aston dbs v8 series 1

[zedast]

hi all

anybody know of any north west dealer who'd be interested in my way above average example of an aston dbs v8 series 1..??

part ex or to buy??

cheers

[AndrewW-G]

I'll give you £5 for it

[bertelli_1]

£6 and i'll even give you a lift to the train station after you drop it at my house.

[zedast]

double your offer??

but seriously....any ideas?

[a8hex]

Not North Western, but in the North East you've got Aston Workshop in Co. Durham.
I spoke to them a number of years back when I was Aston hunting. They've usually got an interesting stock. They've got a DBS Vantage at the moment and have recently sold DBS V8s.

[AndrewW-G]

zedast said:

double your offer??

but seriously....any ideas?

£20 and a case of Stella

Nick at Grundy Mac, Martin at School Garage (Buxton) or simply enter it into H&H's next sale.

Obvious solution is to take a few pics and put it in the clasifieds on here, although you will then have to deal with the general public :shudder:

[Carsie]

Zedast- surely you'd want to maximise the sale price for your car? By limiting yourself to specific dealers, in a specific area, you're hanging a banner out with a "need cash fast" sign? ( I don't mean to be disrespectful)

An Aston with excellent pedigree/province would attract a Global buyer if advertised and promoted correctly.

[zedast]

cheers for the tips guys

carsie...yes you're right....would be nice to acheive its max price...but v soon..

need a modern car for new job which is an extra 100 miles away!!

the ideal channels will take too long to acheive a result??

...so what i really need is an honest used car salesman......i think i just heard the whole of PH laugh !!

[AndrewW-G]

zedast said:

...so what i really need is an honest used car salesman......i think i just heard the whole of PH laugh !!

There are a few out there best to avoid dwarfs specialising in Rolls / Bentley from Wirral / Chester area

[wildoliver]

Contact Mark Mullen at Malton Specialist cars on 0844 7000 997, he's a friend and very straight. They are used to dealing with customers on the other side of the world so I'm sure you wouldn't present a difficulty and while they are mostly a Porsche dealer they do deal in other marques and if yours is as good as it sounds I suspect would be right up their street.

Tell him Olly sent you.

[Murph7355]

You could also try Dion at Elms Collection (.com). He does more Italian stuff typically I think, but is a good guy with lots of contacts.

The classic market's still a bit funny IMO, and "v.soon" in terms of needing to sell will typically mean take your pants down (or, as likely, no bids). Achieving a good price could take a while.

Why not buy yourself a 1k "modern". Plenty of kit around that would do the miles I reckon, and the cost of financing a grand would surely be more than made back by finding the *right* buyer rather than rushing...

Also, and I know I know nohing about you or your car, but be ultra realistic about its condition and what it might be worth. We pretty much all think our own example is top notch and should easily be worth the most we've seen others advertise at. Typically others will always see condition differently, and advertised prices are rarely achieved.

Good luck with the sale and the new job

[zedast]

first time on piston heads
overwhelmed with the all the help and tips.

havent actually tried selling the car yet....but have had offers through pistonheads as a result of my thread..which has been great..nice to know its a popular car.....but not the cars i want to part ex for at the moment...want to SAVE on petrol.. lol

think im going to take the advice and take my time selling(as dont really want to!)....and make friends with the train for now

cheers guys

happy NY

[williamp]

good choice. Oh, a DBS V8 is in this months classic car magazine, out in the shops now.

Any chance of a photo of your car?