My new car... meet Ruby.

[jkyb]

Fair play, you're right in saying you can look back and smile in the future! Congrats

Spose you should be referred to now on here as "M"

 

[Ollie82.]

Surely they have anti-perforation/anti-corrosion warranty Ollie? Paintwork is usually 3 years but the other 2 should be covered to an extent.

They do indeed mate. And Aston will cover 100% of costs if inside the warranty period. After that up to five years old they will pay a contribution, which can be up to 50-60% depending on how much stink the customer kicks up.
Anything beyond that is now a blanket £250 payment and that's it.
So if you have owned your £170k Vanquish from new and now all 4 corners and doors have horrendous corrosion you'll get £250.

Aston have a huge problem. It's somehow inherent in every car they produce from the Vanquish onwards.
Somehow moisture is becoming trapped within the panels at the factory.

They used to insist we replaced the doors in the early days of it occurring.
You can imagine how much that was costing them....hence the paltry amounts they now give nowadays.

 

[gez 172]

Amazing choice! Pure stunning!

Lol at the people saying they're 'cheap'

 

[Tez.]

Well done Laura.

I wish I had done what you did when I lived at home 10 years ago.

Instead I played it safe and bought a 1.2 clio at 19 WHICH I STILL HAVE LOL

feel like a nice car when I hit 30 in 2 years time

 

[Alex5]

45k :O very nice though!

 

[Gally]

They do indeed mate. And Aston will cover 100% of costs if inside the warranty period. After that up to five years old they will pay a contribution, which can be up to 50-60% depending on how much stink the customer kicks up.
Anything beyond that is now a blanket £250 payment and that's it.
So if you have owned your £170k Vanquish from new and now all 4 corners and doors have horrendous corrosion you'll get £250.

Aston have a huge problem. It's somehow inherent in every car they produce from the Vanquish onwards.
Somehow moisture is becoming trapped within the panels at the factory.

They used to insist we replaced the doors in the early days of it occurring.
You can imagine how much that was costing them....hence the paltry amounts they now give nowadays.

How long is the corrosion/perforation warranty? 12 years?

Nasty stuff. I know the old Merc problem was cheap Asian metal that was causing the problem, recycled etc, Ford of course have inherent problems as you know!

 

[daydotz]

Epic upgrade

 

[danzman1991]

swag

 

[jam.]

Have I ever told you I love you Laura?


I love you Laura.

 

[Rob]

You know what I think, you did well to keep it quiet

Awesome motor though, pictures look great, now for the real question, 11 MPG?

 

[Laura]

just brimmed it, got to drive to coventry and back tomorrow so ill let you know how i get on mpg wise, I'm thinking 18mpg is probably fair.

Early christmas present for myself... why not eh

 

[Cliosaregay]

beautiful car! I'm surprised how "cheap" you can get some Aston's now! Still looks more than double what you paid for it! :approve:

 

[Mr Plums]

Whats the finance on that, £800 a month?

Very nice car tho.

 

[GeorgeH]

Early Christmas present?? Im getting socks!

That car is epic, congrats.

Love the colour too really suits it.

 

[Laura]

colour is something else in sunlight it really is.

 

[STICKER TWONK]

No interior photos??

 

[Laura]

didn't have a wide enough lens to get more than a steering wheel in lol.

black leather, red stitching
cream roof lining.

I'm pretty sure there is about 8 cows inside there lol

 

[welshname]

Jesus wept. I knew you were serious about getting one but I didn't realise you meant this soon!

Awesome.

 

[Winston]

Bad s**t crazy!!! <3

 

[Matt W]

Feck. That's an upgrade.

 

[Laura]

Neither did I lol.

But I found the right car so I bought it

 

[gex23]

Baller spec!

 

[MattT]

Awesome car!

I'm proper jealous, although I have to laugh at how you justify your car buys. An A1 diesel to save £££ then to Aston V8 @18mpg...I remember we were both rocking Hologram Grey 1.2s!

 

[Christopher]

Knew you'd pick the correct colour. Awwwwesome

 

[NoahRobinson07]

Lovely; One of my favourite astons; I'm prefer it to the V12 and the best colour

Theres not enough wrong with it for me to change though, its some what perfect which leaves me somewhat underwhelmed as you can't upgrade alot

 

[couzens]

Not bad on the servicing side then! Great colour choice too tbh.

 

[Gally]

The finance questions can be left at the door. It's a 45k car, it matters not what the payments are or anything like that, we know it's expensive.

She bought one and even if she owned it 3 months she'll still have owned one!

Is it an 06 plate Laura? The private plate works so well because the car hasn't dated at all.

 

[Laura]

thanks Gally

yeah it is an 06, actually prefer the interior on the pre 08 ones so looked for the best one of those i could get.

 

[Clart]

Wow, fair play.

 

[Paul.]

Fantastic car. And superb reasons for buying it. Only get one chance at life , if you can afford it , do it. In the nearish future I will be doing something crazy in terms of a new car. Quite effing right !

 

[jonesyblue87]

hero!

 

[Dafthead]

Laura, you're winning at AwesomeZ

 

[Owen]

This

Wow, fair play.

and this

hero[ine]!

 

[Dafthead]

P.S. How was the dealer experience? Did they take you seriously when you started looking?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Turinis, silverfishin and lows then an M3.

Right ?

 

[Laura]

Dealer has been awesome from the word go!!

honestly brilliant experience, in fact I'm going to write into aston martin and tell them as much.
I think if your genuine, you go in on your own and don't take 25 mates with you, you've done your homework and don't demand test drives then your fine

 

[Dafthead]

Glad to hear it, the way it should be :-D

 

[BigDaveRotary]

You are now probably the most attractive person on CS right now.

If I was wearing a cap I would doff it to you :clap:

 

[Owen]

Did you have a short list of possible cars in mind before you settled on the AM, or was it the only thing you wanted from the outset?

 

[KFRRS94]

Oh my gawddddddddd.