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10:07 “If he told me the sky was blue, I’d take it with a pinch of salt” - sky in the background turns pink briefly. Like it! 😎

The amazing aspect of this video isn’t the car…I mean a DBS is brilliant by any standard…but your storytelling James is absolutely engaging. It isn’t pretentious just really honest and sincere.

The production quality of that intro absolutely blows all car videos out of the water. Aston Martin should be paying you to release that.

It sounds like this car has quite a story. The random little damage and niggles makes me wonder if it’s been part of a “hire a supercar” companies (not sure if Car Vertical picks that up as “Use as a taxi”) and it’s been a little bit abused by folk renting it. We’ve all been there when a car gets under the skin and grabs hold of the heart strings. The “oh my god, this car is MINE” moment are truly special.

Love the nice little touch of the sky changing colour as you were pointing out that you wouldn't believe a car dealer if they told you the sky is blue. 😂

Love the subtle edit at 10:05.

Loved it James, from the cracking shirt to the opening music. Your ability to bring a story to life in an entertaining way is why I remained fixated to the screen for the full length. The car looks great and I suspect would be amazing with a detail - I think a KZfaqr called Jim White who is based in Lincoln could enable an excellent collaboration opportunity? I have no affinity with Jim but he is legendary in the detailing world for what he can do. Cheers, Kevin

About 4 min for the Ferrari reference, good man

A cheap DBS would've been a great buy for a restoration channel like M539, but it might just bankrupt Jay Emm... I can't wait to watch the follow up videos! (until the inevitable "Why I sold my dream Aston" video next year)

What a gorgeous machine. When they first came out I thought it looked like a DB9 with a bodykit yet it seems to have aged very gracefully indeed. The lovely thing about your channel is whether it turns out to be a bargain or a bit of a wallet challenger we will lap up the content with a smile and a sense of gratitude that the story of ownership of these fine vehicles is no longer behind a secretive paywall that many of us would struggle to get behind. Have fun good sir!

He's treating us like we're his friends, I like that, he's genuine.

Those original film shots with the low sun were wonderful, deserved of any praises

😍😍 After the DB9 it's the King choice. Just change the black wheels 😉 Hope that the dif is OK.

I'd say keep the DBS, turn it into a restoration project much like the Celica. Or if you want to do improvements, team up with Richard and Bamford Rose, and you'll have a good V12 stablemate for the 550. Not that the F12 was bad, but there's something about DBS that makes it so special. Dunno if it's the ties with Casino Royale or whatever. Also if you restore this DBS please remove the black detailings and turn it back to the elegant silver, like those window surrounds and side strakes.

Loved listening to your explanation of how you came to purchase the DBS and the worries and frustrations, Great choice, I hope all goes well with the Inspection, looking forward to the next video. Good Luck .

Love an Aston, but glad to hear you’ll be restoring the brightwork (and hopefully the wheels). That blackout stuff is sacrilege!

James, what a lovely video! I‘m so happy for you! I am convinced you‘ll have the time of your life with this beauty! I own a 2012 DBS Volante and believe me, putting in the start engine key and hearing the V12 come to life is always gorgeous and never gets old! Wish you all the best and a happy drive! 😊

You may have just made the most interesting purchase video in a long, long time. A sense of realism and humanity. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

James, I really do have to applaud you for this one! The level of sarcasm, quips, and subtle humour had me laughing all the way. Now when you consider you stood next to your newly acquired DBS for the most part, that really does speak volumes about your level of journalistic talent, it had me pinned right to the end. Fantastic actually, up there with your best and you didn’t even move 😂😂😂. Fabulous.

The best kind of mad. Great to see the answer to the Aston question ended in a DBS! Superb, hope the inspection goes well 👍

Hey up J. Just wanted to say how much I love your channel. It really is a joy to see a man follow his passion like you do and I find it incredibly infectious. Keep up the great work. And I also now need a DBS!

My favourite part of this video is where at 10:10, Jay says “If he’d told me the sky was blue, I’d take it with a pinch of salt” at the exact same time he changes the colour of the sky from blue to pink for a brief moment, lol.

Bravo James for having the bottle buying this car 👏 Most of us would have ran a mile especially like a small thing like not having the car in full presentation on collection day 😮 you have a lot of faith 🙏 brilliant content as per James keep it going 👏👏👏

Love the outside shot from the bridge. Got to see more for them if possible on top-speed runs, It fully displays the speed. I've seen them in older videos, but I'm asking for more. Please:)

Fantastic 👏 I cannot wait to see how the post purchase inspection with Bamford Rose goes! 🙈😅

I literally felt the hairs stand up on my back when the engine sounds started at 1:32 - what an awesome car! Congrats JayEmm!

