DB7 VANTAGE SUSPENSION
Discussion
My recently purchased DB7, with 50k miles runs great but tends to emit a knock when changing from 2nd to 3rd.. its fine from then on... is this likely to mean suspension problems.. Trailing arm bushes were done at about 40k... or is it me not easing up the clutch pedal properly... I've been warned of potential problems with rear suspension.
Hi
I think the problem was me... Getting used to the clutch and trying to ease all that power into the back wheels was the problem... i now just get on with it and relax.. Hardly ever hear it... However....it seems that the Diff can be vulnerable due to so much power going into a relatively dated and under rated design ???.. my car has 50k on the clock and i'd be gutted to think that such a fundamental part of the transmission could fail so early...especially with a full service history !!
I think the problem was me... Getting used to the clutch and trying to ease all that power into the back wheels was the problem... i now just get on with it and relax.. Hardly ever hear it... However....it seems that the Diff can be vulnerable due to so much power going into a relatively dated and under rated design ???.. my car has 50k on the clock and i'd be gutted to think that such a fundamental part of the transmission could fail so early...especially with a full service history !!
Talking of dealer stamps, just how much faith, do you think, can be put in these ?
For example, if am owner had missed any services, then he would have no dealer stamp nor invoice for it. He changes his Aston for another from a dealer, and in doing so thus p/x's his older car for its replacement. The purchasing dealer has seen the missing service stamp(s) and therefore offers a lower price for the p/x, but when it later appears on his forecourt for sale it will miraculously have had ALL of its blank service stamp spaces filled. How easy it that!!! And what a big difference it makes to the margin secured by the dealer !!
For example, if am owner had missed any services, then he would have no dealer stamp nor invoice for it. He changes his Aston for another from a dealer, and in doing so thus p/x's his older car for its replacement. The purchasing dealer has seen the missing service stamp(s) and therefore offers a lower price for the p/x, but when it later appears on his forecourt for sale it will miraculously have had ALL of its blank service stamp spaces filled. How easy it that!!! And what a big difference it makes to the margin secured by the dealer !!
it would p**s me off to think that with all the emphasis that is placed in buying an Aston Martin with 'full history' it could be open to this sort of scam... of course it is possible that a dealer could do a job on the history .... however it might bite them in the bum if the purchaser pays for the full Aston multipoint inspection certificate and something shows up fairly quickly.. a bit of a gamble I'd say.
Its easy to avoid this problem.
Ignore the service book. Ask for copies of all the receipts for work done. Any proper aston owner will have a file of every receipt for work done (some even do every petrol receipt, which is a bit OTT!). A stampted book for a service tells you nothing -- doesnt tell you what other work was done at the same time. And doesnt tell you about work done between services.
View the service book as a pure fiction, ignore it, and only look for photocopies of service invoices. *That* is a service history, a service book is not.
Ignore the service book. Ask for copies of all the receipts for work done. Any proper aston owner will have a file of every receipt for work done (some even do every petrol receipt, which is a bit OTT!). A stampted book for a service tells you nothing -- doesnt tell you what other work was done at the same time. And doesnt tell you about work done between services.
View the service book as a pure fiction, ignore it, and only look for photocopies of service invoices. *That* is a service history, a service book is not.
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