# Aston Martin

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947 "2007-08-31T18:03:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![JerryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JerryG](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JerryG)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947/1 "2007-08-31T18:03:51Z")

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I’m looking to buy a used DB9. I have always driven manual transmissions but have heard that a stick may not be the best choice for this particular car.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947/2 "2007-08-31T18:47:11Z")

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Try driving both and make up your own mind.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947/3 "2007-08-31T19:15:08Z")

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So what if a manual transmission is only the second-best choice? I’d gladly take even a second-best Aston Martin over my current daily driver any day.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947/4 "2007-08-31T22:33:36Z")

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You might go searching for an Aston Martin club website. That’s a “niche” car, and you may get better info there.

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**Author:** ![JerryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JerryG](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JerryG)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aston-martin/3947/5 "2007-09-04T14:48:40Z")

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Good idea. Thanks