WHAAAT? $26K Brake Job! CAR WIZARD explains on this rare '12 Aston Martin Vantage Carbon Black Ed.
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Car repairs can be quite expensive, but on this oh-so rare 2012 Aston Martin Vantage Carbon Black Edition a simple brake job is the cost of some new cars. The CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ breaks it down and, as always, looks over this awesome vehicle.
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Even back in the day the Aston Martin parts were expensive. That's why James Bond had to live in a studio apartment.
James Bond did not have to pay to have his Aston Martin fixed. He just called M to get Q to send him a new one.
I'd rather be livin' in a moldy-ass basement than have to finance a MONEY-PIT like this!
I hope James Bond's Aston Martin is an MI6 company car...
Bonds had alot more extras than Aston Martin was offering
Looool😂
I used to work in a Ford factory in the UK. The factory made the instrument clusters and the senders.
We used to ship the instrument movements (not the full cluster) to the Aston Martin factory six per week so yes the parts are the same.
Dim foooooll
@@rustyshackleford2185 eh?
@@Paul_C the guys pfp is Tim pool aka dim fool
If I lived near the car wizard I would never be scared to own an exotic. Because you know he would fix it right and price it fairly.
Crazy that so many auto mechanics haven’t figured out how much more business they would get just being honest and fair.
They're blinded by greed, it's as simple as that. Many dealers suffer from the same problem: they prefer one huge bill to a customer now and risk that he/she never returns than billing the customer fairly and know that they'll probably see them come in for repairs in the future.
It's that short-term thinking that hedge-funds introduced: 10 dollars in the pocket now is better than 20 dollars in the pocket after a month.
Because being honest only gets you called a liar. Keep pricing "fair" and people will still complain about prices. There is no satisfying people in this industry. No one gets in this industry to help people. You are in this industry for the money.
You cant rely on someone returning.
@@getchasome6230 If you treat someone decently then you certainly increase the probability that someone returns.
The only guarantee you have is that if you rip off your customers, you're CERTAIN they won't return.
@@tjroelsma If you're running a business you cant bet on probabilities. That's how you go out of business
As a mechanic I respect the car wizard. He has a wealth of knowledge.
Finally, someone who makes Hoovies bills look like a spare change. Lol
Next week:
I bought the cheapest Aston Martin V12 Vantage in the USA
Except Hoovie’s bills are never-ending.
@@willmtaylor Lmfao
The truth hits hard
@@willmtaylor lol, true, he got himself into an endless money pit.
lmaoo🙂🤣😂😂
When these Vantage V12s came out I knew they were instant classics and future collectibles. Being a manual transmission makes it a sure shot for future value and collectibility.
As usual, the Wizard is well spoken and very knowledgeable about his craft. I also appreciate his no nonsense approach, he suffers no fools gladly.
Hoovies heart dropped when the wizard said “to me this is one of the most beautiful cars to come into the shop” 🤣
My high ass is staring at the thumbnail wondering, how could a Ford fusion break job cost as much as the car itself? 😂😂😂
I thought it was a chrysler for a minute!
Donut media was dumb enough to make almost a whole video saying that a Ford Fusion looks like an Aston Martin. They are probably very low-sighted...
@@alexandrecouture2462 The grills are very similar.
@@jeebus2121 Well yea, Ford shamelessly stole the design when AM was owned by them.
@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes lol true
So right away, I’m going to assume carbon ceramic discs, and those wild prices are if you buy the OEM replacements. Assuming you don’t take the more common route of just replacing them with iron discs, you can frequently find an aftermarket replacement. These aren’t low quality CC rotors, one of the companies making them is surface transforms, and they’re one of the pioneers of the technology. This actually represents an upgrade, as the OEM rotors are just chopped carbon rotors, while the surface transforms units are CFRC rotors.
Oh yeah, ceramic rotors typically only wear meaningfully when they’re above the auto ignition temperature of carbon.
As samcrac has shown, maybe not on the carbon brakes, but for many other items you can go aftermarket. For example: you can buy the oil filter from the AM dealer for $126 or buy the exact same filter from Rock Auto for $14.00. Audi/Bentley are the same, as well as Land Rover, Jaguar, etc......
@@muskokamike127 good luck finding those fancy rotors on rockauto
@@trippplefive haha no kidding eh? I almost shit when Tavarish said he was thankful the rotors weren't damaged on his McLaren...$22,000 a piece...WTF? That's the price of a good used pickup.
