Tell your sweetie she has a real keeper on her hands, and I don't mean the car either. Most guys would never go on record that they took that much of a hit owning a car of this type. It happens ever day. Boxster's regular brake jobs (pads/rotors) are upwards of $3500.00 as an example. You showed the reality of ownership of these stunning cars. This is one great vid. Sadly I don't have the income to join you in the enjoyment/love affair of own a Aston Martin. Truly my lost. Well done you!

My wife and I watched your video last week in anticipation of buying the neighbors DB9. Instead we've now decided we'll be buying the neighbor's house for our child instead. Thanks for the real numbers and common sense tips.

I rarely comment on videos. The words I would use to describe this video are honest, informational, authentic, funny, vulnerable, and humble. This video is so helpful to me. Thank you! And thank you for making the world a better place to be. Over 1 million people have watched this. I am going to forward it to my sons, because there is no way I could say it better.

After 3 minutes into this video, I can conclude that I cannot afford this car. Tho I can buy the Aston Martin badge somewhere, stick it on my Fiesta and drive like a douchebag. *Edit:* Unfortunately I did some research and found out that I can't even afford the damn badge.

My girlfriend costs more daily than this beauty... Time for me to make a decision

I watched this video thoroughly, and took detailed notes and I have learned from this video that the Aston Martin DB9 is beautiful from a variety of angles.

Love your video style; direct, honest and to the point.

Yeah she's expensive to keep, but she's stunning. How often in life these two things go together.

The smile at the end says it all about the car.

Video's like this is why I like KZfaq and the internet in general, honest video that tells people the thruth instead of reporters that get paid to powerslide them around a track. There's a very simple rule of thumb in buying a secondhand car: A 100k car (or 200k in this case) will have the running costs of a 100k car, even if you only paid 20k for the car. This is very true, weather talking about an S-class or a Ferrari 360.

I owned a DB9 for 3 years and it was super reliable and a blast to drive! The main thing you want to look for on early DB9's (05-06) is the transmission cooler lines and making sure the oil dipstick recall has been performed. If you bring this car to the dealer for service you will pay through the nose. Find a good independent and you will be set.

That sweet smile of yours is what matters most, my friend... Money does not matter 'per se', it's the joy brought by playing with the toys we buy with it that matters!!!

Beautifully done. Honest, detailed, and useful cost categories. So nice to hear you say your “Sweetie”.

Informative and well done video. Car looks gorgeous.

Thank you Sir. The way you presented the usually not so exiting information / data (I know I'm on thin ice here but I can only speak for myself), I enjoyed listening and learning nearly as much as watching at your beautiful car. Very informative and down to earth explanation. Compliments!

Lovely to watch. Thank you.

Great info and a beautiful machine!

One of the best reviews I've seen! Thanks!

I love this video, the real cost of owning any car. We often lie to ourselves.

Thank you for one of the most well spoken, honest, realistic expectations and informative videos I've ever seen on KZfaq. It was a pleasure to watch.

the best engine start sounds I have ever heard!

Your video was super helpful! Thank you!

I wish I could ever be able to buy an Aston Martin. I always loved how DB9 (before lifting) looked like. Hope my dream come true one day. Great video :)

Love your honesty and how direct you are

I LOVE the DB9, my dream car, and really enjoyed your "nuts and bolts" approach to the cost of ownership. Thank you!

I love how you break it down to the mile

great video. thanks for sharing your experience and providing an honest breakdown of ownership costs . great car..

The sound. The sound. Great video, I learnt a lot. Thanks.

I have never seen such a well spoken, organized and well put together car review. Good Job

I am looking at buying an 09. You sir just earned a new subscriber.

I am not an Aston Martin owner(BMW owner).....but I really enjoy your videos because they are very informative, to the point and organized. I also love the fact that you use original parts and lay them on the surgically clean working surface before performing any repair.......if I was an Aston owner, I would definitely be looking for a dealer that has your work ethics....Keep it up !!

I truly appreciate your forum, i've been thinking about buying one myself.

Thank you for very detailed ownership analysis that can be used for any car! Just subscribed it!

I love this guy, so honest

Thank you for your honest and open sharing. I like the sound of the engine a lot. I would love to own one.

Great video and breakdown of the expenses. Loved the presentation style also

Very nice presentation. and a handsome car as well.

I've been longing for a Aston Martin DB9 since I was 5 years old.

Love your honest and simple, concise delivery. Superb presentation.

Informative...good luck to you...yes the smile at the end says it all...

The ending is gold - I'm sold!

I always thought the DB9 was the best looking Aston Martin. Absolutely stunning inside and out.

Exactly I have a Rover I bought it used, I take care of regular maintenance myself!

Such an amazing, honest and extremely helpful review. I’m in the market for my first exotic car and Aston Martin is in my top three. This video has been extremely informative! Thank you sir!

I greatly appreciate the (very rare) hard data, thank you.

