Phaeton daily????
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I've just put a deposit down on a phaeton 3.0tdi in black with Helios wheels.
What is everyone's opinions on these?
Bought it to basically eat up the motorway miles and run as my daily after selling my focus st.
I did briefly look at the Audi equivalent but I work for Audi and see enough of them everyday so decided against the a8.
It's had some of the common faults sorted out,corrosion on the doors,inlet manifolds done so should see me alright for the daily commute.
Just looking for something I can waft along in with total comfort.
Anyone's opinions on these cars?
What is everyone's opinions on these?
Bought it to basically eat up the motorway miles and run as my daily after selling my focus st.
I did briefly look at the Audi equivalent but I work for Audi and see enough of them everyday so decided against the a8.
It's had some of the common faults sorted out,corrosion on the doors,inlet manifolds done so should see me alright for the daily commute.
Just looking for something I can waft along in with total comfort.
Anyone's opinions on these cars?
I've run a 5 litre V10 tt for well over a year now, if you check through the past threads here there is a lot of info about them.
They are fantastic Luxo Barges I bought mine to do the University Taxi duties running my daughter and her crap from Portsmouth to Norwich. I have possibly the worst two passengers in the world, my wife likes the heater right up in a car, my daughter likes it cold, hot, cold, warm, hot you get the picture. I like it cool in a car so up until the Phaeton every journey was sheer hell so the 4 zone heating/cooling is Nirvana for me. Mine is the four seater LWB version that has four individual massaging cooling seats.
My 200 journey to Norwich is just like popping to the shops it is that comfortable and in most cases I get 35+ MPG. The double glazing and soundproofing make it a nice place to be for any length of journey plus four wheel drive and winter tyres make anything possible. The 400 mile round trip is a pleasure despite todays roads
After a while you get to really like being in the car and when you put the key in the ignition and the lovely polished wood vent covers retract and the fabulous standard sound system kicks in I always say 'hello old friend'
The heating system never blows air on you instead it just becomes the exact comfort level you set it at, once underway the sound system comes into it's own too being such a big car the sound comes across like a home hi-fi.
Negative points, the boot has a mind of it's own some days it opens on the button other days it's a chest development exercise, I just live with it. The PAS steering pipes corrode and I would recommend finding a good independent as I have found main dealers to be overpriced and crap despite looking after my other half's Beetle well.
I have had to install a Road Angel in mine because anything up to 70 feels silent and pedestrian so cruise control is something to get familiar with if you want to avoid speeding tickets, its not that it's that fast but it wafts along in silence.
They are fantastic Luxo Barges I bought mine to do the University Taxi duties running my daughter and her crap from Portsmouth to Norwich. I have possibly the worst two passengers in the world, my wife likes the heater right up in a car, my daughter likes it cold, hot, cold, warm, hot you get the picture. I like it cool in a car so up until the Phaeton every journey was sheer hell so the 4 zone heating/cooling is Nirvana for me. Mine is the four seater LWB version that has four individual massaging cooling seats.
My 200 journey to Norwich is just like popping to the shops it is that comfortable and in most cases I get 35+ MPG. The double glazing and soundproofing make it a nice place to be for any length of journey plus four wheel drive and winter tyres make anything possible. The 400 mile round trip is a pleasure despite todays roads
After a while you get to really like being in the car and when you put the key in the ignition and the lovely polished wood vent covers retract and the fabulous standard sound system kicks in I always say 'hello old friend'
The heating system never blows air on you instead it just becomes the exact comfort level you set it at, once underway the sound system comes into it's own too being such a big car the sound comes across like a home hi-fi.
Negative points, the boot has a mind of it's own some days it opens on the button other days it's a chest development exercise, I just live with it. The PAS steering pipes corrode and I would recommend finding a good independent as I have found main dealers to be overpriced and crap despite looking after my other half's Beetle well.
I have had to install a Road Angel in mine because anything up to 70 feels silent and pedestrian so cruise control is something to get familiar with if you want to avoid speeding tickets, its not that it's that fast but it wafts along in silence.
Edited by BIRMA on Sunday 14th February 10:33
Edited by BIRMA on Sunday 14th February 10:33
8cylinder said:
What is everyone's opinions on these?
Posh Skoda Superb...That's not a snobby statement - Skodas are bought by people who want an economical, reliable, value-for-money car. If it was unreliable or unduly expensive to run then it would have been a flop with the winged arrow on the boot. But it wasn't, and you see a lot of them about with very contented owners.
So I suspect what you have bought there is the prettier sister of a very good big car.
donkmeister said:
8cylinder said:
What is everyone's opinions on these?
Posh Skoda Superb...That's not a snobby statement - Skodas are bought by people who want an economical, reliable, value-for-money car. If it was unreliable or unduly expensive to run then it would have been a flop with the winged arrow on the boot. But it wasn't, and you see a lot of them about with very contented owners.
So I suspect what you have bought there is the prettier sister of a very good big car.
The Phaeton shares the same chassis/running gear as a Bentley Flying Spur, I had a good look around a Bentley of the same era as mine a while ago and all the controls and switches are the same in the Bentley they are just a lot more expensively made but the control functions are identical.
This is seriously temptng as a replacement for my A8:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Willy Nilly said:
shirley if you work for Audi you can find out everything you need to know about said car without coming on here for a load of internet waffle.
Except that it doesn't share a platform with any Audi. I suspect that he means he works for an Audi franchise, rather than for Audi - technically nobody who's based in the UK works for Audi.
Willy Nilly said:
shirley if you work for Audi you can find out everything you need to know about said car without coming on here for a load of internet waffle.
Was more to get people's/owners opinions on the car.What attracted me to the car was the fact I can run this type of car and avoid the potentially huge repair costs.
Riley Blue said:
This is seriously temptng as a replacement for my A8:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
That looks like a well looked after example, should be a nice car.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Riley Blue said:
This is seriously temptng as a replacement for my A8:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
that's a crazy amount of car for 6 grandhttp://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
djneils98 said:
Riley Blue said:
This is seriously temptng as a replacement for my A8:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
that's a crazy amount of car for 6 grandhttp://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
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