@@trippplefive those uselessly high performance and expensive rotors would be the first thing id replace and sell off 😂
@@incoherentpanda4925 the funny thing is that those super high performance brakes don’t work as well as regular brakes at road temperatures.
You know Wizard loves that engine cause he started breathing heavily when talking about it 😏😁
What a beautiful car
I presume he knows it's kinda 2 Ford Duratec V6's back to back? Given he's not much of a Ford fan and all...
@@Beer_Dad1975 I mean, Maseratis use pentastar blocks too.
@@Beer_Dad1975 he said it yea
Also, what you would do to keep the value up, is replace the stock stuff while its still in good condition, and keep it in storage. Use aftermarket stuff until you are ready to sell the car, then put the stock stuff back on it. win win
This guy gets it
Tavarish did a great video on his Aston Martin titled "Here's Everything On My Aston Martin That Secretly Wasn't Made By Aston Martin"
Almost everything on any car isn't made by its manufacturer 😎
@@AUTOdidact77 so your telling me my VW isn't made by VW? Who made it then? Bmw? Lol
@@ZanicL3 It's assembled by VW but almost all the parts are manufactured by someone else.
@@AUTOdidact77 I know but to say everything made on it isn't made by the manufacturer is a bit far imo
@@ZanicL3 no, it's a clear fact, most of the parts are made by other companies for the manufacturer
I saw one of these Aston Martin's listed in an auction in Australia years back, older than this model and it sold for the price of a new Camry at the time. What put most people off buying the car was the history of the car, $11,000 for electrical repairs apart from a list of of other repairs, that was then. I wish I could afford to buy and keep one of these.
That's what kills Maserati's as well. EVs too. A woman in New Zealand bought a Nissan Leaf for $8000...the battery died 2 months later...cost to replace? $16,000.00.
The thing is, with these Carbon Ceramic brakes etc....99% of the people who pay for them when new will never need them as they'll never track the car let alone run a full race on them (which is what they're designed for). It's all about bragging rights.
It's also like 4 x 4 pickups...in the US 99% of them will never see gravel let alone off road.
That 710 cap is driving me nuts!
OCD notwithstanding, beautiful car I'll never be able to afford.
But if they didn't print it on there how would you know where to put your 710 fluid?
Just buy the water pump. I'm sure you can afford that!
Don’t sell yourself short man. If you want to afford this car you can. It may take a lot of hard work, but it’s doable. I
What many used car buyers don't realize, when you buy a high end used car for what you think is a great deal relative to its cost when it was new. You're still maintaining a vehicle with its list price when new. Buyer beware, you have to pay to play.
Shout out to Mrs. Wizard! Your work is acknowledged.
Well here’s one for Mrs. Wizard: you’ll no doubt have noticed the leather stitching at the top of the steering wheel discretely showing the straight-ahead position (fan boys love that sort of thing).
You can get full Brembo race kits for this car, 380mm front 6 piston and 355mm rear 4 pistons. For about half that much. Even though those Brembo kits are very expensive compared to other cars that use that size
I've seen them for as cheap as 4k
These are carbon ceramic bro your looking at the wrong stuff.....
Do you honestly believe you can put an experienced mechanic to shame with a Google search, the dunning-kruger" is strong with you for sure!
@@EZ-D-FIANT I wasn’t talking carbon ceramics
@@troystcyr3771 yea but they were so......
@@troystcyr3771 they were talking about them though, you said you could get a brembo kit cheaper like it was an equivalent but it's nowhere near the same, stop trying to sound smart your really not very good at it!
Been there done that - had to change the clutch during the service on my Vantage - glad I was sitting down when I paid the bill. But, in the bay next to mine was a one 007 - that bill was ahem eye watering!
Go check out Samcrac's video on this.....you can get an aftermarket one and do it in your backyard for less than $2000.
Porsche said although the carbon ceramics breaks are super expensive, according to their testing it should last 2-3 times longer than normal steel breaks, assuming you change the original pads when they should be changed. Good thing is also that they don't rust when standing long time without use. So it should never need the break change in the lifetime if they don't do race track days often.
The Wizard know what he's doing. I'm glad that he's brutally honest when it comes to a real mechanic. There's these wannabe mechanics out there that can rip a person off if someone aren't mechanically inclined.
