Can You REALLY Buy A Good Aston Martin For £25,000? (My Friend Did!) 

What an excellent presenter. Friendly, honest, down to earth. Truly refreshing.

I'd pay that money for just that sound. Gosh it's good

A couple of months I traded in my very loved Honda S2000 to a 2007 V8 Vantage manual with less than 40k. Its Ghillies green exterior on Bitter Chocolate interior was what finally made me byte the bullet. It never fails to make me feel like a child, everytime I enter it and turn it on. Damn, just looking at it! Thanks James for your input when I was still considering other options! No regrets :)

I got a 2008 a couple of months ago and couldn’t be happier. Love the fact that I can rev high to enjoy that amazing sound without having to break the speed limits. The only thing I wish this came with and I agree is a nonessential gimmick is to have a ECU crystal key. Anyone has done a conversion from the early Volvo Fobs?

This is a great and insightful series. Everyone here has an affordable dream car I'm sure. I also love that in most of these when an interesting car drives past, we get a quick look front and back from it. Shows the detail and love that goes into making this channel. Cheers!

I actually just purchased my first dream car! 2010 V8 vantage. Absolutely love everything about the 4.7 and the car as a whole. Best purchase ever!

That V8 does sound glorious.

Owned mine for 7 years and in that time the only thing that failed was a £15 washer fluid pump. Parts and service kits can be sourced for very little money.

I love these so much, used to see one each morning on the road going to college in Ireland, the guy appeared to be driving it to work every day, what a cool car to be daily driving. Great video.

Thanks Jay, you've really cornered the market in used car reviews of the type I constantly think about buying. I find these extremely desirable, though if budget would allow a late model V12 manual would be in the garage. This time next year Rodney...

Still holds up in 2020!! Many Thanks, Peace From London. 🙏🙏

Your one of my favorites Jayemm! Don’t quit brother

I got to drive one of those around the track in Anglesey. But as a Roadster. On a sunny day. With a clear view of Snowdonia. Revving that engine and listening to that soundtrack is certainly one of my most cherished memories of all time. It was a gift from my wife by the way. How lucky can one be? Really enjoyed watching you enjoy the car!

Should have his own tv show. One of the best deliveries on the subject of motoring. Camera work is brilliant, specially the 'drive-by's

This car's spec is pure class! But the gaudy numberplate spoils it somehow...

lovely classy car,even after these years, another great video ! having lost my mum and dad in the last five years and just hit 50 im going to treat myself,these are on my shortlist.

I bought one second hand - best car I've ever owned. It's handbuilt so little stuff sometimes needs a word with itself (various monitors go mad, then it's fine 20 mins later); but nothing big ever went wrong. You never get a bad reaction on the road. Every time you look at it you smile, and the noise... cannot recommend highly enough.

Really happy you reviewed this Jay. I’m Currently driving an M2 but on my list of future cars are this (ideally a 2nd gen/430bhp) as well as a Cayman GTS and e92 M3. The badge, looks and sounds of the Vantage can’t be beaten for the price IMO. Sure you don’t have the tactility of the Cayman (981) but this one ticks more boxes 👍🏾

I have to admit, that is spectacular value for money... with a chance of it becoming a future classic and going up in price. Great video - did miss the intro though :D

You are without doubt the best presenter on youtube. Yet another honest and down to earth video, keep them coming Jay.

Excellent promotion for this super Aston Martin, a few years ago I was looking at a DB7 for the same price, now I realise I could (if needed) come up the ladder a long way for similar bucks! Thanks for these great promo's so very entertaining

25 grand well spent !

I loved mine for 4 years, upgraded to the 12s but the 4.3 V8 is awesome and with the factory aston after market sports exhaust was a treat as well. You may have to rev them a little to get the best out of them but listen to that sound why would you not want to.

best ever clip I saw for a car review was that of Mr Clarkson with that V12 vantage! whot a car/clip that was! But your review not bad bud

These AMV8's just keep growing on me!! Especially at these prices!! Amazing!

Just purchased a 4.7 2011. Absolutely adore it!

Much better looking than the current cars.

Great videos thanks buy now before they attain classic collectable status and prices go through the roof.1990s DB7 prices have been steadily rising

This is a true dream car. I will buy one someday. A nice example with the correct colour, etc, is approx. £40k at the moment.

I hope you do a review on the X100 4.2 Jaguar XKR.

Really enjoyable review Jay Emm. Thinking about selling my Cayman S and stepping into an Aston Vantage..

Love you did this. Just need to get you into an amg gt and a v12 for a showdown for the 50k budget

You speak about all the laudable plus points, but honestly, what sold it for me? Just look at it! Aluminium car design at it's best! Fabulous!

Great presenter. Really enjoyed this.

Many to say awesome sound from the exhaust 😎

Good review again. I actually enquired about this car when the dealer had it a couple of months ago.