A few comments on here regarding changing cars so frequently. My take on this is as follows: I have a utility car (Subaru Forester) and a utility motorcycle (Honda NC750X). Every other vehicle I buy I do so knowing for certain I am but a temporary keeper of whatever vehicle it is. I fully accept that I will lose money when I sell the vehicle (though I did make a small profit on a Rolls Royce Ghost) but the upside is I get to experience some incredible vehicles and never have to suffer the guilt trip that many endure over "can I justify keeping/running 3 cars/bikes" or "I love this but I have to sell it". Indeed I aim to generally keep a vehicle for around 12 months. This works for me, and I won't be changing my approach any time soon...

I’m glad you’ve fallen in love with it and especially the looks (I can completely relate James), these are the most beautiful and elegant cars on the road and even as an Aston owner myself, our VH car keeps surprising me (in a lovely way). Sometimes I forget that I’ve taken the Aston out and not the daily and I see this absolutely gorgeous car in the car park and I’m immediately like ‘oh WOW! Isn’t that stunning’, and then I actually realise that it’s our car 🥰 it’s such a wonderful feeling. Enjoy ownership, these are fabulous cars in every way possible.

So good! Loving the Aston content and looking forward to the next video with this DBS!

Great video and story, quite a brave purchase, look forward to hearing about the inspection !

Great video James, this is a perfect example of doing what you want, no influence or pressure. Bought it because you want it with the added satisfaction of probably saving it from continued gash improvements! Looking forward to see how it goes. Good luck with this one. Think I’d seek out the correct wheels and de-wrap any bits that haven’t already been done. It will look like a different car with a bit of work to bring the paint back. Although black cars never stay clean for very long 😅

Ahhh of course I have to be on the train with no headphones when you release this! Congratulations James!

Congrats ! And you are far from mad. You picked the best modern Aston there is. The DBS is my favorite car ever. Looking forward to the content on this DBS as I’ve always wondered if I should have gotten a TT instead of a manual.

Mmmmmm. That opening. Beautiful and haunting. Absolutely loved it. I love your car purchasing stories and this was a great one. Thank you for sharing. I'm so glad you got your dream Aston. The car looks and sounds amazing. Are you mad? We're all mad here. The name's Emm. JayEmm.

2 points, James. 1) What a superb car. I really, really hope it works out well for you. I will enjoy your journey with it. 2) Selling your cars to viewers once you've finished with them is an excellent idea. You've developed a "trusted brand", and buying from you is far, far less risky than buying from most used car dealers.

Woah! A bold purchase, a very 'rollercoastery' story with it, but maybe... just maybe, the risk paid off? Who knows. Best of luck with it, sounds and looks gorgeous 😃

What a roller coaster, and you described the story so well. I think you made the right decision - the heart wants what it wants. 👍

Love it as always, but I have to ask - where did the funk go?😉

WoW Bro...live the intro! Great show!

I always enjoy your camera work James. That intro was exceptional, well done.

That intro was beautiful and a brilliant idea for letting us guess detail by detail without the engine noise giving it away. I remember meeting you at the Morgan tour experience you collaborated with a couple of years ago and we spoke about having to get your content editing time down to keep the weekly output up. So I can appreciate the extra time spent B rolling the detail shots and the slicker intro! Congrats, great car too!

Well done for taking a chance it will bring us joy to see your journey great work

What the heart wants the heart gets

Best Vid you done! Enjoy the car. A car is to be driven. I love driving my Old man XKR!

I much prefer this new opening music! I hope you stick with it. As for the new Aston, it’s nice but I prefer the cleaner more elegant look of the previous DB9.

Great video Jay, love the story telling and congrats on owning a legend!

I've been expecting 'this ,looking forward to episode two ,good luck James.

No! You are NOT mad. 😵‍💫 You are doing for yourself, and giving us an exciting and meaningfull journey. A journey to save/ discover history/ understand and enjoy what is a great machine. Thank you 😊

Great stuff, James! Thanks for the great content

Perfect music choice. Cannot believe how similar my taste is, including cars. I just miss the Ric Flair shirt! Wooo! This is one of the best car videos you’ve done, I guess it’s the story. Just a suggestion from a guy who has no idea about KZfaq success but it might be worth checking out more vehicles that have a story, taking a risk, making it an adventure. It’s definitely entertaining.

Great buy, I'm very pleased with your choice. It wasn't a good week for me, the clutch in the up! went suddenly on Monday and I found a garage 2 min. away that did it in a single day during my working hours and the MX-5 is still in the body shop to do all wings and sills all at once... After all that I am officially broke.

