I remember when they came out, but I have no interest in them so I never paid any attention.
Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2013, at 10:36 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: >> >>> What's so special about a VW Phaeton? >> You're kidding, right? Every car guy has to know about the Phaeton. It's >> VWAG's W140 combined with the original BMW 750iL, only more so. Massively >> overengineered, poorly marketed in the US, a sales flop, and incredibly >> cheap on the used market but a total money pit unless you can DIY and buy >> parts at wholesale. >> >> Alex >> _______ > What the? is VW thinking, trying to make a fattylac? GM screwed them up > plenty already. No wonder Vdubs are a POS anymore. They are supposed to be > simple, folks cars, easy to work on, cheap to buy, cheap to own, cheap to > operate, cheap to fix. That is part of why bugs were so popular. > > The other part was because they dared to be different, had great advertising > by DDB, emphasizing the differences, and they were so homely they were cute. > "It was the only thing to do after the mule died" "Think small" I have a > bunch of those ads I saved from my desk surroundings in college, along with > toaster tank BMW ads and the MB 108 ad that was also brilliant. "some people > think buying a house is the most important investment they will ever make" > > A VW fattylac deserves to be a resounding flop. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
