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Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: Car shopper ()
Date: November 18, 2014 08:15AM

Wife wants a new car. Test drove an Audi A8 and it was incredible. I'm thinking of ordering the W12 model.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: MxvNE ()
Date: November 18, 2014 10:24AM

I got to ride in a VW Phaeton W12 one time - that thing is powerful!

Talk about a real sleeper..


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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: November 18, 2014 10:46AM

MxvNE Wrote:
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> I got to ride in a VW Phaeton W12 one time - that
> thing is powerful!
>
> Talk about a real sleeper..



They are bringing the Phaeton back over to the US. It's popular in Europe, but in the US people don't want to pay 7 series or A8 prices for a VW.

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: anonimnyy Rossii ()
Date: November 18, 2014 11:00AM

MxvNE Wrote:
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> I got to ride in a VW Phaeton W12 one time - that
> thing is powerful!
>
> Talk about a real sleeper..
>

edit** Close your tags ^^



I knew someone with the W12 phaeton, it was a POS. You're paying Bentley prices to maintain a VW. It's not fast at all, that huge engine can't get out of its own way.

Phaeton is 5.9 seconds to 60


S63 Merc is 3.9 seconds to 60



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2014 11:01AM by anonimnyy Rossii.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: pat goss ()
Date: November 18, 2014 11:35AM

Get a carolla with all the options. You can sit in comfort while stuck in traffic and save 20 grand.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: $ saver ()
Date: November 18, 2014 11:37AM

pat goss Wrote:
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> Get a carolla with all the options. You can sit in
> comfort while stuck in traffic and save 20 grand.


You save more like $70k.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: toe jamb driver ()
Date: November 18, 2014 11:42AM

$ saver Wrote:
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> pat goss Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Get a carolla with all the options. You can sit
> in
> > comfort while stuck in traffic and save 20
> grand.
>
>
> You save more like $70k.

If he buys the Audi he will get to enjoy many different cars. They have a wide variety of loaner cars he will be driving when that Audi is in the shop.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: one of the worst cars ever ()
Date: November 18, 2014 12:17PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2v0-OdN78g

8 years later and not a thing has changed.. okay maybe the grill

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: November 18, 2014 06:31PM

The W engines have never had long-term reliability. Just like the W8 that was used in the Passat, it has a high price tag but steep depreciation.

It's like the V12 that was used in the BMW 7-series, there is a computer for each set of six-cylinders, and a coordinator computer between the two of them. When one of these fail, the costs to fix them is usually greater than the current value of the car.

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: uptown car ()
Date: November 18, 2014 06:50PM

Car shopper Wrote:
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> Wife wants a new car. Test drove an Audi A8 and it
> was incredible. I'm thinking of ordering the W12
> model.


You must be a nig nog. No decent white person would drive that shit.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: big engines = so last decade ()
Date: November 18, 2014 06:55PM

I'll take a twin turbo (or twin scroll) 6 cylinder over that w12 any day.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: Mudass ()
Date: November 18, 2014 07:44PM

I just took a shit and named it Audi.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: Huh??? ()
Date: November 18, 2014 07:48PM

eesh Wrote:
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> The W engines have never had long-term
> reliability. Just like the W8 that was used in the
> Passat, it has a high price tag but steep
> depreciation.
>
> It's like the V12 that was used in the BMW
> 7-series, there is a computer for each set of
> six-cylinders, and a coordinator computer between
> the two of them. When one of these fail, the
> costs to fix them is usually greater than the
> current value of the car.

This.

If you buy a W12 make sure you buy an extended warranty that either covers you until you're done making payments OR when you intend to sell the vehicle...whichever comes last.

Of course, for the price of a W12 AND that extended warranty...you could get an awful lot of car that would NOT require such frequent and expensive maintenance and still give you a luxuriant ride and ownership experience.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: Import ()
Date: November 18, 2014 08:48PM

Get a Scion TC. Has VTEC.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: Hans Goober ()
Date: November 18, 2014 09:20PM

Definitely spend your hard earned cash on an A7 or S7. That body style and interior will make your wife leave you for some dude named Flavio or Hans.

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Re: Thinking of an Audi A8 W12
Posted by: inlines and V FTW! ()
Date: November 18, 2014 09:30PM

W engines are terrible, always have been.

The only exception is the w16, it probably sucks ass too, but at least it makes a lot of power. The w8 and w12 suck in all ways.

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