Hot take

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 07/21/2017 at 20:48 • Filed to: None

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Phaeton > Continental

Phaeton > A8

Phaeton > All

Maxima Speed > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/21/2017 at 20:58

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I approve of this message.

dogisbadob > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/21/2017 at 21:10

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yeah, until it breaks :p

That’s why the Lexus LS is the best full-size luxury sedan :o)

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/21/2017 at 21:20

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This isn’t a hot take.

This is a fact.

C62030 > dogisbadob 07/21/2017 at 21:23

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But if you were buying a new Phaeton, you could probably afford it.

Nauraushaun > C62030 07/21/2017 at 21:28

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If you’re buying a new Phaeton you’re hoping the amount you’ve spent means it won’t break ;) Can’t imagine the shame that comes with having to ship your $200k new luxury sedan back to the dealer for repairs. Like it’s an old CAMRY!

victor > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/21/2017 at 21:47

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And people give me shit for liking the touareg

Robert Belvin > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/21/2017 at 21:56

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I was tresspassed from a VW dealership when I was in high school cause I came after hours to look at the Phaeton they had on the lot. It wasn’t roped or barred off or anything, it was kinda BS. Anyway that’s my Phaeton story

Vítor > victor 07/21/2017 at 21:58

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The Touareg is basically a Cayenne that looks good. What’s not to like?

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > victor 07/21/2017 at 22:02

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I love the Touareg

You should see my eulogy I wrote on it after they pulled the plug on the US Touareg

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Robert Belvin 07/21/2017 at 22:03

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Same thing happened to me and the 2004 GTO

Good times.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/21/2017 at 23:20

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How does the A8 rate below a phaeton? Isn’t the phaeton steel bodied still? I’ll take aluminum anyday for the rust belt where I live. And the styling is nearly identical. So I posit that the A8 > phaeton. And then you have the S8... but I’m a bit partial....

victor > Vítor 07/21/2017 at 23:45

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A bunch of oppo philistines called me an idiot for considering it this week.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/thinking-about-a-touareg-good-or-bad-idea-1797101951

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/22/2017 at 00:09

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First one is correct.

Second one...well, whether or not I agree depends on the day.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 07/22/2017 at 01:12

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Because the Phaeton holds so much more meaning imo.

I dig the A8, but the Phaeton was the creation of the closest thing to a real life German mad scientist. Ferdinand Piech wanted to stick it to BMW and Mercedes, and by god he did.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 07/22/2017 at 08:00

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True, as an exercise in what the car means to the company, yeah, that’s probably right. As a standalone product, not so much. I guess the only equivalent would have been if when Chrysler and Mercedes were joined up, they would’ve taken an S-class, and made a Chrysler out of it. So in that light, that is pretty batshit insane, so yeah, I can see it now. Phaeton > A8. You win this round my friend....

Milky > victor 07/22/2017 at 10:27

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To be fair, if you asked that a decade ago almost everyone would have liked the idea. It’s just not 2007 anymore.