Ok then, for just over $100k I could buy a half reasonable db9 or an acceptable e type.Obviously the e type is the best car there ever was but the db9 is the best car there is.So which one would you choose!Obviously this is not for a main workhorse car.Would prefer convertible but then both are ragtops.If the db9 was available as a hardtop convertible that would make the difference.The db9 volante seems to be less desirable but the e type has to be a roadster as the hard tops are ugly as.
elect70,
Nov 30, 2:06pm
Etypes,restored ones only go for 50 g&concours65-70 G& be lucky to find used DB9 for 100 gme, id prefer theV8 vantage, only one withnormalmanual gearboxnot those poncy F1 wannabepaddles .
bellky,
Nov 30, 2:08pm
E-type is not 'the best car there ever was' so it's a no brainer; DB9.
socram,
Nov 30, 2:26pm
E Type for me.Just pure nostalgia as I remember so well the day it was announced and the impact it had. Personally, I prefer the fixed head but the convertible is still a good looking car and not at all confused with anything else on the road. DB9 is indeed superb and a much better car - as it should be.But the looks are eroded by Jaguars of the same era, so it doesn't stand out as much.
tillsbury,
Nov 30, 2:40pm
$50k for an e type!That would be a dog.Concourse ones are GBP100k, nearer NZ$200k, if you can find one over here.You can get a nice original driving one for around $100k.
And yes, DB9's can be had at low mileage and good condition for $100-120k.
I suppose something to think about would be resale -- I tend to keep convertibles for 10 years or so and the E-type will be worth a shedload more than the DB9 after that time.Question is, can I live without ever having had an E-type!
The Aston is quick, useable, well built, reliable, will handle brilliantly andstir your soul.
The E-type only ticks one of those boxes.
No brainer. Never re-visit your old heroes.
bellky,
Dec 1, 11:10am
Which box is that!
kazbanz,
Dec 1, 11:15am
To be honest I wouldn't concider either.Im just too pragmatic when it comes to cars.
bmwnz,
Dec 1, 1:13pm
When I was a kid in the '60s, E-types were magic. Now I just see an old, unreliable and not even very pretty, Brit car.
gman35,
Dec 1, 1:27pm
Yes , the "too short axle look" never looked right for me , the guards suggest the wheels need to be at least 2" further out. Would be the Aston even with depreciation for me too.
elect70,
Dec 1, 1:40pm
Just looking inclassic car2008& a68 etyperoadsterfully restoedno exp[ense sparednear concours condition$ 83 g & thats a jagdealer.also hadorigonal FHCon chrome wires$40gPrices nowhere near theheddy days of80 s . Even XK 8can be had for$30g
tillsbury,
Dec 1, 8:05pm
I'm sad to say you're probably right.I have very little tolerance for unreliability so the e-type will probably piss me off as much as I'd enjoy it.I suppose the e-type is more for being seen in than anything else, and for me the thing that matters in a car is the view from the inside not the outside.The DB9 wins that competition hands down.
tillsbury,
Dec 1, 8:05pm
.also, the DB9 is the missus's dream car, so that will probably swing it.
jhw2,
Dec 2, 6:41pm
I'm lucky enough to run a '62 E Type.No unreliabilty problems with her, but then she does get out for a run at least once every two or three weeks.To me, more pleasurable for a toy car than a DB9, but each to their own
mm12345,
Dec 2, 8:01pm
LOL. In most lists of the most beautiful cars of all time, the e-type features.Here at #5: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/best-looking-cars-of-all-time_n_1821938.html#slide=1414295 You can't judge a 50 YO car by today's standards for reliability and performance.TBH, the OP seems a bit nuts - if he can't make up his mind about choosing between an old classic and some new fangled thing, probably best sticking to a corolla until he does have a clue.
esprit,
Dec 2, 11:54pm
The thing is, there's E-Types and E-Types. the ones after about '66 (The S1.5 cars and later, and the 2+2s) go for a lot less. You want a nice early one, a 3.8 if you can find one. One like this will sell for about 120k in NZ in good to excellent condition and 150k+ concours.
They're not unreliable, my father and I rebuilt one about 7 years ago from a bare shell, and we've been all over the country in it, won car show awards with it and won gymkhanas and skidded it around racetracks all over the North Island. Other than the odd minor niggle that can be fixed in 5 minutes with a screwdriver, it's been faultless for that seven years.
From someone who's driven both, I'd take the Jag every time. Versus a more exclusive Aston, it might be different but a DB9 isn't a brilliant car, and the Jag just is.
bellky,
Dec 3, 7:11am
Hideous looking things. beauty is in the eye of the beholder though ay :)
ceedoubleyou,
Dec 3, 1:09pm
I'm a classic car type, so I would go with the E-Type, probably a Series 1 as it will always appreciate and DB 9 will depreciate for a few more years, like decades before it appreciates. Reliability will be about the same in both. I went with a 40yr old classic American muscle instead of a European, for the depreciation aspect and ease of maintenance.
ceedoubleyou,
Dec 3, 1:12pm
BTW that is beautiful, nothing like the lines of an E-Type,
ratherbefishin,
Dec 3, 1:14pm
E type you can get for $40 quite readily, DB9, na the DB8 was better for my thoughts. If you were going to spend taht sort on money get a Dino if you can.
elect70,
Dec 3, 1:36pm
The E type was voted thesexiestcar in the world bymajority ofworlds motornotersNearest I got to ownership was tendering on a rolled FHC
sr2,
Dec 3, 1:50pm
Love the Taupo vid, what a fantastic old girl. looks like the tyres were starting to go off near the end!
esprit,
Dec 3, 3:17pm
They were, and the clutch was beginning to suffer a bit too. I don't get the chance to wring its neck all that often, but on that day, it was a lot of fun! :)
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