I’m in the UK. I bought one of these new ten years ago and have done 40,000 miles in it. I love it, but it is indeed expensive and I pray never to need new brake rotors!
Last year, I needed a new clutch at 38000 miles (I drive in town in London a lot) and a new rear light unit (you can’t replace a bulb, it’s a sealed unit). £4500 for the clutch and £1000 for the rear light. Tyres are about £1200 for a set. I’ve had two new front splitter and a new rear diffuser, each one because somebody drove into it. Each is about £2500.
If that's the cost of driving around London I'd trade that car for an Oyster Card.
@@davidjones332 not quite the same. I use my watch for that, in any case.
I can't unsee the damage to the front splitter. That's a real shame.
Ya gotta drive it! Car is pretty clean overall
Informative entertaining honest and personable. I love your shows and I haven't even got a car. I drive buses in London and have enough trouble running my push bike, fixing other people's punctures (always carry spare inner tubes, tyre levers and small pump). So I have nothing but admiration for your knowledge and expertise especially with the British stuff.
1 of 58 in the USA, amazing.
Wizard pulling a Hoovie drop at the end had me laughing out loud hahah!
On some cars you switch out the carbon ceramic rotors for regular drill and slotted rotors you really dont need carbon ceramic unless your going to track regularly
True. But you also don’t need drilled and slotted rotors, either.
Slap in some drum brakes lmfao!!! On all 4s
@@samlung2724 Your joke fell flat.
26k for a brake job. I have to do the front brakes on my 05 escalade. About 300 in parts and I'm doing the job my self.
This is the reason a good stick shift driver looks ahead, and avoids using the middle pedal.
Yup
Imagine destroying your transmission by using it as the brakes so you can save money on the brakes.
This is also why I’d you’re not going to track your car skip the ceramic brake option.
@@StuninRub You don't understand how manuals work at all. Be quiet until you learn more about engines and cars.
@@OffTrackProductions More like you dont know how your own transmission works. Use brakes for brakes.
I was surprised at how simple that motor looked and how easy it seemes to be, then wizard said two duratec V6's and bamb. There it is 👍😂
I’d like to call that the Ford fusion super platinum edition.
Ikr
Hello fellow Donut media fan
Ford copied AM design, not the other way around.
@@subarnosinha8042 Aston Martin IS ford lmaoo
@@subarnosinha8042 Ford acquired AM and then used it’s design. Bought and paid for…not copying. They own the rights.
This is my absolute dream car. I couldn't believe it when i saw the thumbnail. Most beautiful car I've ever seen. So jelly.
I work in a high end restoration shop.
You better have 5k handy just for oil changes... we repaired a rolls hit in the right finder by a cop. Total repair cost was over 40k. For a fender bender not even a full on hit.
That's why I can't own nice expensive things everything is a down payment for a house with them
when i was in a GM Dealer in Toronto
i did a Brake JOB on a 1996 CALLAWAY IMPALA SS , Brembo Brakes !!!
2 Front Rotors 2 pcs Cast Iron with Anodized Blue Aluminium Hat Cost $3000 CAD for the 2 Front Rotors !!!
Pads Were $500 Cad FIXED RED CALIPERS !!!
Stainless Steel Lines anothe $500 Bucks Special Made from Callaway .
Wizard raging against the 'Civic guys' lol
Nothing wrong with a 306hp type r though
Wizard hates fake carbon fiber which I guess only civic owners would install, those heathens!
@@alphatrion100 ricer
@@EazyDuz18
a civic type r isnt rice. Its the second fastest frontwheel drive production car on the Nürburgring EVER.
@@alphatrion100 front wheel drive? Lmao
The exhaust sound is amazing. Thanks for rev'ing it, Wiz.
Love learning from the Wizard!
The benefit of the carbon rotors is that unless you're tracking the car you'll probably never need to change them.
We can see that Wizard evidently went to the "Hoovie School of Acting"! Beautiful car!
A true LoL moment. 😆
3.0L Duratec from the Ford Taurus was a good motor. Had one with 400k on it. original head gasket.
What a spectacularly beautiful car! I don’t see a time where I could purchase one, so I really enjoy exploring and learning about them in your videos. Thanks Car & Ms. Wizard!
I think it's beautiful too - but I suspect even if I had the money to own it, and even if $26,000 for a full set of brakes wasn't all that much money for me - I'd still be too scared to enjoy it on the road. I think you have to be "old money" to own something like this, the kind of money where you don't think about how much you are really spending...
