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  Nov. 11, 2010 2:22 p.m. Andy Reid Auction Editor

  So I was at the Aston Martin dealer today for a service and noticed that they had taken a car in trade towards a DB9 that I liked more than my DB7.

  It was black with parchment and black interior and a 5 speed with 39000 miles. In fact it was another DB7.

  So what does everybody think. They are appraising my car and I have basically decided to trade it if they can make the difference in price between teh two cars somewhere around $4,000. For that I get a car with a 5 speed, they actually have better luck with the automatic cars, and one in a bit better shape with less miles.

  Chime in.

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  Nov. 11, 2010 2:30 p.m. bravenrace Dork

  More details and Pics please.

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  Nov. 11, 2010 2:39 p.m. Tom Heath Webmaster

  I'm all for making that trade.
  

  Lower mileage, 5-speed, more desirable (to me) interior color, better overall condition, etc...

  In another 10 years, the gap will only widen as far as which one I would pick. Do it!

  No wait...on second though, sell it outright and buy the Bauer Targa 2002 from my other post.

  I tried drag racing, but kept blowing the apex for turn 2... Xbox Live gamertag— GRM Tom

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  Nov. 11, 2010 3:08 p.m. alfadriver SuperDork

  Well, I'll be perfectly honest here- I'd go with the DB9.

  Why? My friends did the development.

  Maybe a not solid reason, but it's a reason.

  Yes, I may have worked on the DB7, it was not nearly the involvement my co-workers had with the DB9- so IMHO, it was a much better developed car.

  Either way, you have an Aston Martin. Win-win!

  E-

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  Nov. 11, 2010 3:22 p.m. racerdave600 HalfDork

  I tend to favor the DB9 over the 7, but I've never driven either one, so my opinion is simply looks.

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  Nov. 11, 2010 3:34 p.m. Joe Gearin Associate Publisher

  Three pedals is better than two! If the black car is right, I'd go for it!

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  Nov. 11, 2010 3:44 p.m. JFX001 SuperDork

  Joe Gearin wrote: Three pedals is better than two! If the black car is right, I'd go for it!

  I approve of this message.

  Easy like Sunday Morning.

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  Nov. 11, 2010 5:16 p.m. André Rousseau HalfDork

  4K eh.

  If you've got the cash in hand. Rock en roll.

  1968 Triumph GT6 Mk1

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  Nov. 11, 2010 6:37 p.m. BoxheadTim Dork

  Andy, I guess the first question is which direction the $4k would be flowing in...

  Given the amount of work you've had done on your DB7, what's the condition of the same critical items on the black DB7? I would think you probably wouldn't want a repeat performance of the various issues you've had with your DB7, unless they were priced in in the first place.

  Sanity is vastly overrated.

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  Nov. 12, 2010 5:20 a.m. André Rousseau HalfDork

  Oh and do you have a black suit?

  

  Ah hell sell the thing and get a DB4!

  

  1968 Triumph GT6 Mk1

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  Nov. 12, 2010 9:42 a.m. Andy Reid Auction Editor

  They decided they want 7 grand and that did not make sense. My tech at the dealer thinks mine has been treated better mechanically as well so I am sticking with mine. The also said it was much dried underneath. :)

  I do have a black suit and need to do a pic like that.

  What I did instead was to source and buy all the extra parts I needed to bring mine fully up to spec. I drove it this morning on a diet coke run and I love it!!!

  If I could afford the DB9 I would buy one today.

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  Nov. 12, 2010 9:56 a.m. rconlon HalfDork

  Andy: Good to walk away. I suspect you would have ended with a car in overall poorer condition. Yours is at least partially sorted and likely better than that. I also thought that if this "deal" came my way, the dealer would want more than I could stomach. A used car salesman by any other name is still just a used car salesman. Cheers Ron

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  Nov. 12, 2010 9:29 p.m. tuna55 Dork

  alfadriver wrote: Either way, you have an Aston Martin. Win-win! E-

  Yes sir.

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  Nov. 16, 2010 5:37 p.m. Andy Reid Auction Editor

  I love the car. We are now making it an online project car. It has a few needs and we are going to attend to them.

  First will be fitting the winter driving wheels and some new Bridgestone Blizzak tires and see how this works.

  I am going to cover how to own one of these cheaply, places to find parts, how to do stuff yourself and such. It should be fun.

  I will post pics of the tires and wheels as I get them done. Look for a online project car posting for it later this week.

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  Nov. 17, 2010 8:22 a.m. alfadriver SuperDork

  Andy Reid wrote: I love the car. We are now making it an online project car. It has a few needs and we are going to attend to them. First will be fitting the winter driving wheels and some new Bridgestone Blizzak tires and see how this works. I am going to cover how to own one of these cheaply, places to find parts, how to do stuff yourself and such. It should be fun. I will post pics of the tires and wheels as I get them done. Look for a online project car posting for it later this week.

  For those of you who think it may be horrible to take a DB7 out on winter streets, and that it should be preserved....

  I can assure you that AML actually sold a winter package for the DB7- it was a unique (narrower) set of wheels, and I can't recall the specific tire that was made for it. But the winter package does exist, and AML took a lot of pride that their car was a 12 month car, anywhere, when we heard reports that vipers would not start below 0F.

  So have fun, Andy- outside of the confusing HVAC, it's a great winter car.

  Eric

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  Nov. 18, 2010 6:40 p.m. Andy Reid Auction Editor

  Thanks Eric and I actually have that winter package with the car. The longer I own it the neater it is. The only thing I could even think of replacing it with would be a nice series 1 or 2 E-Type 2+2, but not soon. Not at all soon.

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