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

[pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)]

It's something along those lines, everytime I talk to him about his w8 he's too afraid to drive it, vw must have told him something to make him keep it in the garage.
 
I keep telling him that if it breaks, it's under warranty, plus he bought it with 1500mi on it for 27k, 41k new. Drive it like you stole it!

Dan Bubb <dan.bubb@gmail.com> wrote:
That's interesting, because if you look at the top of any of VW's
narrow angle V engines the distance from cylinder to cylinder is
pretty huge which is why they're managing to up the VR-6 to 3.6L.
Not saying the cylinder walls aren't thin, just saying there doesn't
appear to be a space reason why they should be unlike our humble 4
cylinder engines.
OTOH the cranks are fitting alot of rods onto a damn short crankshaft.
The cranks look pretty spindly to me.

On 11/15/05, Tonee Northam 
wrote:
> 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.
>


Elmhurst, IL
'84 8V
'00 VR6