Time for a new car?

You know, I like my Aston Martin DB7. But in recent years, AM has released a few nice cars that are even more beautiful still. So it might be time to upgrade. What do you think?

Here's the DB7:



And here's the DB9:



I think the DB9 looks nicer. Smoother and more aggressive at the same time. Better proportions: notice the nicer, more solid front end of the DB9 and the flimsy one of the DB7 with its headlights set further back. The DB7 is trying to be an E-Type but without the grace - and the E-Type is a little over-rated anyway. Actually it sometimes reminds me of the current Jaguar XK - nice enough but not as nice as the new AMs.

But you know, you do get used to your car after a while and even though you can afford a nicer one, you start thinking how annoying it is to go through the process of test driving and filling in papers and updating your insurance company and all that malarkey.