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Had mine for 13 months now and It's still as sharp as a razor. The all round drivability still amazes me. Around town it's easy to drive and not lurchy or snatchy at lower speeds (like my old Cerbie).
Take to the local 'B' roads and it still outperforms a car of it's size, handling more like a sports car, keeping up with Porsches and Fezza's on local hoons.
It's only when you really take some speed into a corner that it reminds you it's a big GT. Then the awesome brakes come to asist you. The stopping abilty of the '9' is fantasic.
Motorways and Autobahns are where the DB9 are most at home. Crunching whole Countries in hours without a care. Cruising to the South of France, ALA Clarkeson or down to Italy across the Alps (ala Shadytree) is a doddle. Even through Alpine passes with tight haipin bends the '9's agility belittles it's size, performing admirably, even getting the back out on a few occasions
(Just ask any '04 Horners)
Every time I get into the car the leather still smells fresh and the feeling of pressing that crystal starter button is still a bit special.
Yoo NEVER get bored hearing the V12 and when you crank it up and take it above 4000rpm, the valves open and the music starts. You will find that at every tunnel you will lower the windows, turn the stereo off and drop a cog
The comfort over long distances is excellent, but the rear seats are pretty much useless, unless you have a child around the age of 5-9. I found them only really useful for stowing soft baggage.
Over 14,000 miles the car hasn't put a foot wrong, and feels as tight now as it did early on. The engines are bench tested for 2000 miles before going into the car, so you only really have to run in the tyres and brakes.
I can't really think of many negatives with the '9'. The Linn stereo is a bit overated and you can't really crank it right up, but that's only a minor gripe. Just remember this is still a big GT (which is why I'm going for a more nimble V8)
Aston Martin after sales service and customer care is second to none. They really do make you feel special and really do look after their customers.
Go for it!!
Shady
incidently I do know where you can by a mint example with onbe careful owner
Take to the local 'B' roads and it still outperforms a car of it's size, handling more like a sports car, keeping up with Porsches and Fezza's on local hoons.
It's only when you really take some speed into a corner that it reminds you it's a big GT. Then the awesome brakes come to asist you. The stopping abilty of the '9' is fantasic.
Motorways and Autobahns are where the DB9 are most at home. Crunching whole Countries in hours without a care. Cruising to the South of France, ALA Clarkeson or down to Italy across the Alps (ala Shadytree) is a doddle. Even through Alpine passes with tight haipin bends the '9's agility belittles it's size, performing admirably, even getting the back out on a few occasions
(Just ask any '04 Horners) Every time I get into the car the leather still smells fresh and the feeling of pressing that crystal starter button is still a bit special.
Yoo NEVER get bored hearing the V12 and when you crank it up and take it above 4000rpm, the valves open and the music starts. You will find that at every tunnel you will lower the windows, turn the stereo off and drop a cog
The comfort over long distances is excellent, but the rear seats are pretty much useless, unless you have a child around the age of 5-9. I found them only really useful for stowing soft baggage.
Over 14,000 miles the car hasn't put a foot wrong, and feels as tight now as it did early on. The engines are bench tested for 2000 miles before going into the car, so you only really have to run in the tyres and brakes.
I can't really think of many negatives with the '9'. The Linn stereo is a bit overated and you can't really crank it right up, but that's only a minor gripe. Just remember this is still a big GT (which is why I'm going for a more nimble V8)
Aston Martin after sales service and customer care is second to none. They really do make you feel special and really do look after their customers.
Go for it!!
Shady
incidently I do know where you can by a mint example with onbe careful owner
stuart, it yours i'm after to be fair. i'm just in the process of doing due diligence before wasting anyones time.
i need to know what the niggles are. looking at the amoc forum the stero does seem to be a recurring problem - cutting out or something. also heard that electric wondows are problematic.
my main thought though is what after sales service is like. if i buy privately, i assume the car is under a manufacturers warranty, so this will still be honoured. will i however be able to take it into eg lancaster reading and still get the same treatment i would had i bought the car from them?
also could i fit a child seat in the back? (have a 18 month old).
then we can discuss price stuart, but clearly offline!
i need to know what the niggles are. looking at the amoc forum the stero does seem to be a recurring problem - cutting out or something. also heard that electric wondows are problematic.
my main thought though is what after sales service is like. if i buy privately, i assume the car is under a manufacturers warranty, so this will still be honoured. will i however be able to take it into eg lancaster reading and still get the same treatment i would had i bought the car from them?
also could i fit a child seat in the back? (have a 18 month old).
then we can discuss price stuart, but clearly offline!
911nutter said:
stuart, it yours i'm after to be fair. i'm just in the process of doing due diligence before wasting anyones time.
i need to know what the niggles are. looking at the amoc forum the stero does seem to be a recurring problem - cutting out or something. also heard that electric wondows are problematic.
my main thought though is what after sales service is like. if i buy privately, i assume the car is under a manufacturers warranty, so this will still be honoured. will i however be able to take it into eg lancaster reading and still get the same treatment i would had i bought the car from them?
also could i fit a child seat in the back? (have a 18 month old).
then we can discuss price stuart, but clearly offline!
The stereo has an issue of not releasing CD's. This was caused by the loader slightly dropping in alignment. The dealerships knows about this and have implemented fixes.
No problems with my windows, not aware of that issue.
Mind you, I do have them down alot
After sales service
Warrenty is still good and my dealer is Lancasters in Sevenoaks, so Reading is it's sister dealership.
Expect most services cost around £700, mainly in labour costs. Forget getting tyres from AM, they charge the earth. I have a local guy who got me the same Bridgestones for £220 compared to £450 or even £750 in Geneva
, again ask the honners 
uch: Any other questions, just email me at work
Incidently when I had my 10k miles service my technician said this was the fastest DB9 he's ever driven. Probably due to my long continental runs and high crusing speed usage. After all that's what it's built for !
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