Oh look, a boring old beat up PassOH MY GOD THAT SOUND

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 05/17/2015 at 20:49 • Filed to: None

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Most of the video had the radio drowning out the car, so this is just the last bit when I finally realized to turn it off. Better video after the jump.

W8. Hideously unrealiable, not super well made, absurdly complicated, not all that fast, but God damn it can be made to sound good.

Tracked down the culprit later:

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2015 at 20:56

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4Motion too? Why else would he have 4 mudflapps

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 05/17/2015 at 20:58

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All W8s are 4motion.

jkm7680 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2015 at 20:59

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Holy shit that sounds amazing.

John_Harbinson > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2015 at 21:26

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Just imagine the torquesteer if they had made a FWD version, IMAGINE IT!!!

Seriously though, AWD W8 6MT Passat Wagon FTW

Milky > John_Harbinson 05/17/2015 at 21:29

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Don’t even have to imagine it, go find an impala/monte carlo SS or a grand prix/Bonneville GTP.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Milky 05/17/2015 at 21:38

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Or a Viggen SAAB. Or if we’re just talking similar power numbers in a FWD car, our Flex, which torque steers like nobody’s business.

John_Harbinson > Milky 05/17/2015 at 21:51

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After seeing just how tiny the 4.0 V6 out of my DD Explorer was when I did the timing chain tensioner a few months ago, various ideas of small-displacement V6 powered things have been endlessly floating around my head. Thinking of finding a Cheap GTP or any of those supercharged 3.8 pontiac cars, that is totally rusted out (not too hard in CT) and stick the motor in something. Only thing I’d have to figure out is a transmission so I can mount it longitudally in something. Mgb? Miata? Who knows!

Milky > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2015 at 22:04

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I was just thinking fwd V8’s, but yea I guess there a fair amount of cars with similar power and FWD.

Milky > John_Harbinson 05/17/2015 at 22:06

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Ehh im not a fan of those engines. Obviously do as you wish, but imho something with forced induction and 3.8 liters should make more then 240hp.

John_Harbinson > Milky 05/17/2015 at 22:11

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Really that’s all those things make for hp? Darn Stinkin ‘Murica.... Maybe I’ll make a go kart then. Or put it in a garden tractor. Or a chainsaw. Or a food blender. In the meantime... A fender flared, flame spitting, turbo’d audi 5 cylinder engine in an Mgb just popped into my head, so I’m going to go off and fantacize about that for a bit.

Vicente Esteve > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2015 at 22:24

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HNGNHN THAT WORRBLEWOORBLELGLUGLHRRHGLE

Milky > John_Harbinson 05/17/2015 at 22:27

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Yea my original comment was referring to the later 5.3L V8 models with 300hp. And I also fantasize about turbo-5 swap dreams.

bryan40oop > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2015 at 22:36

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How specifically are they unreliable?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > bryan40oop 05/17/2015 at 22:42

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I am not familiar with specific problems, you’d have to look that one up.

bryan40oop > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/18/2015 at 10:31

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so you were talking out your ass?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > bryan40oop 05/18/2015 at 11:19

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I was interested in buying a W8 a year ago, but every dealer I asked about a W8 including a) the VW dealer, b) the Audi dealer, c)the local Audi/VW expert-dude, and d) the old high-mileage European car dude all told me to avoid the W8 with the same sort of care as I would a rabid hyena, as I am not a mechanically inclined person.