Phaeton as winter car?

[ATV]

Could experienced PHers let me know if the Phaeton 3.0 TDI V6 4Motion:

https://tinyurl.com/y94sxpa3

is worth a shot at £3k as a winter car?

My plan would be to get winter tyres on it, have it looked at by a good independent, and sort out the damaged panels by a good Chipsaway man.

If anything goes catastrophically wrong with it, I'll scrap it.

Otherwise, I keep the car until it runs into the ground.

Thanks

[BIRMA]

ATV said:

Could experienced PHers let me know if the Phaeton 3.0 TDI V6 4Motion:

https://tinyurl.com/y94sxpa3

is worth a shot at £3k as a winter car?

My plan would be to get winter tyres on it, have it looked at by a good independent, and sort out the damaged panels by a good Chipsaway man.

If anything goes catastrophically wrong with it, I'll scrap it.

Otherwise, I keep the car until it runs into the ground.

Thanks

I'd say for £3K and your mindset of throwing it away if anything major goes wrong is the right way to approach it. It does have a very basic spec though.
They can be very expensive to maintain if you don't have a decent independent, I bought my V10 Phaeton despite many horror stories nearly four years ago and it's still only cost me £500 extra for PAS pipes over standard oil and filter changes.
With winter tyres and four wheel drive it'll be a great winter car and will save you ruining a prized second or third car. I've grown very attached to mine and can't bring myself to get rid of it.

[annodomini2]

You can get an A6 or A8 for similar money mileage etc

A8 is basically the same car, A6 slightly smaller, depends what you want.

[ATV]

Thanks for the reply Birma

annodomini2 said:

You can get an A6 or A8 for similar money mileage etc

A8 is basically the same car, A6 slightly smaller, depends what you want.

Something reliable (i.e. on a very old car, something which I have a good shot at running for another 6 months) and fully loaded is always a bonus

Do you see suggest anything specifically I should look out for on a 3k budget? A8 and A6 are both fine for me, I just need the 4 wheel drive and I'll add winters onto it.

[LeoSayer]

ATV said:

If anything goes catastrophically wrong with it, I'll scrap it.

Where will you draw the line?

A £500 bill? £1,000?

[ATV]

LeoSayer said:

ATV said:

If anything goes catastrophically wrong with it, I'll scrap it.

Where will you draw the line?

A £500 bill? £1,000?

If the cost of the quoted work is more than the trade in value of the car. I have heard Phaeton repair costs can be horrific which I why I started the thread. But for 3k it seems like an ok gamble