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Mc Love

Saw a Cobra Mustang today in Limerick!! Limerick of all places and it had an LK reg :pac:

slinky2000

Mc Love wrote: »

Saw a Cobra Mustang today in Limerick!! Limerick of all places and it had an LK reg :pac:

Seen one in Portlaoise the toher week too!

YouTookMyName

French Reg VW Phaeton 3.0 V6 TDI.






Thought it was the new Jetta at first glance.

dharn

ya what a waste of money oversized jetta

dell1211

dharn wrote: »

ya what a waste of money oversized jetta

Do you realise that you are in the motors forum? You sound like a person who has zero clue/appreciation about cars, perhaps you should return to the knitting forum

el diablo

Nice. I like those Phaetons. They look better in the flesh though.

dharn

dell1211 wrote: »

Do you realise that you are in the motors forum? You sound like a person who has zero clue/appreciation about cars, perhaps you should return to the knitting forum

are you serious or taking the p nobody could get excited over that yoke

dharn

dell1211 wrote: »

Do you realise that you are in the motors forum? You sound like a person who has zero clue/appreciation about cars, perhaps you should return to the knitting forum

i see you have just joined the forum so maybe you own the oversized passat

staker

Nice cars those Phaetons-can't help but think Cheap Man's A8 when I see them though.

dell1211

dharn wrote: »

i see you have just joined the forum so maybe you own the oversized passat

so its an oversized passat now:rolleyes:

If you think that a phaeton is nothing more than an oversized passat/jetta/polo/lupo then you really dont have a clue.

Midnight_EG

dell1211 wrote: »

so its an oversized passat now:rolleyes:

If you think that a phaeton is nothing more than an oversized passat/jetta/polo/lupo then you really dont have a clue.

The only reason anybody should ever get excited over a Phaeton is if it has the 6 litre W12, not a 3 litre diesel

challengemaster

Jesus christ, the amount of chrome on that thing. :eek:

dell1211

Midnight_EG wrote: »

The only reason anybody should ever get excited over a Phaeton is if it has the 6 litre W12, not a 3 litre diesel

Where did I say people should get excited? Someone compared it to an oversized jetta which its clearly not.

My point being that while this car may have been a flop its engineering/attention to detail is still something that should be appreciated, it does afterall use the same chasis as the bentley continental
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/03q3/vw_s_transparent_factory-feature

fred funk }{

On the N11 this morning. Would I be correct in saying a Lotus Esprit?

dharn

ya would say so

dharn

dell1211 wrote: »

Where did I say people should get excited? Someone compared it to an oversized jetta which its clearly not.

My point being that while this car may have been a flop its engineering/attention to detail is still something that should be appreciated, it does afterall use the same chasis as the bentley continental
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/03q3/vw_s_transparent_factory-feature

you seemed to have gotten yourself into a lather of sweat over a very unexciting car, the number it has sold seems to bear out the point that not many people on a world scale found it very exciting either there are enough short tempered posters here without joining them, chill out ,telling me to join the knitting forum is not a very nice way to start off

Seperate

dharn wrote: »

you seemed to have gotten yourself into a lather of sweat over a very unexciting car, the number it has sold seems to bear out the point that not many people on a world scale found it very exciting either there are enough short tempered posters here without joining them, chill out ,telling me to join the knitting forum is not a very nice way to start off

How many Ferrari 458's sold here? Not many, but it is still a masterpiece.

While I wouldn't call a Phaeton a masterpiece, it is a fantastically engineered car. Any car with heated, cooled and massage function seats should get people excited in my books.

dharn

Seperate wrote: »

How many Ferrari 458's sold here? Not many, but it is still a masterpiece.

While I wouldn't call a Phaeton a masterpiece, it is a fantastically engineered car. Any car with heated, cooled and massage function seats should get people excited in my books.

on world scale i said but ferrari probably sold more here than vw did of the phaeton... anyway enough of this argument lets get back to posing pics of great cars

bijapos

fred funk }{ wrote: »

On the N11 this morning. Would I be correct in saying a Lotus Esprit?

Its an Esprit alright, looks like a mid 90's S4 on a Luxembourg plate. A very underrated car I thought, I had a 1990 Esprit SE for a while when I lived in Germany and regretted ever selling it. Although it had only a 2.2 with 4 cylinders it could outrun any 993 or 996 in a drag race which used to piss off the Germans no end.:)

dharn

gorgeous car bijapos what was the reliability like

el diablo

dharn wrote: »

gorgeous car bijapos what was the reliability like

Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.

Tea_Bag

Mc Love wrote: »

Saw a Cobra Mustang today in Limerick!! Limerick of all places and it had an LK reg :pac:

the guy lives out in castletroy. i see it almost everyday. LHD so i'd say it gets hairy to drive if you push the go faster 'make lots of noise' pedal.

voteforpedro

kbannon wrote: »

nice pics.
Still a few people with a few bob to spend on the personal plates!

He must have traded in the ice cream van:D sorry

bijapos

dharn wrote: »

gorgeous car bijapos what was the reliability like

Fine. I had it for 5 months, traded it in and the new owner had it for over 2 years and had no major problems. There were some issues with roof seals and some fiddly electrics but most of the problems were well known and a good experienced independent mechanic could sort it out quick enough.

Engine, gearbox, diffs and so on gave no trouble whatsoever. I got it with ca 40,000km on it. It had been driven hard by the previous owner but no money was ever spared on it.

el diablo wrote: »

Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.

:rolleyes: .....now where have I heard that one before.

Mc Love

Tea_Bag wrote: »

the guy lives out in castletroy. i see it almost everyday. LHD so i'd say it gets hairy to drive if you push the go faster 'make lots of noise' pedal.

Yeah the shades were driving past it at the time, heads out the window, drooling

Marcinek_55

Phaeton - big Jetta
S class - big C class
A8 - big A4
7er - big 5er

but first are more comfortable inside - more space and more $$

I don't like VW's exept nice tuned models, T1 and W12 Nardo (never seen) nicest vw i ever saw was this one i think:




i don't have to many photos of VW so this one is the nicest i have spoted

VW - VolksWagen

Volks - people
Wagen - car

no1beemerfan

el diablo wrote: »

Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.

Unfortunately it was for a good friend who had an Esprit. Fuel line split and set the car on fire....que one melted car

Absolute beast to go though, did just under 150 mph (well thats what it said on the speedo!) one day after giving it a good service.

mb1725

no1beemerfan wrote: »

Unfortunately it was for a good friend who had an Esprit. Fuel line split and set the car on fire....que one melted car

Absolute beast to go though, did just under 150 mph (well thats what it said on the speedo!) one day after giving it a good service.

There used to be an old red one in Thurles a few moons ago now. Maybe same car?

bijapos

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

I don't like VW's exept nice tuned models, T1 and W12 Nardo (never seen) nicest vw i ever saw was this one i think:

Well Holy God!

Not only have I seen a car Marcinek hasn't seen I even got a photo of it !!!! :D:D








Its in the Zeithaus in Autostadt Wolfsburg Marcinek in case you're ever passing that way. Well worth a visit.

vibe666

saw this little beauty on my way home on the M3 last night.



it's a screen grab from my hands free video recording via my mobile phone in a suction mount cradle before anyone asks.

it's actually a great little app called Autoguard for android phones that works with your accelerometer to automatically record the last x minutes of your drive in the event you have an accident so you can prove (hopefully) that any accident wasn't your fault.

if anyone is interested in it (i'm not affiliated with it btw), please send me a PM and i'll pass on the details so we won't derail the thread.