I enjoyed this video very much as I rented a 2010 DB9 in Germany and had the opportunity to drive at speed. A beautiful car with a great sound and really, really bad fuel consumption at 150 mph! Unfortunately the price of Aston Martins reflect the lack of economy of scale when production is so low and not just the price for premium leather and sound systems. My initial thought was that the unscheduled maintenance at US$8,000 was crazy but in the last three years I have spent around C$5,000 for unscheduled maintenance on my 2009 BMW 328xi, which is nobody's idea of a handbuilt exotic. My fun car, a C6 Corvette, is quite cheap to insure so I am surprised at how high your rates are but this may a geographic thing. Nicely done video and keep enjoying the car! I am not concerned about depreciation on my Corvette--I mentally wrote its value to zero after purchase since I plan to drive it until we both fall apart.

The absolute best ownership video on you tube! I hope you do more cars. A car review for grown folks. Love it.

Very informative all around. The last 5 seconds sold me.

If you're feeling any more overwhelmed I'll happily swap you for my Peugeot 307, it's diesel, it has depreciated as much as it can, so you'won't lose out there, it has run 170,000 miles so you know it's reliable, the blue smoke from the exhaust is nothing to worry about, and for peace of mind it's been serviced regularly. DM me.

A family member bought a one-owner gorgeous 2007 DB9 in 2015 for $75,000. It came with a low 17,000 miles. The first service, conducted at 18,000 miles cost an incredible $22,000. New Tires, New front shocks, repair of an engine block oil leak ( was under original warranty, long expired ). The closest dealer was almost 100 miles away requiring a flatbed in both directions, for which the dealer charged $1400. At 18,500 miles - a year later - the supplied battery charger shorted out, killing the electronics in the passenger door. As beautiful as this car is, it is not for the thin of wallet.

The most sensible ,accurate,entertaining blog I have ever watched.My experience of high powered cars was with a Mecedes 450SL and one of the most telling comments was from my accountant who asked me are you sure you have all the bills my Ford Zephyr costs more than this.I assured him I even included petty cash receipts fot car washing .The only item he picked out was tyres as I burnt through twice as much rubber as he did. but I cannot blame the car ----it was my driviing but I sure as hell enjoyed driving that car.When I retired I bought an E Class Mercedes !!!!!!

This was one of the best videos I've seen on youtube. Thank you. What an eye opener.

considering you only put 13k miles on the car, this is pretty depressing

Now THIS was informative. Thank you. I have fantasies/dreams of getting a used sports car, as many do, but I'm not sure if I'll feel that way a month or a year or more after paying all the money for it and actually owning it

Fascinating cost analysts and beautiful car, nice work!

What a great video. A very good educational explanation well worth while to see and listen too. Not one second boring. (I was a teacher for four years.)

Excellent video. One of the best amateur vids I've seen on KZfaq. I run a Maserati Granturismo and it gets the same reception as Astons. They make people smile. Little boys want to sit behind the steering wheel (with a parents permission of course) People wave. Some people, like gas station attendants etc will go the extra mile to help you. There don't seem to be any of the negative reactions here in the UK, that Porches and some other marques attract. Here in the UK, once a supercar is out of warranty, many owners will make a beeline for a specialist / independent garage. My ten cents.....I'd suggest getting your maintenance done at a dealer was one area where you could've saved a lot of money. Find the right specialist and you save a fortune over the life of the car AND your car is maintained to a much higher standard. Often, the right specialist stamp in your service book will carry more weight than a dealer.The engines in Astons / Maseratis / Ferarris etc are built to be used, not sat in a garage. The accepted wisdom here is that it's better to have average mileage on a hand-built car, than very low mileage. So, paying more for a low mileage car, may cost you much more in maintenance over the long run. Perpetuating the myth that British supercars are unreliable is a disservice to the marque and your own resale value. It's no longer true. IF you buy wisely. That being, a car that's done at least average miles and been professionally maintained, you ought not to have any more issues than with any other comparable car. I'm not saying top end Jaguars / Astons etc are as reliable as Lexus, for example. But, a Lexus doesn't look as jaw droppingly beautiful as an Aston or Maserati ;) Dare to be different and it need not cost the earth. Mike :)

Wow friend, piddles is absolutely stunning! Enjoy her in good health and with a hefty right foot 😄

Thank you for a very honest straight up fair dinkum video. I had no idea of the problems with the cooler lines, nor the recall and optioned extras of the 04-06 being addressed in the 07 onward. I'll look for an 08-09.

The end of the video was such an exclamation point ! Loved it 🚗 💨

DB9 is nicer than DB11 for me. Especially that front end 😍

Pure art this car

Excellent presentation, answers so many pressing questions.

Absolutely great video not a lot of people are open about how much their car ACTUALLY has costed them. You kept it real, good job mate!

I think I would just leave the car in the driveway and enjoy the beauty of it . What a superb colour choice . Very interesting article . The depreciation for all cars is appalling .

Agree, luxury cars are expensive, buying and driving...that's why they are called luxury cars. But what about the happiness factor when you're driving an Aston...? Priceless

Superb presentation done in a friendly manner. Full of facts and practical tips. Any prospective owner will be grateful for the information provided.

