Am V8 Vantage

[heaven]

Hi All

Im looking to Buy a used one in the Next few weeks !
Probably a 2006 with about 14k miles

Anything i should look out for

Are they prety reliable ???

Thanks

Edited by heaven on Wednesday 5th November 15:08

[bogie]

not really, at that age/mileage they are still under warranty, and it should have had 2 services .thats about it really...just buy it and enjoy it like any other car...thats the beauty of it ...in my opinion it really is the first Aston you can just use everyday

[XXXAngelXXX]

<---- every day driver - no problems - big grin

[wilftwo]

Am in similar situation (no hijack intended)

Looking to replace my daily driver e46 M3 in which I cover about 18k per annum and which performs faultlessly with a year old Vantage. Having a car which is 100% reliable is important. Saying that I spend about £3k per annum on servicing, tyres and warranty for the BM.

Havent driven the Vantage yet which I guess will be the clincher. Will it blow my mind?

What typical MPG can you expect in mixed driving?

[AMD1]

I'm averaging 17mpg combined and that's driving the car so it's exhausts are sore and my smile is bigger than of my face. On a 2 hour trip on the motorway, I can get about 21mpg.

Owning and driving a V8V is the best experience ever and a great time to buy. It's difficult to compare a V8V and an M3, the Aston is 'hand-built automotive machine art' the M3 is a 'mass-produced drivers car'. If you want to feel top of the world, with a seismic pulse rate, a throat as dry as a nuns bits, then get the Aston and enjoy.

Edited by AMD1 on Thursday 6th November 13:20

[willisit]

AMD1 said:

I'm averaging 17mpg combined and that's driving the car so it's exhausts are sore and my smile is bigger than of my face. On a 2 hour trip on the motorway, I can get about 21mpg.

Owning and driving a V8V is the best experience ever and a great time to buy. It's difficult to compare a V8V and an M3, the Aston is 'hand-built automotive machine art' the M3 is a 'mass-produced drivers car'. If you want to feel top of the world, with a seismic pulse rate, a throat as dry as a nuns bits, then get the Aston and enjoy.

Edited by AMD1 on Thursday 6th November 13:20

See, your comment is just plain mean to those of us that are still a year away from an AMV8 :P

[heaven]

How about Clutches ?
What sort of life with Normal driving do you get
I Heard somwhere they Eat clutches every 3-4k is this true ???
Or Just Rubish by some journalist..

[tuscaneer]

16000 miles so far from new and not a hint of wear.depends how you drive it.i suppose if you are constantly changing down at high revs unecessarily to impress bystanders then you are asking a bit much of your clutch.i can fuk a clutch in any car in a couple of thousand miles with little effort

[AMD1]

25k to date on an '07 plate. Same clutch as the one it was born with.

[bogie]

33K miles here, trackdays, touring 3000 miles in 10 days, general use ...same clutch it came with ...must be something at fault for it to be eating them at 4K miles !

other than that, no more expensive to run than a mid-high end German car

watch out which delear you use - as with others, labour can vary between £90 to 150 per hour ...so on a 5.5 hour 10K service makes a lot of difference. Mine is usually about £700

consumables like pads and tyres have been the same as most other cars too - £200 for a pad set fitted and £200 a corner (ish) on tyres

fuel - I avg 18mpg, and can get 25mpg on the motorway

Mine is just a daily driver car I go everywhere in ...a very nice one at that

[Stigmundfreud]

willisit said:

AMD1 said:

I'm averaging 17mpg combined and that's driving the car so it's exhausts are sore and my smile is bigger than of my face. On a 2 hour trip on the motorway, I can get about 21mpg.

Owning and driving a V8V is the best experience ever and a great time to buy. It's difficult to compare a V8V and an M3, the Aston is 'hand-built automotive machine art' the M3 is a 'mass-produced drivers car'. If you want to feel top of the world, with a seismic pulse rate, a throat as dry as a nuns bits, then get the Aston and enjoy.

Edited by AMD1 on Thursday 6th November 13:20

See, your comment is just plain mean to those of us that are still a year away from an AMV8 :P

fancy meeting you here!

[willisit]

Stigmundfreud said:

willisit said:

AMD1 said:

I'm averaging 17mpg combined and that's driving the car so it's exhausts are sore and my smile is bigger than of my face. On a 2 hour trip on the motorway, I can get about 21mpg.

Owning and driving a V8V is the best experience ever and a great time to buy. It's difficult to compare a V8V and an M3, the Aston is 'hand-built automotive machine art' the M3 is a 'mass-produced drivers car'. If you want to feel top of the world, with a seismic pulse rate, a throat as dry as a nuns bits, then get the Aston and enjoy.

Edited by AMD1 on Thursday 6th November 13:20

See, your comment is just plain mean to those of us that are still a year away from an AMV8 :P

fancy meeting you here!

More of a lurker but I'm getting braver now..

Think I might get an early 4.3 in a year or so - think I can afford it all and as a toy it'll be babied anyway. Although that does mean the Monaro has to go

[Stigmundfreud]

same here, sold the jag this weekend and was going to look at chopping the ro in next year (currently in storage) but the 39k one up here, if I can get teh cost to change to about 25k I am going for it

[willisit]

If you do, I want to know about it - your experiences will be very helpful!

Mine's worth around £18k I think - maybe a smidge more given the low mileage and good spec... and it's black!

Still need a few more months though....

[Stigmundfreud]

wonder what I'd get on a trde in, prob be good to get 11k on an 05 5.7 despite teh spec... tbh I think this little v8 is going to pass me by for now as I would rather save a few pennies = smaller loan.