DB9 Vs Vantage

[yeti]

Anyone else rather enjoying the rivalry that seems to be developing between us?

GT Vs Sports

Old Vs Young

Real Aston Vs Baby

V12 Vs V8

Luxury sports tourer Vs Essex trackday car

Et cetera

Two great cars with passionate sets of owners. Bring on Hever castle!

[tonyhall38]

the way things are going will need to hire boxing ring..!!!so we can all have a straightner..!!!

[George H]

But the V8V owners would out number the DB9 owners by 10 to 1!

[krisdelta]

Is this why 007 had rockets and the like in his DBS?

No, not those evil world dominating despots... pesky V8V owners

[michael gould]

krisdelta said:

Is this why 007 had rockets and the like in his DBS?

No, not those evil world dominating despots... pesky V8V owners

No Kris........that is because it was a film and James Bond isn't real !

[Murph7355]

yeti said:

Anyone else rather enjoying the rivalry that seems to be developing ...

Definitely the most pleasant PH section this one. And we even get to help the aged!

[yeti]

George H said:

But the V8V owners would out number the DB9 owners by 10 to 1!

It'll be like Thermopylae all over again...

A DB9 owner is worth 10 Vantage owners

[JohnG1]

yeti said:

Anyone else rather enjoying the rivalry that seems to be developing between us?

GT Vs Sports

Old Vs Young

Real Aston Vs Baby

V12 Vs V8

Luxury sports tourer Vs Essex trackday car

Et cetera

Two great cars with passionate sets of owners. Bring on Hever castle!

Ah, but the true way to knowledge is surely thesis, antithesis, synthesis no?

So some of us wanted a V12 in a V8 bodyshell and lo, it was so, and the word was fabulous...

[Jockman]

JohnG1 said:

Ah, but the true way to knowledge is surely thesis, antithesis, synthesis no?

So some of us wanted a V12 in a V8 bodyshell and lo, it was so, and the word was fabulous...

Yup - as a DB9 owner, I aspire to a V12V.

I think the healthy rivalry is with the V8V

[hartley]

What about the real drivers ( manual transmission ) vs the lounge lizards ( autos )?
V12Vantage although somewhat 'common looking ' join the DB9 team because of both the engine and the transmission

Being a mean Scotsman I will be delighted to buy a glass of champagne at le Mans next weekend to the creme de la creme of Aston drivers - anybody with a manual DB9 Volante

[George H]

What's with all the hatred of the TT2 gearbox?

Maybe we need another thread 'Manual v Auto' but I feel I would be vastly out voted fighting the TT2's corner.

Also Jockman is right again, the rivalry seems to be with the V8V not V12V (they're almost as good as a DB9).

[Neil1300R]

yeti said:

It'll be like Thermopylae all over again...

Only on the Aston forums would a discussion be referenced to Ancient Greek tragedy.
The DB9 interior - too much wood, prefer the pared down interior of the vantage - could almost call it Spartan...

[yeti]

hartley said:

What about the real drivers ( manual transmission ) vs the lounge lizards ( autos )?
V12Vantage although somewhat 'common looking ' join the DB9 team because of both the engine and the transmission

Being a mean Scotsman I will be delighted to buy a glass of champagne at le Mans next weekend to the creme de la creme of Aston drivers - anybody with a manual DB9 Volante

Then you sir, shall be buying me that drink! I agree, the best of all worlds. Would I change for a DBS manual Volante... Of course I would, I'm not stupid

V12V... needs to be V12VR and I could consider one.

Manual Vs Auto debate. Not sure whether the DB9 was conceptualised as an auto but 99% of them are auto so they must be good! I never even considered one though. DB9 TT and Vantage manual makes sense, though swapping the manual into the DB9 seems to work. Does a manual Vantage make any sense?

Why no manual in the Virage either?

[hartley]

OK - champagne's on me Saturday night if you are around ( just e mail which bar and when ).I'll get a bottle in case there are any DBS Volante drivers around