Like your videos and to answer your question in the end ....-Yes, my car sounds exactly like that! I've had some fun cars before and used them for daily driving but my DB9 is only for pleasure.

Very helpful video! ... one day!

I like this guy's honesty. Subbed!

By far the best video on true cost ownership with no useless information. Def a subscriber now sir. Keep up the awesome videos.

Thank you for a great, informative and honest video! Hope to see more uploads from you in the future. Much love from Moldova :)

fantastic video, beautiful car.

The db9 is beautiful

Great to hear all about the Aston Martin DB9 as I was thinking of buying one👍

nicely done. My neighbor bought a DB11 last summer. I am first on his list to let know when he wants to sell it. I appreciate the information you shared.

A 55% write of in 8 years is pretty good. Any regular car takes a 50% write off in 3-4 years

I'd like to own one of these. There's just something special about bodywork on the best of British cars. The Italians used to have it, but have somehow lost it, as aerodynamics, rather than aesthetics, came to dictate body design in the ongoing pissing contest for ultimate performance. Ferraris, Lambos, and McLarens look purposeful, badass, and even downright evil, but they're really not sensuously beautiful like a DBS, DB9, or an S-Type Jag. It's like Jaguar and Aston Martin both looked at the direction the Italian makers were headed and said fuck that; we're not playing that game. Who really does 200 MPH anyhow? Let's make a car that people will enjoy driving at less than lethal speeds in real world conditions. I have to agree, as frankly, I'd much rather have this DB9 than one of the recent Italian supercars. I have a Lotus Exige that is just about as different from a DB9 as is possible, as it's noisy, unrefined, and handles like a methed-out go-kart. But it is truly a sublime machine that is a joy to drive anywhere but in heavy traffic. I could truly use it as a daily driver, as the previous owner did. And I could imagine doing the same with a DB9. Even the cost of maintenance aside, I can't imagine doing that with a McLaren, Lambo, or Ferrari. Factoring in the maintenance costs on one of those, and there is no way I could afford to own, much less drive them. But since I do all the work on the Lotus, (most maintenance parts are ridiculously cheap), I could realistically see doing the same for a DB9. In short, I see cars like a DBS or DB9 as actually being attainable and truly enjoyable for someone like me, and I think I would actually get more pleasure out of owning one.

The analytics of this video are very good and comprehensive. Thanks for this, this is my dream car!

A whole series of these on different cars would be awesome! Keep up the good work 👍

Haha, that smile in the end, priceless :P

if anybody wants to own and drive beautiful car like that, never think about cost.

Nicely put together video. Like the style and all the information. You seems like an honest person. Well done and hellou from Slovakia !

Not even sure how I landed here but I'm happy I did. What a refreshing change from the garbage on KZfaq. Great video and love the up front honesty. Fantastic. You are very generous for sharing your knowledge.

But if newer Astons are more reliable it's a bit better... this makes me not want to ever buy an Aston but they're some of my all-time favorite cars.

I’m always downplaying the true cost of owning my Aston

Glad I stumbled across your vid. Great info. I truly appreciate your perspective on the 'worst case' ownership cost. Your end comment couldn't be more true! Lifes too short to see beautiful creations and not have a few!

I really enjoyed watching this presentation , well done , a very good accent , which makes it easy to comprehend since KZfaq is international , presenter presence is really excellent , nice tidy quiet neighborhood in the background , congratulations , Me.. my ex cars included a 72 Espada MK2 , Porsche 928 and currently a 5.7 Grand cherokee , hope an Aston Martin will become included in the near future , and.. nany thanks .

my granny had a honda civic that sounded exactly like that!

Is your steering wheel on right I mean correct side ;)

DB9s can be had in the UK from the low £30ks now. Thank you so much for sharing this video as a reality check. While the prices have bottomed out and so depreciation is unlikely to be a significant factor, the rest of the costs are still pretty brutal.

Great vid..................love the passion for the DB9 -- priceless!

Well done..I have a Porsche Turbo S and would be interested in crunching similar numbers..

Beautiful car, lovely colour too.

Thank you for such a clear, thorough, and articulate video. I like your calm style of presenting the information. Although I am not in the market for a DB9 but I've always wanted to know the details. At about twice the cost of the Acura, yes, that startup sound is worth it!

Great video! Very thorough explanation. I appreciate all the information shared based on your experience. I am definitively considering an AM.

I want the newer one from casino royale in gunmetal.

You can't really factor in things like insurance, devaluation, cleaning it etc against Aston ownership, because the same thing happens with any brand/car. e.g. Detailing an an Aston is no more expensive than detailing an F150. I'm actually pleased to find out that beyond all that, the car seems reliable and the running/maintenance costs aren't that bad ($3.5k/3 years = $1100/yr). I'd bet you'd pay a LOT more for scheduled maintenance for most other exotics, e.g. a Lamborghini or something. Even an old Ferrari F355 needs new timing belts every 10k miles which is a complete engine-out service that costs maybe $10-15k.

That was the most genuine looking smile at the end. Great video.

Enjoyed the video, great ending w/ the engine rev. Also, you have to count depreciation, like the honesty of the calculations. Well done!