Excellent review. Concise, punchy and very honest. Keep it up Mr JayEmm. I'm looking for a 'mid life crisis' second car and the AMV8 looks good to me. The fact that you can service and maintain these things quite cheaply is a big plus. However, buy carefully as Mr JayEmm's friend obviously did.

Two words, and I haven’t even finished watching it yet, ‘pure class’. My dream was always to have a sweeping gravel driveway to a modest Georgian country house and an Aston Martin. And this is the one. Right exterior, colour, tasteful interior and a V8, ‘just enough’, what’s not to like. Absolute bargain!👍. Superb YT channel Mr Emm. I wish you every success. Well deserved.👍

I've watched and read that the only obstacle of owning an aged Aston Martin is that repairs and replacement parts become expensive but I always believe that if you're a driver who takes care and maintain any car you shouldn't really run into problems.

Great video as always, I won’t go into my dream cars as not enough time....... I know there is a slight difference in price but I’d be interested in a review between an early Vantage and early R8, both look and sound superb with their V8’s.

Glorious also....the Minor convertible at 12:50 was a wonderful contrast, though I'd go for a Traveller to shift my stuff round.

Oh, man, from 11:37, that sound. I also use a 4.3 V8 and wish it was sound like this.

Love the outro, what song is that? And what happened to your shirts? The one you were wearing in this video actually suit you quite well 😉

This is the exact video I have been waiting for. I want to buy one as a daily soon.

Thanks James, good review of a great little car. Surprised though you were so blase about the interior updates that came with the 4.7. Not that the 4.7 interior switchgear is brilliant (unless you get the 2nd facelift with the Vanquish control stack) but it's way better than the fiddly plastic buttons of the early 4.3s, plus you get the added theatre of inserting the crystal key to fire it up

“The THEATRE of an Aston Martin...” LOVE this!

I was the second owner of a 2007 V8 Vantage that I bought in 2014, black/black with anthracite wheels & grille. Sadly I had to sell it after 2 years but it was a great car. I didn't lose much money on it, though servicing and consumables are obviously pretty pricey! The general public seem to love Astons and I never had anything but positive remarks. I'd have another but would have to be able to keep my current 996 too - the Vantage feels like a much bigger/chunkier car.

Still love those cars. As you know was a close contender for my f type replacement.

We had a prototype for a weekend and had to put 1k miles on it so we went to Scotland for the weekend. An experience ill never forget and now I can afford one and we get discount on parts and labour.

Love these, and it's one of the very few cars that suit silver, although I'd prefer a green one

My dream car that i own so far are rsx 350z and now 981s cayman ! You got to make one about this one its a very nice car so happy since i own one

That sound, the sleek looks, the British pedigree. I would totally pull the trigger on one of these if it was in the price bracket i was looking at.

What a beauty! Make mine the 4.7 finance and all. I think the 4.7 will hold value better than 4.3. THANKS JAMES!

Hit the nails all square on the head and articulated ideas I couldn't formulate quite as effectively. The feeling whenever I utter "I'm taking the Aston..." never gets old. If you're going to cane your car, buy a Boxster/Cayman for those runs.

Who else was sad jayemm didn't do a livestream on Sunday 😢

Hi James, Thanks for your videos, there ace and seem to always feature all the cars I love. I’m considering one of these or a F-type v6S for sunny weekend use only, which would you choose, I keep flip flopping between the two.

my affordable dream car is a Mercedes e55 AMG and I bought one this week

Sounds awesome 👌 Maybe one day!

Good video and have subscribed

Don't worry about the maintenance. It comes with the Bumper2Bumper warranty.

Another quality vid!

For most of my life, my affordable dream car was an NSX. Now with how much those have appreciated, it''s way outside of the "affordable" range, probably for good. Next was always the V8 Esprit. That one I might have a chance at some day.

It's stunning to look at. It is infinitely cool. It sounds glorious. It's cheap. Nope can't find fault

My 'affordable' dream car was a B7 RS4. In 2010 I bit the bullet and bought one. I kept it for 8 years and loved every single second in it. What . A. Machine. I'd always wanted to scratch an M3 itch though and replaced the RS4 with an E92. I stretched the budget as far as I could and bought a very highly specced July 2013 car, must've been one of the last ones made. Now, just over a year later, I say again - what a machine.

My dream car was, and still is the Aston Martin DB9 Volante. Why was, I bought it and love every single second I'm in it.

Nice exhaust note. Casual Morris Minor at 12mins

A fantastic choice! These are in the same price bracket as the Continental GT, and I'd love to see an honest review on one of those, Jay! Another car I'd love to see you critique would be the first generation XKR, pre-2004, with either the 4.0 or 4.2 Supercharged V8! :))

Great car and I agree, better looking than the new car. The only thing I don't like is that private reg.....

