Anyone know this V8V?
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I'm in the market for a 06 or 07 V8V and am due to have a look at this one at the weekend. The dealer is very vague and evasive about whether the car has had past accident damage which is making me suspicious. It's a 100 mile round trip so if anyone knows the car it could save me a wasted journey. This will be a keeper, so I want a genuine car with the original factory paint.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2340553.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2340553.htm
You're looking to spend c.£45k and a 50 mile drive to look at a car is a problem? IMO, you've got to be prepared to drive far and wide to find the right car.
In addition, an accident damaged car repaired by an Aston-approved shop shouldn't be an automatic rejection. My first V8V was damaged (a deer ran into the offside front wing, writing off the wing, the airbox inside it, and the door skin). When I picked it up after the repair, the car was perfect, it was impossible to tell it had been damaged.
ETA: the car was taken back and sold on by the dealer when I changed to a roadster, so dealers do trade damaged/repaired cars.
In addition, an accident damaged car repaired by an Aston-approved shop shouldn't be an automatic rejection. My first V8V was damaged (a deer ran into the offside front wing, writing off the wing, the airbox inside it, and the door skin). When I picked it up after the repair, the car was perfect, it was impossible to tell it had been damaged.
ETA: the car was taken back and sold on by the dealer when I changed to a roadster, so dealers do trade damaged/repaired cars.
Edited by GlynMo on Thursday 6th January 09:14
It's irrelevant whether it's £45k or £4.5k, I don't want to waste half a Saturday if it's a car I'm not interested in. I owned a V8V for a year back in 2006 so don't need to travel 100 miles just to sit in one.
With regards to accident damage, I disagree that they are ever as good as original, hence why they don't command the same price. Water ingress into joins can become a problem after accidents and you'd not find out for many years. Also paints that have been applied at different times under different conditions may look OK initially but will probably age differently. I've owned plenty of 'genuine' second hand cars bought off dealers that don't fully match in colour. I can't understand why dealers have to rush off for a frontal respay because of a few stone chips, a few months down the line they will only be back again.
At the end of the day i want an original, unmolested example. With the number now in the classifeds at 3 or 4 years old I don't think this will be an impossible quest.
With regards to accident damage, I disagree that they are ever as good as original, hence why they don't command the same price. Water ingress into joins can become a problem after accidents and you'd not find out for many years. Also paints that have been applied at different times under different conditions may look OK initially but will probably age differently. I've owned plenty of 'genuine' second hand cars bought off dealers that don't fully match in colour. I can't understand why dealers have to rush off for a frontal respay because of a few stone chips, a few months down the line they will only be back again.
At the end of the day i want an original, unmolested example. With the number now in the classifeds at 3 or 4 years old I don't think this will be an impossible quest.
I guess you just think differently to most the rest of us.
I would drive 50 miles quite happily to remove a car from my list, it's not far and certainly wouldn't take me half a saturday. Whereas you will only drive 50 miles if you are confident the car is "the one".
I drove 350 miles once to "view" a car, ok so I ended up buying it, but nearly didn't.
I would drive 50 miles quite happily to remove a car from my list, it's not far and certainly wouldn't take me half a saturday. Whereas you will only drive 50 miles if you are confident the car is "the one".
I drove 350 miles once to "view" a car, ok so I ended up buying it, but nearly didn't.
mjk1 said:
I can't understand why dealers have to rush off for a frontal respay because of a few stone chips, a few months down the line they will only be back again.
At the end of the day i want an original, unmolested example.
Er...surely you're contradicting yourself there? :-pAt the end of the day i want an original, unmolested example.
Are you saying a car with stone chips is acceptable to you, or not?
Dealers will respray part/all of the car to improve presentation. No doubt if they hadn't done it and you'd driven the 100 mile round trip you'd be on here complaining to us that they wasted your time with a 'scruffy' car?
JJ
I was going to say that it sounds to me like you need to be looking at private ads for 1 owner vehicles. but there is as much risk they have touched up something or had something repaired as a dealer car I guess.
Ultimately these cars are few and far between (40 odd cars nationwide for sale via PH) so as far as I see it travel is pretty much a given if you want to find the right one I'm afraid.....
Ultimately these cars are few and far between (40 odd cars nationwide for sale via PH) so as far as I see it travel is pretty much a given if you want to find the right one I'm afraid.....
Guys, I'm only really interested in whether anyone knows this car but just for clarification. I don't mind a few stone chips and wouldn't class an otherwise clean and undamaged car as scruffy. Also I am prepared to drive to see cars it's just if I can cross it off my list because someone on here knows it's got some accident history then so much the better. It's a long shot I know.
mjk1 said:
Guys, I'm only really interested in whether anyone knows this car but just for clarification. I don't mind a few stone chips and wouldn't class an otherwise clean and undamaged car as scruffy. Also I am prepared to drive to see cars it's just if I can cross it off my list because someone on here knows it's got some accident history then so much the better. It's a long shot I know.
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