What was going wrong with your DB7? It's still a beautiful car. I'm kind of upset that Aston Martin is going the Porsche route upgrading the same design. Still, the DB7, Vanquish, DB9, V8 Vantage, and DBS are pretty amazing. I hope the next generation are really special. No more vehicles with the same interiors.
Anyway, on luggage. I agree with the other posts. Subtle brand name on the luggage. Strong leather or other material that can take a decent beating and go into different climates. I have a few Dunhill pieces. I'm still looking for a new messenger type bag.
Imagine turning the key and finding the battery flat. Annoying? Yes, so you charge it up then put the charger away, then find the battery dead again. Replace the battery - no difference, so you replace the alternator (expensive), but it still doesn't hold charge. Then, as if by magic it's all ok. Great. And then it doesn't like 2nd gear. Won't go in, so great for 0-60 dashes, but beaten by a golf gti to 100. You get it sorted (expensive), and then it doesn't like reverse. Or fourth. Get it sorted again (expensive), and then the clutch needs replacing (very expensive at £5000). This is a 28,000 mile, five-year-old car BTW. And then the central locking doesn't want to work, but that's ok because it's decided to drain it's battery so you can't go anywhere anyway. Get that sorted (expensive) and the heater decides to stay on instead of the air-con, but it's august...
But then, on a beautiful summer's day, with unusually quite roads, it decides to work, and as you go through the box and drive like you imagine Bond would on his day off - it works. Everything is forgotten and life is perfect.
Which is why, after owning a BMW M3 for two years, I have started looking at DB9's. Nothing makes you "feel" like an Aston Martin. Plenty will be better in probably every way, certainly cheaper to run, but...
Nice examples of DB9s with twenty thousand miles or less are suddenly in my price range and I don't think I've learned a thing...
Sounds like that DB7 had a lot of gremlins...Did you go back to the factory and they couldn't figure it out? I still have plans for a DB5. The thing with Bond cars in real life is they need to be reliable. I followed the development of the E46 M3 and couldn't believe how BMW handled the engine problems once they released the car. Of course, they did the right thing in the end but still they shouldn't have released the car early. I still haven't found the perfect year around Bond car. I really like the custom DB9 Sportmodificato. Very subtle Bond like car. But the DBS is a bit more aggressive. Still I can't get over how car companies can consider a car a different model when it shares the same interior. That's the one thing that makes me prefer the Maserati GranTurismo over all the current Aston Martins even though it isn't quite a Bond car.
Yeah, I went to the main dealer a lot (120 miles away) and the factory once (360 miles) and much was put right, but as the car was five years old, it was two years out of it's warranty. My E90 M3 is perfect, but the more I look at second hand DB9's, the more I feel like someone totally lovesick and contemplating an affair. Yes, what's at home is far better in most ways, but...
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Yeah, I went to the main dealer a lot (120 miles away) and the factory once (360 miles) and much was put right, but as the car was five years old, it was two years out of it's warranty. My E90 M3 is perfect, but the more I look at second hand DB9's, the more I feel like someone totally lovesick and contemplating an affair. Yes, what's at home is far better in most ways, but...
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