06/07 4.3 vantage or 02 Vanquish?
Discussion
I think my midlife crisis may be starting a little early!
I'm thinking of a 2006/07 vantage 4.3, up to mid £40's, but the vanquish seems crazy value at around the same money.
I would be looking to use either as a daily(ish) drive.
Would the Vanquish be financial suicide, or are they easy to live with?
I'm in the Channel islands, so while i can get a drive in the Vantage, test driving a Vanquish may be a little difficult.
Any help/pointers very welcome indeed.
I'm thinking of a 2006/07 vantage 4.3, up to mid £40's, but the vanquish seems crazy value at around the same money.
I would be looking to use either as a daily(ish) drive.
Would the Vanquish be financial suicide, or are they easy to live with?
I'm in the Channel islands, so while i can get a drive in the Vantage, test driving a Vanquish may be a little difficult.
Any help/pointers very welcome indeed.
EpsomJames said:
Having had a chat with Rick at DMS, some of the costs of parts on the Vanquish are super scary.
V8 Vantage 4.3 can be run on £500 - £1.5K maintenance a year (that's what I'm finding anyway), but put some money away in case something bigger goes like the clutch. Mine is a daily drive.
I agree. £500 to £1500 PA sounds about right. Depending how many replacement wheel centres you have to buy of course!V8 Vantage 4.3 can be run on £500 - £1.5K maintenance a year (that's what I'm finding anyway), but put some money away in case something bigger goes like the clutch. Mine is a daily drive.
Vanq - handbuilt supercar, built by men in Newport Pagnell. First implementation in a road car of a manual flappy paddle box.
Vantage 4.3 06 - built in Gaydon to FoMoCo standards.
If the 4.3 has been driven a reasonable number of miles it will work ok. But a Vanq can go wrong in deeply unpleasant ways.
For a weekend only fun car if you have deep pockets go Vanquish S (not the original). But for a daily driver it has to be 4.3 V8 all the way.
Vantage 4.3 06 - built in Gaydon to FoMoCo standards.
If the 4.3 has been driven a reasonable number of miles it will work ok. But a Vanq can go wrong in deeply unpleasant ways.
For a weekend only fun car if you have deep pockets go Vanquish S (not the original). But for a daily driver it has to be 4.3 V8 all the way.
JohnG1 said:
Vanq - handbuilt supercar, built by men in Newport Pagnell. First implementation in a road car of a manual flappy paddle box.
Vantage 4.3 06 - built in Gaydon to FoMoCo standards.
If the 4.3 has been driven a reasonable number of miles it will work ok. But a Vanq can go wrong in deeply unpleasant ways.
For a weekend only fun car if you have deep pockets go Vanquish S (not the original). But for a daily driver it has to be 4.3 V8 all the way.
think he may have a problem getting hold of a Vanquish S for his budget of mid 45k......if you see any let me know Vantage 4.3 06 - built in Gaydon to FoMoCo standards.
If the 4.3 has been driven a reasonable number of miles it will work ok. But a Vanq can go wrong in deeply unpleasant ways.
For a weekend only fun car if you have deep pockets go Vanquish S (not the original). But for a daily driver it has to be 4.3 V8 all the way.
It was this one that got me thinking of a vanquish:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2972670.htm
10K PA running costs are a concern though!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2972670.htm
10K PA running costs are a concern though!
JohnG1 said:
michael gould said:
think he may have a problem getting hold of a Vanquish S for his budget of mid 45k......if you see any let me know
I know that - hence why I say clearly "not the original". Do keep up!!darreni said:
It was this one that got me thinking of a vanquish:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2972670.htm
10K PA running costs are a concern though!
THE CAR HAS JUST BEEN FITTED WITH A NEW GEARBOX TO VANQUISH 'S' SPECIFICATION & A NEW CLUTCH AT JCT600 ASTON MARTIN, RECENT VANQUISH 'S' BRAKE DISK & PAD UPGRADE & NEW TYRES.http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2972670.htm
10K PA running costs are a concern though!
That little lot must have come to half the asking price of the car at the very least.
It does looks gorgeous though
Jockman said:
What a foul interior in that car. It looks like 2 people have bled to death in there.
What the hell were they thinking ??
No point trying to hide behind a French slang word either, albeit for a formidable wine region
I like it, not too different to the imola red leather in my M3 cab.What the hell were they thinking ??
No point trying to hide behind a French slang word either, albeit for a formidable wine region
Vantage does seem the way to go though. As has been mentioned, mid 40's will get a decent main dealer car with warranty.
But the vanquish, Mmmmmmmmmm.........
Jockman said:
What a foul interior in that car. It looks like 2 people have bled to death in there.
What the hell were they thinking ??
No point trying to hide behind a French slang word either, albeit for a formidable wine region
I had full claret hide in my DB7, it is extremely hard to photgraph accurately. It's actually a very dark red, would traditionally be called Oxblood and is rather classicially British. I would imagine it looks superb in the flesh as it were...What the hell were they thinking ??
No point trying to hide behind a French slang word either, albeit for a formidable wine region
yeti said:
I had full claret hide in my DB7, it is extremely hard to photgraph accurately. It's actually a very dark red, would traditionally be called Oxblood and is rather classicially British. I would imagine it looks superb in the flesh as it were...
That colour also has the advantage of masking any spills during enthusiastic cornering. That Lafite is a b
h to get out of the cream hide and those cup holders really are useless with stemmed glasses.Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff