aggregator.
Also, if you look around, you'll see that there are posts about phone integration into the older cars (thread started by Redpants). May not be as seamless as factory integration, but it's an impressive retrofit. And as stated, I don't know if the 2016s actually had Apple CarPlay.
And I just want to reiterate that the book would be a huge help as far as informing you of the available specifications. For example, I think you'd probably want a car with the sport pack suspension.
Also, if you look around, you'll see that there are posts about phone integration into the older cars (thread started by Redpants). May not be as seamless as factory integration, but it's an impressive retrofit. And as stated, I don't know if the 2016s actually had Apple CarPlay.
And I just want to reiterate that the book would be a huge help as far as informing you of the available specifications. For example, I think you'd probably want a car with the sport pack suspension.
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Check out listingallcars(dot)com--it's a listing aggregator.
Also, if you look around, you'll see that there are posts about phone integration into the older cars (thread started by Redpants). May not be as seamless as factory integration, but it's an impressive retrofit. And as stated, I don't know if the 2016s actually had Apple CarPlay.
And I just want to reiterate that the book would be a huge help as far as informing you of the available specifications. For example, I think you'd probably want a car with the sport pack suspension.
Also, if you look around, you'll see that there are posts about phone integration into the older cars (thread started by Redpants). May not be as seamless as factory integration, but it's an impressive retrofit. And as stated, I don't know if the 2016s actually had Apple CarPlay.
And I just want to reiterate that the book would be a huge help as far as informing you of the available specifications. For example, I think you'd probably want a car with the sport pack suspension.
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Check out listingallcars(dot)com--it's a listing aggregator.
Also, if you look around, you'll see that there are posts about phone integration into the older cars (thread started by Redpants). May not be as seamless as factory integration, but it's an impressive retrofit. And as stated, I don't know if the 2016s actually had Apple CarPlay.
And I just want to reiterate that the book would be a huge help as far as informing you of the available specifications. For example, I think you'd probably want a car with the sport pack suspension.
Also, if you look around, you'll see that there are posts about phone integration into the older cars (thread started by Redpants). May not be as seamless as factory integration, but it's an impressive retrofit. And as stated, I don't know if the 2016s actually had Apple CarPlay.
And I just want to reiterate that the book would be a huge help as far as informing you of the available specifications. For example, I think you'd probably want a car with the sport pack suspension.
For those of you that use BT - how well does it work inside such a loud car? Also, the "loud car" in this case is what I am looking for. Not rattly or tinny but engine/exhaust and likely some tire noise.
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BT for music or phone calls?
And the Vantage can be as loud or quiet as you want it... if you leave the exhaust fuse in, it's really quiet under 3k rpm... if you bypass the fuse, everything changes.
And the Vantage can be as loud or quiet as you want it... if you leave the exhaust fuse in, it's really quiet under 3k rpm... if you bypass the fuse, everything changes.
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Phone calls... I'm old school and still prefer CD's for music!
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The phone Bluetooth for music and phone calls works great in my 2016 GT.
I also have the B&O stereo, it rocks. I really don't miss Apple car play with the built in Nav in my car. That is way better than the system in my 2007 Vantage.
My 2016 will also read you a text message hand free.
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I also have the B&O stereo, it rocks. I really don't miss Apple car play with the built in Nav in my car. That is way better than the system in my 2007 Vantage.
My 2016 will also read you a text message hand free.
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My BT works very well, and like sonies 2010, the car isn't that loud, but I've never had trouble understanding what was being said and nobody ever asked me to repeat because they didn't hear.
For the first year it was fairly frustrating as I would have to resync my phone weekly, but they did a flash for my mirrors [which would randomly decide to move to full right/left view] and ever since my phone has stayed synced [and the mirrors have never moved since]. They can be buggie cars but sometimes a simple reflash of the software fixes everything.
For the first year it was fairly frustrating as I would have to resync my phone weekly, but they did a flash for my mirrors [which would randomly decide to move to full right/left view] and ever since my phone has stayed synced [and the mirrors have never moved since]. They can be buggie cars but sometimes a simple reflash of the software fixes everything.