One day you will
Pro tip for carbon ceramic owners: Sell the rotors and pads and buy steel replacements. For an Aston Martin, it'll still be expensive, but more like 5 grand.
13:24 to 13:54 That start-up sound and baby-revving literally gave me chills, it was as if I was hearing the favorite part of my favorite song, maybe that brake cost isn't so bad...
The carbon ceramic brakes if treated correctly are lifetime brakes
“Gentlemen, start your engines”! 🤣 🤣 hilarious!
I drove a 14 droptop V8 Vantage from N OK to Dallas so it could be serviced by Aston.
The windshield fluid reservoir was cracked. The part alone was $750. FOR A WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID RESERVOIR.
It truly is the territory of “if you have to ask you can’t afford it.”
Carbon ceramic brakes do last a long time, but there is a coming wave of cars totaled out because the brake jobs are more expensive than the car is worth. Depreciation eats many, many European cars alive. The first person that figures out how to convert them back to steel at a cheaper rate will make some good money.
Also that 14 Vantage was an automatic and shifted so slow I thought something was wrong with it. The dealership just said 🤷🏼♂️ that’s how they are! I’m sure newer double clutch cars feel better but that one lurched from gear to gear.
So keep 12V hooked up while you change the battery is something new i learned today.
that's what they did on my car when I went to a battery shop to change the battery, and I don't own a fancy car, it's a 2014 Nissan Versa
That's what i was thinking too just toss a jump box on the ends while you do a battery swap
@@nou8257 Buy a Civic instead. The superior vehicle.
@@simplyincorrigible7708 unless you buy the years with a cvt trans
@11:32 The Wizard making the "uggah duggah" noise of an impact gun. Lol😂
Farewell Carver, keep sailing at full steam mid 70's style.
I worked at a Chevy dealer in '09 when rhe C6 ZR1 came out. I remember the Corvette tech telling me that in order to determine remaining life on the ZR1's carbon ceramic rotors, you weighed them.
I just found out the Wiz had a YT channel. Hell yeah! Easily my favorite part of Hoovies videos.
My Ford Pinto is taking me to where I want to go and it's attractive to lot of people when stop at red lights. I am happy.
Q-branch must have a big budget with all the Aston Martins Bond uses
My Corvette C6 ZR1 has similar carbon ceramic brakes. A few ZR1owners report that the rotors had issues with imbalance causing vibration at above 80mph. Very expensive to replace those brakes, but when you need stopping power, they're awesome.
I used to watch this channel to heckle you, wizard. Then I stfu and started paying attention... and I gotta say I've actually learned some things.
“It moves out with authority” is one of my new favorite phrases lmao
I guess I wont complain about my $400 in parts dodge ram brake job.
I just paid around 200$ for front and rear discs and break pads and that's with labour included :D
@@Bossix84 must be made out of tinfoil lol.
its gonna be like $600 for my ford but that's for both rear calipers and hoses
Doing a performance pack upgrade on a 2017 Vantage V12, exhaust manifolds, full exhaust, and new rear diffuser. Labor alone is $7500.00
I'm believe carbon ceramic brake rotors will last the life of the car. Just don't forget to change the brake pads so you don't ruin a rotor before it's too late! 😳
If you drive it normally yes… track use no.. you will kill them quickly.
@@TheWretchedWorld no
@@EazyDuz18 They don’t fade easily but they wear out like any other rotor. Definitely not the cost effective option if you plan on tracking your vehicle.
If carbon ceramic rotors were good for track use how come they aren’t used over steel rotors in top levels of Motorsport, they are seldom used these days. In the early days of the tech you saw them used but there are too many inherent drawbacks.
@@TheWretchedWorld They are used in some top level motorsports. It's a question of finding what's right for the specific application, yes the initial hype of carbon ceramic has died down. Thankfully! But it's not like the technology has been abandoned.
That's why the first thing I tell people who are about to buy a car new/used is to look up common issues, what it costs to replace, and maintenance costs. Too many people think “affording” a vehicle is paying the monthly payments.
Dang. I thought Porsche Ceramic brakes were bad enough.
Corvette also has ceramic brakes..
@@dalehall2993 Yeah, but a complete brake job for a ceramic equipped Vette is a bit over $9k. Fun fact. The first Vette with ceramics had the exact same brakes as a Ferrari Enzo. Same Brembo brakes. Same markings. Same part number. But when ordered from Ferrari they cost close to $30k.
