Need urgent advice!! Price point

[AM_Vantage]

Need advice! Planning to buy a 2016 Aston Martin Vantage GT. 6 speed Manual with 50,000 miles in pristine condition for $47K USD. 1 owner. However, the car had an accident 7 years ago, repair cost - $43K. It’s not rebuilt, no structural damage.
Clean title and was fixed by an Aston Martin authorized dealer.

Is it overpriced or not? All opinions are welcome.

Adding photo for the color reference only.

[Astontony]

Just do the usual PPI before buying with emphasis on looking for evidence of a crash repair. If none found I would be content. I bought a ferrari 355gts years ago that had damage to lhrear guard and broken wheel and damaged disc. Repairs were done by a Ferrari repairer and it was as good as new. It had no effect on my resale years later.

[Buzzi77]

Sorry for the frankness... I speak for myself, I would never buy a car that has had major damage even for $5,000 let alone an Aston Martin vantage for $43,000!. I would always stay with the doubt that it has been repaired well, original parts . Then a car has to have a straight frame and so many other important things that a $43,000 accident doesn't guarantee you. My opinion. Good luck

[SergiyZ]

43,000 at Aston Martin prices could include damage to the hood corner, fender corner, bumper crack, grille scratch, headlight crack, replacement of everything and repainting. I wouldn't be so worried. A full repair estimate is needed.

Edited by SergiyZ on Tuesday 23 December 05:48

[Jay_Davis]

Buzzi77 said:

Sorry for the frankness... I speak for myself, I would never buy a car that has had major damage even for $5,000 let alone an Aston Martin vantage for $43,000!. I would always stay with the doubt that it has been repaired well, original parts . Then a car has to have a straight frame and so many other important things that a $43,000 accident doesn't guarantee you. My opinion. Good luck

$43k is nothing. I had a dog run into the side of my car and cracked the front quarter panel (yes, that really happened). The repair cost was $15k, and that was 15 years ago. Definitely no long term impact to that repair. So the big thing with an accident like this is having the detailed repair order and ideally pictures of what happened. If its obvious its just simple repairs, regardless of the cost, then its no big deal.

[Buzzi77]

Jay_Davis said:

Buzzi77 said:

Sorry for the frankness... I speak for myself, I would never buy a car that has had major damage even for $5,000 let alone an Aston Martin vantage for $43,000!. I would always stay with the doubt that it has been repaired well, original parts . Then a car has to have a straight frame and so many other important things that a $43,000 accident doesn't guarantee you. My opinion. Good luck

$43k is nothing. I had a dog run into the side of my car and cracked the front quarter panel (yes, that really happened). The repair cost was $15k, and that was 15 years ago. Definitely no long term impact to that repair. So the big thing with an accident like this is having the detailed repair order and ideally pictures of what happened. If its obvious its just simple repairs, regardless of the cost, then its no big deal.

I understand your thought and I'm very sorry for the dog I hope nothing was done .
I too have had damage repaired on other cars but like you I had done the damage. I knew what had happened
Different, for me, is to buy the car of my dreams with a previous major damage.
Consider that in my case aston martin vantage v8 2005 the price on the market with my Mileage is 45.000 / 65000.Consider that in my case aston martin vantage v8 2005 the price on the market with my Mileage is 45.000 / 65000. I prefer to spend euros

[Jay_Davis]

Octavarium said:

As an Aston owner and lover, and also a dog owner and lover, my first thought when reading this was 'how was the dog ?'

Dog was fine, just a bruised paw because that hit the wheel, which didn't give like the quarter panel did.

[SergiyZ]

Aston Martin is a very expensive car to repair and restore. I bought my DB11 from the US after an accident, and the cost of repairing it exceeded the purchase price. Thanks to its modular design, it was practically in new condition. Factory assembly and paint defects were corrected during the restoration. I also learned a lot about the car in the process. Astonmartinbits was very helpful with parts.

Edited by SergiyZ on Thursday 25th December 05:36

[SergiyZ]

[johnymac]

Did the purchase price and restoration cost make sense financially? or was it more expensive buying a good one to begin with.

[SergiyZ]

johnymac said:

Did the purchase price and restoration cost make sense financially? or was it more expensive buying a good one to begin with.

Let's just say it paid off financially, considering the car ended up looking like new. Besides a full paint job, the seat, steering wheel, and armrest were reupholstered, some nice wheels were purchased, the taillights were replaced with European ones, and a full service was done. If you're interested, here's a rough estimate for the restoration-
$33,200 - purchase, auction and delivery.
$32,890 - parts.
$10,100 - assembly workers and full paint job.
$3,700 - dealer (maintenance, computer diagnostics, wheel alignment, oil change, air conditioning, brake fluid, cooling), second key binding.
$5,650 - purchase of new wheels, summer and winter tires.
$3,200 - film application and tinting.
$16,700 - customs payments.
105520

The price of a similar whole car in my country is about $120,000, but with a worn seat, scratched paint, without 2 sets of new tires, and so on.

Edited by SergiyZ on Thursday 25th December 10:11

[EVR]

What a project! I salute your courage, you're very brave and I am happy that it worked out for you!

[SergiyZ]

EVR said:

What a project! I salute your courage, you're very brave and I am happy that it worked out for you!

Thanks