This was such a great Intro!!! Simply amazing. I had goosebumbs tbh

Got to say that opening sequence with the Music to the sound of the Glorious V12 coming out of the Sunset, really had me!! Especially as i had my headphones and it was Glorious 😊 Looking forward to seeing how good this car actually is, maybe some nice modifications and maybe leaving that fuse out of that exhaust flap, for fabulous sounds.

Looking forward to the up and coming AM content it’ll be interesting to see where and how it goes 🤞it won’t cost you too much!

If this makes you mad, then sign me up

Hi James, loved the vid as always I do :-) - I used to be an ARDS instructor and have taught in many cars over the years - a couple of special stand out cars for me and the DBS is right up there - spookily I followed one home earlier today before then spotting and watching you in yours ?! - all crossed it comes back from the inspection with no nasties :-) Paul ps - still got and love my Honda S2000 Mugen GT

I grew up in Long Stratton. Shout out to Stratton Motor Co.! Remember looking at the Lagonda through the showroom window on my way to school. How out of place was that in 1980s rural South Norfolk!

That opening scene was epic. So well shot!

The DBS is truely a beautiful thing! At 16:45 the pannel gaps of the door and the bonnet don´t look quite right, but this might be because of the camera angle. Congrats, though! Great sounding piece of kit, too!

That is a great price, as long as Bamford doesn't find anything catastrophic. However, I would've bought a 2nd-gen Vanquish. Oh, wait, I did. It's fantastic! The only drawback is that it's not available in manual. Maybe I should change that. Hmmm...

right choice? wow! most certainly is and I look forward to hearing many, many more stories on how life is with the Aston. Stunning and a very engaging tale too.....excellent

I’m liking this new journey, oh the joy of old cars, I’m running a 22yrs old 996 with 195,000 miles on the clock, can totally relate to the highs and lows, keep the madness flowing 🕺🏻

Nice choice. Looking forward to the story unfolding. At some stage i`ll pull the trigger on another nice car but meantime, i`ll live vicariously through your exploits.

Loved the delivery of this vid, I think weve all been there, regardless of the price of the vehicle, where you just done know if you're buying a lemon or not. Looming forward to more on this car!

Great production values, great car. I have my fingers crossed for you that the inspection doesn't highlight anything too bad.... in which case with the correct wheels and a tidy up it's a keeper !

DBS is a very good choice! Style, engine, noise + Aston badge! What else?! Hope the inspection will come clean and you can fully enjoy the ownership! Great video as always ;)

Congratulations on your new car, and an Aston at that! As for the music, I think you could dig into something under the surface. British rock band Magnum started out in Birmingham in May 1972, and released their 23rd album in January of this year. The song writer and guitarist died the same week, so there will be no more new material from them. But they left you lots to dig into, within your general range of preference - asserted from what you have stated you like to listen to. Music is like cars: There's something to be said for what is developed with a massive budget, but there is so much magic created where the resources aren't as plentiful.

Your view on buying old hero cars is reassuring, a list of ‘imperfections’ is all part of the fun

Congratulations! this is my dream car. My dad has an oynx black 4.7 V8 vantage and it looks stunning in that colour

Wow Jay, this video was so well produced, I've never heard of a soundtrack like that used for car review videos.

Great choice James. I love the DBS.

Jay, fair play. You deserve it. Congratulations.

Delighted for you James. The intro for this video is super, as is the content of course, and really hope you get on well with the DB-S. CheeRS from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍

I think you made a great buy. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. This is one of the best-looking car designs of all time in my opinion.

Great video, loved the opening and then the warts and all telling of the purchase story. Still can’t wrap my head around a dealer paying £70k and then selling for £50k! Fingers crossed the diff is ok 🤞and now looking forward to the follow up vid.

I had simular journey with my 2018 TTRS. Though not near a Aston's league I was always doubting myself during the deal. Budget tyres, cracked alloy, after market Miltek track exhaust, APR carbon air induction. 9 months later and a little tlc turns out to be a gem.......for me at least!

I’m looking forward to see how this one plays out. Lovely, lovely car that I hope is a goodun. There is a neglected but well used silver DBS near to home. Whenever I walk past with my youngest she insists that we check that it’s still there.

Nice touch on 'The sky is blue'.😁

Boy I'm looking forward to the Bamford Rose report on this one 😁. I also think the DBS is a step up in the looks department compared to the DB9, just a pity it's in AM owner's default colour of black 😥, but at least the silver trim has been downplayed it's so last season 😂. Keep the Aston coverage coming, it's a hoot 👍

Brilliant content, James. Was that sky blue pink at 10:05? Seriously, this is the perfect car for you to create content about putting all of its niggles right and bringing this stunning masterpiece back up to A1 condition.👍

Very nice story telling James. I quite enjoyed this video. You've earned yourself a subscriber. Wishing you happy miles in your Aston!

