VW Phaeton W12 2003 63,000 Nocturne Aubergine for £6,500

blue520

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2b1ask1 said:
That is an awful lot of car for that money! even Cat-D
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The Phaeton is the only car i`ve had more than once a 58plate and 2010 plate both 3.0 Diesels.
They are fantastic bargain second hand a great comfortable mile eater hugely refined.
The W12 is the same lump that`s in the Continentals and flying spur without the twin turbos.
 
MrMickS

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When I used to get picked up for my red eye to the airport the Phaeton was always the car I hoped for. It was so much better than the S class, 7-series, or A8L. That was with the small diesel. It would be a beast with a W12. That said the owner had an issue with the power boot and it was a) a pain to get fixed and b) not cheap.
 
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There's one round here somewhere, I've always resisted the temptation to goad him into a race (in the Merc at least) as his is a W12 and I've seen how quick they are!
 
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Navcorr said:
A friend has recently ordered a brand new Audi R8 - in metallic purple. New! It wasn't as if he didn't have a choice of colours.
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Was he really, really drunk? In the 90s I had two cars which were a deep metallic purple, a Golf GTi and a Vectra V6. Both were shite, and not just because of the colour.
 
zagatoes30

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Those W engines are awesome until they go wrong, most VW techs know nothing about them but the VW tech centre in MK is knowledgeable if you are close by
 
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Felonious Crud said:
Was he really, really drunk? In the 90s I had two cars which were a deep metallic purple, a Golf GTi and a Vectra V6. Both were shite, and not just because of the colour.
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;)

I think dry ice smoke will pour from the sills when the doors open - to the tune of Disco Inferno :smile:
 
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Navcorr said:
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I think dry ice smoke will pour from the sills when the doors open - to the tune of Disco Inferno :smile:
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That's the way I rolled in the nineties. Crass, coarse and quite without regard for dignity. See Le Mans 2017 thread for further examples of how forum members keep that dream alive.
 
Corranga

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Great way into Bentley running costs in a car that doesn't tick all the boxes..

Always loved the idea of them but rather than being a covert luxury bargain, these things are full on, the W12 at least, but with the downsides of looking like that 1k Passat down the road and not exactly a huge amount of horses for the fuel used..
I really get what vw were trying to do, but they should have made a great vw by making, well a great vw, not by shoving Bentley bits in!
How many will have be maintained like a Bentley / how many will be proper money pits...

Smaller petrol or diesel might well be a different story of course.
 
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Corranga said:
I really get what vw were trying to do, but they should have made a great vw by making, well a great vw, not by shoving Bentley bits in!
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The W12 is a VW engine shoe horned into a Bentley not the other way round. The W concept has always been VW thing, it basically is a modular W4 that can be configured into multiple configurations W8 on the Passat, W12 in the Phaeton, W12 Turbo and W16 Turbo in the Veyron
 
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