Daily drive......Aston or Maser??

[gra001]

Starting with a budget of circa £50K will see me in a 4.3 Vantage, 4.2 Maser GT, possibly a DB9. Don`t want manual or Porsche Tip`. So, as a daily drive??.......all views and recommendations welcome, thanks.

[Manks]

gra001 said:

Starting with a budget of circa £50K will see me in a 4.3 Vantage, 4.2 Maser GT, possibly a DB9. Don`t want manual or Porsche Tip`. So, as a daily drive??.......all views and recommendations welcome, thanks.

Range Rover?

[fwaggie]

VW Fox and a classy hooker every night for a year?

[alcovrugbyfan]

Aston all the way for me! Much prettier.

[Jw Vw]

If you can get a DB9 within budget that's what I would go for - stunning car.

[soad]

That's some choice. and decisions are never easy to make. personally I'd quite fancy a maser

[Eggman]

If you include your 1998 Mercedes C240 Elegance as a part exchange you could get this DB9

[gra001]

Eggman said:

If you include your 1998 Mercedes C240 Elegance as a part exchange you could get this DB9

Yep, point taken.......my old tow car isn`t worth too much!

[tigerkoi]

fwaggie said:

VW Fox and a classy hooker every night for a year?

Your maths is wrong.

[e12mat]

911 is an excellent daily, the gearbox is a bit nicer than the Aston and plus it will actually work on a cold wet frosty Monday morning.

[kambites]

e12mat said:

911 is an excellent daily, the gearbox is a bit nicer than the Aston and plus it will actually work on a cold wet frosty Monday morning.

Well yes, but he said he doesn't want one.

I'd probably go for the Aston out of those two, unless you want to be able to carry more than one other adult.

Edited by kambites on Sunday 13th February 18:25

[fwaggie]

tigerkoi said:

fwaggie said:

VW Fox and a classy hooker every night for a year?

Your maths is wrong.

<actually works it out>

Hmm, £10 a night.

Well, back in the '70, you know...

[2RPB]

DB9- great car but not for daily commuting just a bit to wide for average parking spaces, without getting it damaged , tried and failed got scratches.
to prove it - The Massa Gt masses of power keeping it straight hard work - that leaves just the Aston - friend has the Vantage 4.3 uses it every day has no problems, had from new 2006 with 85k on the clock

[McSam]

Eggman said:

If you include your 1998 Mercedes C240 Elegance as a part exchange you could get this DB9

Do this. I love the idea of a Maserati, but look at that beauty.. I just cannot see how you can justify not buying that!

If you absolutely must have something really easy to use, then you may downsize it to a Vantage. If you're in doubt, find someone with one of them and ask them to open the taps a little, the noise alone is enough..

[gra001]

2RPB said:

DB9- great car but not for daily commuting just a bit to wide for average parking spaces, without getting it damaged , tried and failed got scratches.
to prove it - The Massa Gt masses of power keeping it straight hard work - that leaves just the Aston - friend has the Vantage 4.3 uses it every day has no problems, had from new 2006 with 85k on the clock

Yep, size has become an issue in my search......it ruled the GTR out. At the other end of the scale, because it`s the daily car I`m also considering the SLK 350, I did say the other end of the scale!!

[Manks]

e12mat said:

911 is an excellent daily, the gearbox is a bit nicer than the Aston and plus it will actually work on a cold wet frosty Monday morning.

I would not want to drive a 911 every day. Too much like hard work. I love them, but not for daily use. I prefer something more armchair-like.

[induction]

Jag xkr

Edited by induction on Sunday 13th February 20:17

[anonymous-user]

Merc CL 500

[skeeterm5]

AM V8V is well within 50k budget and much nicer (imho) than DB9.

S

[Wills2]

kambites said:

e12mat said:

911 is an excellent daily, the gearbox is a bit nicer than the Aston and plus it will actually work on a cold wet frosty Monday morning.

Well yes, but he said he doesn't want one.

I'd probably go for the Aston out of those two, unless you want to be able to carry more than one other adult.

Edited by kambites on Sunday 13th February 18:25

He said he didn't what the Tiptronic (which I can understand) But 50k (ish) should put him in a PDK 911 and thats a different animal.

Worth testing all 3 IMHO.

I had a similiar decision when I got my 911 it was a choice of the 3, but as it was going to be a daily driver sense won out in the end. (Still want a GT though)

Edited by Wills2 on Sunday 13th February 21:15