Chris Wilson Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Whilst people bemoan rising insurance quotes for their beloved cars, spare a thought for the poor sap who is selling his Aston Martin V12. After just over a year and a mere 1,650 miles (hell, it's not even run in and not far off what would have been considered delivery mileage of old...) he faces a £50,000 depreciation. The joy of ownership of this overweight, over complicated piece of British motoring extravaganza must have been somewhat curtailed by this. I can't see him raising his glass to his shrewd investment talents http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2061288.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Not good for him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Wow that is shocking!! If it keeps depreciating like that maybe I'll be able to afford one soon (if it goes down to 50p) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Another couple of years at that rate and I'm definitely buying one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Ouch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraHuman Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Seems to be the trend on high end car makes these days. Good for moi, sad for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnanshah247 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 if he can afford that i dont think he really would give a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Aston Martins are the new Supras. Can you get bodykits for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 if he can afford that i dont think he really would give a hoot! Agreed! I've seen driveways up here with 500-600k worth of cars...most of which just sit there posing! Some people have far too much cash! I'm just jealous! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Must be good to be able to afford a loss of more than what most people can afford to buy with. Strange that the person is selling though. I wouldn't have thought buying a car like that and then selling a year later would be very clever, possibly forced though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Agreed! I've seen driveways up here with 500-600k worth of cars...most of which just sit there posing! Some people have far too much cash! I'm just jealous! Lol Yeah there's a V8 Vantage that's always on a drive round the corner from me. It's always there and really dirty. Whenever I see it I get the urge to wash it and take it for a spin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 The owneer is probably shitting money anyway..!! Works out at over £30 a mile before you think about fuel and insurance etc. Wonderful. I'll pick a V8 Vantage when the depreciation stops...!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Do you ever work on AM's Chris? What's the build quality like these days? I use to help out at an AM/Bentley/Rolls specialists on my holidays from college, I remember back then the price of replacement AM parts was silly money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 The owneer is probably shitting money anyway..!! Works out at over £30 a mile before you think about fuel and insurance etc. Wonderful. I'll pick a V8 Vantage when the depreciation stops...!! H. Come to mine and we can nick the one off the drive* round the corner, they probably won't notice anyway *joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Come to mine and we can nick the one off the drive round the corner, they probably won't notice anyway I'd rather buy my own and not go to jail thanks..!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I'd rather buy my own and not go to jail thanks..!! H. Wuss.. I do see it as a waste of money though because I've seriously only not seen it there a couple of times and I drive past there every few days and they've had it about 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Come to mine and we can nick the one off the drive round the corner, they probably won't notice anyway All car thieves should be shot on sight, scum of the earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 All car thieves should be shot on sight, scum of the earth Totally agree. I'll add a disclaimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Totally agree. I'll add a disclaimer. Whenever I watch the police pursuit programs and they show a helicopter following a stolen car, I think why not just have a police sniper in there take out the driver, then let the ground units take out his mates, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Whenever I watch the police pursuit programs and they show a helicopter following a stolen car, I think why not just have a police sniper in there take out the driver, then let the ground units take out his mates, job done. Yeah exactly. If you steal a car and are caught it should be automatic castration. If you're not caught then karma should cause you to lose a ball in the hinges of a door or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Yeah exactly. If you steal a car and are caught it should be automatic castration. If you're not caught then karma should cause you to lose a ball in the hinges of a door or something. Ouch!! Agreed though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 When Aston Martins were totally independent they were like most low production cars, pretty dire, and most things were "adjusted" by hand on the production line, making body repairs, or even a screen change, the stuff of nightmares. the Tadek Marek straight six was a good engine, very Jaguar like. The early V8 was a jewel, and very powerful with almost 2JZ reserves of strength. Dude will know David Martin of Austec, he has done a lot of development of both the straight six engines and the various iterations of the early V8 units, which I think are as much a gem as the Toyota 2JZ engines. The DB5 my mother had was OK, quite fast in its day (1965) but by the early seventies it was nothing special, performance wise, she just liked the shape and the colour, which was about as far as her criteria for buying a car went No idea what current ones are like, but I distrust any low volume car, if people are totally honest they are all quirky, with things that need further refinement, development or simply totally re thinking. Whether you call these things faults or character usually depends if you actually have one, or have just sold one for a big loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Wuss.. I do see it as a waste of money though because I've seriously only not seen it there a couple of times and I drive past there every few days and they've had it about 2 years. Are you sure it's not someone visiting.....lol..!! You could say the same about my Supra. Bought it in September, it's done 1600 miles since I got it and 500 of them were going to and from Jurgens to have extra work done. The car hardly moves, especially in this weather. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Are you sure it's not someone visiting.....lol..!! You could say the same about my Supra. Bought it in September, it's done 1600 miles since I got it and 500 of them were going to and from Jurgens to have extra work done. The car hardly moves, especially in this weather. H. It's always there, in the same place, covered in dirt. It may be someone visiting but it's always in the same place so I'd assume is the home owners' car. I could be wrong though. Maybe they only drive it at night Sorry, just re-read your post. I meant I've only seen it missing a couple of times. Not that it's only been there a couple of times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Whilst people bemoan rising insurance quotes for their beloved cars, spare a thought for the poor sap who is selling his Aston Martin V12. After just over a year and a mere 1,650 miles (hell, it's not even run in and not far off what would have been considered delivery mileage of old...) he faces a £50,000 depreciation. The joy of ownership of this overweight, over complicated piece of British motoring extravaganza must have been somewhat curtailed by this. I can't see him raising his glass to his shrewd investment talents http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2061288.htm And that is exactly why I would never buy a new Aston Martin!... not because I cant afford one in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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