I was following an Aston Martin DB9 this afternoon. We stopped at a set of lights ...... me behind him  As the lights changed he proceeded in a leisurely manner, whereas I had my foot buried in the carpet to keep up, he got to around 50, stopped accelerating & then moved back over a lane. You just don't overtake a car like that even in a reasonably quick 3.0 Omega, so I moved over too behind him. Anyway ........ at the next set of lights when we both had to stop, I held back so that we could talk. I pointed out that half of his nearside tail lights weren't working, he already knew. 
They're led lights and Aston can/will only sell you a complete new light unit.
I know things are relative & if you have the money to buy & run a DB9 you're not going to be short of a quid or three, but he told me a tail light costs .................  

Hand made is it Andy?!

tunnie wrote on 20. Mar 2011 at 20:10:


The advantage of our cars though is that you can change a bulb if one fails and not have to change the whole unit. 

Job Oportunity 

For a very reasonable fee I am prepared to hack it open and replace all LED's.

Lets say half price of a new one, £200. Hell, high power leds are only about £1 each, and if you have to change the driver they're only about £14 

Just like refurbing a Power sounder  just as long as it doesn't catch fire later 

Ken

As said if you buy an aston whats £400.

tunnie wrote on 20. Mar 2011 at 20:10:



65 plus VAT for a genuine one

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 21. Mar 2011 at 12:19:


Not as expensive as I thought it would be!

Webby the Bear wrote on 20. Mar 2011 at 20:56:


Or my car two years ago and have £50 change