@@nucleargrizzly1776
It must have been the big F word!👀🤣
That's what I like about this channel. We get to see the underside, engine bay, and the suspension! Yeah there are lots of Aston Martin (or insert car here) videos, but they don't show anything mechanical
Thank you Wizard and Mrs. Congrats on selling the Carver. Great looking Aston Martin, also love the shape/size, something my elderly bones can get in and out of.
26k brake job ! I'd seriously consider putting a hole in the floor board and doin a Fred Flintstone braking.
26k for a brake job makes me wonder what the original cost of that option was when it was new.
Maybe even cheaper - that's how the printer manufacturers do it 😀
The brakes were standard fitment.
The crunch on the front splitter looks EXPENSIVE!!!
That poor thing is toast!
Couldnt you simply attach a second battery to the cables with some alligator clips, while you swap the actual battery for the new battery? The car wouldnt even know the battery had been swapped because the system would never lose power.
Reminds me of some VWs. They sell a cable that you plug into obd2 on the first car that you plug the other end into OBD2 on any second car to supply 12v to the computers so they don't freak out.
The most beautiful Ford ever made.
Astons are known for having flat batteries if you don't use them enough. Aston factory started fitting 2 batteries in some models.
The value of that car will drop like a falling girder
I don’t know, I think it’ll appreciate long term. Especially when they stop making manual transmissions and ICE powered cars.
Values are increasing in the UK for v12 manuals in particular, also v8s. If that car was advertised for sale in the UK there would be a bun fight over it 😊
Thank you Wizard for making my day, it makes my BMW M6 Competition brake job looks like nothing compared to this Vantage brake job.
So - how do you replace the battery without causing the entire electrical system to go haywire?
There are some options, you can ie. get a small battery pack that plugs into your cigarette lighter and provides power to the modules while you're changing the actual battery.
If you need to disconnect battery because you don't want power to the car, not to replace it, you're out of luck in any case. You'd have to go through the entire process. Perhaps there is a process to go through before removing power from the vehicle, though. Kind of like a computer shut down vs. a power failure?
Wizard should pull even MORE expensive cars in and talk about the expensive maintenance they DON’T need. Awesome!
Although it's an astonishing beautiful piece of work...why do I see ford fusion in it,I do have to say Aston Martin is one of my favorite of the exotic cars today
The guy who designed the ford fusion came from Aston if I remember correctly.
@@blaXkgh0st absolutely right my friend....I do have to say I do love Aston Martin styling...
@@josephmatto554 I agree. I wish the tech was better for the price tho.
@@josephmatto554 Ian Callum, British car designer.
I had this video playing in the background and realized Mrs. Wizard could pass as a news reporter with that speech and voice
3:45 The official announcement, released today, also reveals that the Carbon Black special edition will start from $194,995.
Life is full of regrets, but at 16 I turned down a DB2, from a dealer, for $150.00
@@warringtonfaust1088 ouch
I'll have 2.
I had am Audi RS3 come from Carvana. It was supposed to have carbon ceramic front pads and rotors. It had steel rotors and Hawk pads. Carvana paid $12,750, to replace with factory parts. You could pick up the rotors with your pinky finger.
"FoMoCo" code for Aston Martin trying to hide all the Ford parts that were used on this super expensive vehicle. I cringed when The Wizard banged his flashlight on the $5000.00 brake rotor 😎
The happiest days of boat ownership - The day you buy, and the day you sell!
Wizard, wouldn’t most folks just convert to the typical Vantage steel brakes set up? That’s possible right?
I'm sure the Wizard will step in if I've misunderstood, but I think whilst the steel swap can be done, the carbon ceramics last really well, provided they're not abused. Acid alloy wheel cleaner is a big no, for example, & as he said, windy guns, just don't take the risk. A lot of the V12s are really low miles, that one's done about 1000 miles a year, roughly, at that rate those brakes will last the car another 40 years, all being well - plenty of time to save up the $26k :-D
You can convert from the carbon ceramics to steel brakes - That is entirely possibly. Carbon Ceramics can last over 100k miles if driven reasonably. But most of their benefit is stopping performance while the brakes are hot - They're meant to glow and work well at those temps.