Great opening to the video - great shots & music - real quality. Love the car and hope the checks don't find anything bad.... so whats the fuel consumption like?

Wow, indeed. Sort those alloys for original silver items, and you have a seriously good-looking, lovely sounding car of which I approve (praise indeed! 😂). I would also have the same reservations about the history of an exotic like this, and so I hope the fears prove to be unfounded.

Nice one James. I'm looking forward to the Bamford Rose verdict. Fingers are crossed.

Great car and a great video, please keep it if all is well, the noise and looks alone are worth it!

Like the fact you actually stated finance numbers so many don't want to fair play. Looks like a good ideal project can't wait to see more on it

I'm always interested in your music choices , that was quite a selection for the car! Bet that system sounds great too.

You're one brave man...I'd have walked at half those issues...but then you know cars far better than me. Well done....hope its all fine after inspections.

As always, great story. Congratulations on your DBS. It does look like it will need some work, but Bamford Rose should be able to help. Personally, I was more attracted to to the original spec DBS, which was manual gearbox only, and 2+0 seating (no useless back seats). The auto gearbox and back seats seem to me to walk it back towards DB9 a bit. Still, all the other enhancements are there. I probably paid too much for mine back in 2017, but I didn't know enough about these cars back then. I've learned a lot since then, some of it the hard way. A few tips for you:: 1. Control arm and sway bar bushings will be on their way out by now. The symptoms will be instability in cornering and at higher speeds, sqeeking and creaking noises over speed bumps and car park thresholds. The front suspension will eventually start making scary popping sounds in turns. I replaced all 8 control arms (front and rear, upper and lower) and the sway bar bushings, and it absolutely transformed the handling. 2. For the leather dash panels, Aston Martin Bits has them for a considerable discount over main dealer parts department pricing. 3. Have the PCV values replaced, if they haven't been. This helps prevent oil build up in the intake manifolds, fouling of the spark plugs, and misfires. 4. The AM08 version of the V12 (unique to the DBS) doesn't have the issues the AM04 V12s in the early DB9s did. Keep the oil topped up, address any misfire issues quickly, and it will serve you well. Oh, and don't get suckered into Bamford Rose's "your V12 is going to die a horrible death at the slightest hint of a misfire so you should pay us serious cash to de-cat it" fear mongering. These engines do not have a high failure rate, and as long as you take proper care of them, you'll be fine. 5. If you get the "Tyre System Fault" warning on the dash, it may be time to replace the TPMS sensors, as the system is having difficultly detecting the radio signals from them. If it says, "Check Tyres," pull off immediately, and check the tyres. Good luck!

Congrats James. Another itch fulfilled hopefully! You're not mad but you're certainly a risk taker! I have everything crossed for the upcoming inspection and if that's 'OK' then you've got yourself a bargain. And I know you like to make a car perfect so you've now got 15k to play with to do that and the value of content in the process! I'd call that smart business.

Wow, that's a saga and a half. Great choice, though. I absolutely LOVE the DBS. IT's definitely a dream car of mine, too.

DBS is also my dream car😍 Always enjoy the episodes that you speak about your own thought process with some real money numbers! Keep the good work James!

Great video- I really enjoy your transparency on these journeys- I know that always leads to petty comments from you tube losers - but I find it really helpful- top marks here

Absolutely adore the DBS! That is beautiful! One thing I would do is get those wheels silver. Not a fan of black alloys, lose all the detailing

You have done a very good thing because that is one vury vury nice car. Can't wait to see how it gets on with the Inspection, fingers crossed. Quite sure if there's a hefty bill you can get this covered with your 12mnth warranty. Plenty more content with this under the instruction of DILUSI :)

cheers for sharing Jayemm, definitely got a dream car there at a working mans price- if its mechanically good- i think i could live with a few of the rough spots too- like you say- if you can see it- its noot so concerning! hopefully that rough start on the day you drove it away was just because it was stored and probably last driven when you test drove it! I see what you mean with thee Db9 and aging- personally, I didn't like the wwheels that were on that. but I think different wheels and light visual mods like the clear rears of the DBS and possibly getting a DBS bonnet replacement on the DB9 would bring it up to scratch! looking forward to the upcoming videos on this

Really wished you'd waited and got a Vanquish Gen II but cannot wait to hear what Mike and the guys at Bamford Rose say James, will be very interesting or dare I say important! Anyway, you're very good health to drive and enjoy and keep the videos coming! 👍😎

We won’t know if you’re mad until it’s been serviced and checked over. ..but the model itself: The DBS is über cool, and then some. A fantastic looking and sounding car. Congratulations, hopefully 🙂

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎊 on the new to you amazing car. i also like the new music, I am just wondering will you soon be asking us to call you Mr.Bond ?