Unnecessary Car Shopping with DaftRyosuke - The World is not Enough, but maybe a $40k Aston Martin is

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 05/16/2019 at 00:19 • Filed to: None

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Found at a Chevrolet dealership of all places. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

I’m going to harbor a guess that they traded this in for a Z06 or a Grand Sport. Taking into consideration the type of car this is, I highly doubt the owner would go for a ZR1.

It did get me thinking, though. If you do enough searching you can find a C7 Corvette for roughly the same price, and get the same power with more reliability and modern performance aspects. Is the Aston worth it for the four extra cylinders and all of the 007 jokes you can shake a martini at?

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:28

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Buy it or else

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:29

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“ They’ll sell anything these days”

Or not - apparently Aston reliability is contagious:

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 05/16/2019 at 00:29

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I would if I desired to live with my mom for the rest of my life and never buy anything nice for myself ever again just to pay for the repair bills.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:32

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No Volantes! I think I’ll have an old Aston someday when I’m too old for raw unfiltered sports cars. I think these are like the cougars of sports cars. In Coupe form, of course.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/16/2019 at 00:32

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Perhaps it wasn’t for your eyes only.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 05/16/2019 at 00:35

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Yeah, the soft top is honestly the only negative in my eyes. Regardless, I’d own an Aston any day if it was offered to me. Raw sports cars are good and fine, but leather and wood-lined continent-crossers always have a place in my heart.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:35

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:(

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:36

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They traded it in for a small fleet of Spark 1LTs in Toasted Marshmallow™.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:37

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Or maybe the sky fell

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 00:39

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The listing said it was manual. I’ve been lied to. I’m going to burn down Dewey Barber Chevrolet immediately.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 05/16/2019 at 00:41

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We all have the pay the piper sometime.

Chariotoflove > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 00:42

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Short answer: yes! If you love Astons, you love them, and a spreadsheet won’t sway you.

You find these things in odd places. I found the Jag XK I almost bought at a Ford dealer. Through other means, I actually knew a lot more about the service history and previous owners than the salesman would even care to.  T hat car was so out of place with that dealer experience.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 01:03

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Sounds like a fair trade off

LongbowMkII > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 07:59

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Bought my lotus at a Chevy dealer haha

mincz > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/16/2019 at 09:01

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Looks like a Ford Sebring