The best proportioned, best looking Aston of all in recent years for my money. The DB9 is rather corpulent and bulky compared to the V8 Vantage. Having thrashed a Vantage around Elvington race track a few years ago, it remains my ultimate dream drive. It's not the fastest car, but as James says, "How fast do you really need to go?!" I have two classic cars, which if I sold would easily put me in the driving seat of a Vantage. The one factor I am wary of is the potential cost of maintenance........ Great view- very informative as per usual!

A friend at work imported his to Australia. He let me use it for my sons graduation formal. It was such a dream to drive. I understand now what quality and refinement is all about. Now I want one.

The Aston, the right sort of car to be seen in , in CH! best wishes James mark

First vid I have watched by this reviewer. He's really good and I will be back.

I want to own this vantage even thought I am in hkg. Thanks for your kind presentation

Brilliant Review! I bought my 2006 4.3 V 8 Vantage with just 19k miles on the clock for £29k in 2019.It now has had just 22k miles on the clock and I could sell it tomorrow for £36k.Since this review and the shortage of new cars,quality used cars such as Aston Martins have gone through the roof! Having said that who would want to sell an Aston V8 Vantage that is such a pleasure to own and drive!

Nice sound

This looks so much better than the brand new Vantage.

JM, it's interesting that the 997 was the car I cross-shopped before buying the 4.3 V8 Vantage! Yes, the Porsche is immediately easier to drive, lighter steering, braking, and clutching, easier to shift as well. It's also a lot harsher over broken pavement and due to stern damping, quite a bit louder. It was also roughly ten grand less expensive in US dollars. I bought the Aston for emotional reasons - the comparative rarity, the sound, the looks, the GT demeanor it has, the much larger boot/trunk so one can actually go travel with her. Yes, she does drink the fuel, and yes, the maintenance costs can run even more than a Porsche, but I had already had two older air cooled 911s and decided that the Aston had to join my Jaguar XJ8 for I had wanted to buy British for a very long time. Both cars appear to be reliable so I can forgive them if they require maintenance and repair. The thing that loom over the 997.1 is of course the infamous IMS bearing, which is about a $3500 repair requiring dropping the engine. I do love Porsche "911s," don't get me wrong, but I've always had a hankering for an Aston-Martin and I"m not sorry for the purchase at all.

Awesome car for the money and in the best colour 👍

Clutch job was $6500 but it was covered by warranty. I have taken to servicing my own now, it’s totally doable but it helps having a Snap-On scan tool...

Brilliant video. Very tempting!!

Damn you for putting this in my head haha. In the market for an M4 or Mustang but this is just so much more special....

2010 Jaguar XKR 5.0L V8 supercharged, some of the early 2008-2009 years are going for less than 18k, proper head turner and reasonably reliable (speaking as an owner of over 4 years, one of the first from late 2008 with 85,000km).

Still the best looking Aston ever imo. Shame about the naff private plate though

The Germans could not come up with anything as Beautiful as this British lovely XXXX

That sounds glorious! I think I'd just drive everywhere at *redline in 1st gear!!!* 😁

AM and Lotus are near impossible to maintain outside of UK comparing to all competitors.

Smiles per Gallon: you are right, that's the best measure James!

Appreciate another video, and also thanks for the sound part at the end. cheers

Ooh, new clutch. Legend has it, many an Aston dealership gives away used Vantages for free - it's the clutches where they get you.

I'd make the Aston even cheaper by selling that number plate. An important factor with affordable dream cars is what specialists are reasonably convenient to where you live because he's right, you need to avoid main dealers.

I’m on the eye out for the soft top version

I have an 2010 Jaguar XKR at the moment and this is the only car I will consider changing for... I'm seeing it as an upgrade in the next couple of years, even if the other half needed some convincing to let me park the Jag on the drive!

Looks great jey I found my dream car 8 years ago it’s a Porsche Boxster 986 2.7 with 37 on the clock mint condition I paid 10 thousand for it , the best deal ever, drove it down to southern Spain on a road trip never missed a beat great fun for not much money and I still have it on my drive great car 💰 😎👍

I love an Aston Martin any one from the last vanquish backwards. The new platform with AMG parts are to my mind not an Aston Martin

Stunning car to drive.

I think the number plate would look better if spaced correctly. Let the reader do some thinking

Great looking car.

Worth it for that sound alone

Another great V8V review James Great cars, I love mine. Not that expensive to run - little more than my 996 4 S was. Tell your friend to get a Bamford Rose clutch and flywheel - better than the AMR one I have and transforms the car Can’t beat the drama - and other road users let you out at junctions - never found that in the Porsche!

The V8 vantage is really nice, it was my dream car for the longest time, but you can get a much newer jaguar f-type for similar money