Only 230 made most folks wouldn’t own one
On a street driven car, there is basically no reason to have carbon ceramic brakes (except ego). I would pull them off the moment the car got home, and swap in steel. Then when it's time to sell, put the cc brakes back on. New owner gets brand new brakes.
The plus is that steel brakes work better when they're cold too, through the new cc are getting better with cold performance. And, you can get stock Aston Martin parts to do the swap...
@@herranton just the risk that someone may ding and crack the rotor with a tool is a gigantic turn off to owning these. In IMSA plenty of their production version of those cars have CCB, yet everyone converts their brakes to steel because it has consistent feel and easy operability over CCB.
There are quite a few cars that think they are being stolen unless you use auxiliary power when removing the battery. The radio will need the correct code etc.
The thing is this, the value of the car will go down (rapidly), but the cost of those repairs will stay the same. Sooner or later the cost of the repairs exceeds the car's value and basically totals it. This is why you see cars like this selling for less than $20k in 10yrs. You lease a car like this for 2yrs and move on before the repairs sink in.
V12 Vantages are increasing in value significantly faster than the market. Well sorted, low mileage examples have sold for $300k recently, far more than original $225k MSRP. Even V8 units are taking off.
These cars have never really depreciated much from new, and indeed in the UK values are climbing. The last of a breed they are - a naturally aspirated V12 with a proper 3 pedal manual gearbox and Rear Wheel Drive.
I saw a car that had been wrecked by the owner not longer after he purchased it. I saw this car in a shop in Los Vegas. The gentleman giving me the tour of the shop told me that the had 184k worth of damage & his shop was getting ready to start fixing the car. I thought the car had been totaled in the wreck. But was told it was not totaled.
"Not the fake stuff that Civic guys buy"
🤔😆
Wizard needs to get out of the garage more. Honda sells genuine carbon fiber trim and accessories. It's made in Italy and it ain't cheap.
I love the crabon-fibber. And btw, you can use the carbon ceramic brake-rotors from a Ford Fiesta. It saves you a lot of money
Sometimes individuals have more money than brains.
I’ve disconnected battery on my 2010 db9 sport pack many times without any issues.. if you buy rotors directly from brembo it will cost you only approximately $8k for the set..
I prefer to lay up my treasures in Heaven . Still that is a cool car
If Car Wizard talks about any vehicle, it is by God the real deal.
Lol, “I’m not going to reveal the supplier” Supplier’s name all over print out!!!
Hehe also could not notice the Scuderia car parts watermarks :)
I went under a Volvo S80 V8 (Yamaha) motor as I really liked the styling and the engine. Under the car, every part was FoMoCo and almost everywhere else. Rust was very pronounced compared to my much older wagon but earlier model made by Volvo. FYI, V8 AM Vantage uses Volvo interior switches and other bits and bobs. It's from big parts bin from FoMoCo cost cutting days.
and in only 1o years we will see this AM back as part of the Hoopty fleet
The lines on this car have been absorbed into the entire Ford line up. If you look closely at the Ford Fusion, the grille looks very similar. The rims? They look like a new Ford Escape's rims. If we can just get the V12 into the Escape, now that WOULD be a grocery getter.
The test of one's wealth is not when the car is bought new, but rather when it breaks down. It's like that in marriage too LOL
that's why you put cast iron rotors and have set of track pads and set of street pads
Changing the car battery on this car and some other new cars is now a special procedure so that power is not interrupted to all the microprocessor modules, or else everything will need to be recalibrated. Back in years past changing the car battery was simple and it did not matter that a power interruption occurred.
Cheap parts: the plastic buttons to adjust the seats, the stalks on the steering column, etc.
Yep, unfortunate Ford heritage courtesy of AM ownership days :/
They throw some expensive bits on it to justify the price and then cheap on Fomoco parts where you don’t see them. Consumers should be irate that they charge so much for regular wear items like brakes.
That’s the same as brakes on a newer BMW M5/M6 with carbon brakes. I’ve done a couple brake jobs on them. Have to be very careful and not spill any chemicals on the parts.
I had the immense pleasure of taking a few special cars (Vantage V8, R35 Skyline, V10 R8, Gallardo convertible and a 911) round the Donington "Heritage" circuit a couple of years ago and there's something special about an Aston, even if it has a Mercedes engine! The Aston was a tad nose heavy but the absolute SHOVE out of it and the sharp handling for the weight was top notch. That V12 sounds absolutely glorious, doesn't it?