db7 vantage any ideas on this car

[tuscrv8]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

seen this advertised in auto trader looks nice low miles and manual.
but not sure steering wheel would have to go and is it a touchtronic one, also body converstion to gt ?

[wokkadriver]

Crikey, the interior is a bit of a car crash! I'm sure the owner likes it, but it isn't really my cup of tea - I think blue is a very difficult colour to get right for an interior, especially contrasted with the ally dash and cream headlining. Yes, the steering wheel does look a little odd, although they did do split colour ones - the buttons certainly look like a touchtronic, which is a bit peculiar on a manual car. It may well be horn buttons, though, if it is a later add-on. Astons have always been very sensitive to colour and spec, 'traditional' colours and combinations tend to do a lot better, and as such hold a premium over slightly more - ahem - exotic blends!

[williamp]

I'm SURE that is a Touchtronic wheel, which is very odda sits not needed in a manuel. Unless he wanted the buttons for something else (radio change??)

You can get differnt steering wheels though, so if there is a good reason why one has ben fitted, you can change.

[ChrisDB7]

That looks very cheap to me.

Do you reckon the GT bodykit knocks it's value down?

[burntout]

At that price its a lot of car for the money.... The interior would put me off though!!!!

Not a fan of the DB7 its the only aston that has never made me want one!

They look too much like a jag! No offence intended to owners.......

[yeti]

burntout said:

They look too much like a jag! No offence intended to owners.......

The current XK8 and DB9 look virtually identical. It's the sincerest form of flattery after all...

It is a TouchTronic wheel with a manual box - I would imagine the guy picked up the wheel on eBay and had it trimmed to his spec, he may have had the buttons converted to horn, but I doubt it. They'll just sit there looking rather odd!

GT 'bodykit' is 2 vents in the bonnet and a bootlid flip. The real changes were in the suspension, a few extra horses and the active exhaust. However a standard Vantage manual drives very well anyway and 22k is a lot of car for the money. The interior could be changed to something much nicer quite chepaly by Chiltern who could recolour that aluminium trim or replace with wood or something more appropriate... I am not sure what though. A new wheel without TT buttons is a couple of hundred quid on eBay.

In short... Nice car with a few small changes, I like it!

[michael gould]

Get it bought

[yeti]

michael gould said:

Get it bought

Thats the spirit