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Phaeton about to become a rare commodity state-side....

Subject: Phaeton about to become a rare commodity state-side....
From: pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)
Date: Tue Nov 15 09:32:39 2005
In-reply-to: <819b959d0511150711q125e5ea0i75be7ca40bfe3480@mail.gmail.com>

The w8 is alot of fun to drive, but I heard that the cylinder walls were very thin and proned to cracking, when he took his sedan in for some minor adjustments, there were three others in the for engine changes, or something of the like.

Kervin <carsandkites@gmail.com> wrote:From a 10/17 auction report, a 2004 Phaeton with average miles and
average condition went for $41,100 with a W8 engine and $50,100 with a
W12. That's quite a drop.

On 11/15/05, Dan wrote:
> I've heard that W8 was one BADASS engine, and quite rare too. And I'd
> question if he actually had the W12, they're even rarer over here, that
> would make me question the high loss on the resale. Could be wrong, but that
> just doesn't sound right....
>
>

Elmhurst, IL
'84 8V
'00 VR6

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