2019 Aston Martin Vantage

[Mike Lavigne]

I've been in the retail automobile business for 43 years. I've appraised cars my whole life every day. I personally purchased a 2016 Porsche 911/991 CS2 PDK and owned it for a couple years. it was the best put together and most perfect automobile I have yet experienced. very technically advanced yet a dream to use and 100% of all the many systems operated perfectly. fit and finish other makes only dream about. you just need to get inside one and look around and realize how perfect a car can be. other 'uber' cars many times are crude in comparison. transmission and brakes were rock solid and never a whimper in any respect. my wife was very comfortable and liked being in the car.

not the sexiest of the supercars, but the best in my book.

there is talking the talk, and walking the walk.

[Elberoth]

As a former owner of a 911 (996 model) I can attest that this model was not very reliable. I suffered the rear main seal issue at least twice plus a damaged transmission in addition to that.
That said, my 997 and 991 models were very reliable.

It all depends on the model/engine. In general, 997.2 tend to be more reliable than 997.1.

991 that Mike mentioned is a completely different story.

[a.wayne]

Uhhh , Huh ...

The 996 had issues , un porsche like issues, wiessach took a wacking over them, when first exposed to the engine and GT3RSR porsche hierachy did not take to my “ohhh Subaru “ comment

Anyway these 996 issues was sometime ago and mainly resolved , rear seal leaks are not unusual, many marques have / had these issue over the years, mostly due to supplier issues not design woes ( Think Takata ) Original 996 issues were dealt with and today cars serviced over their service life are good used cars.


Regards