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Old 07-30-22, 07:41 PM
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That is most interesting, Striker. When I picked up the car from the original owner the family was literally in the midst of moving from their long-term residence. They had looked high and low for that key and were baffled by their inability to find it. Thereafter, I had a replacement made at Germain Lexus (not cheap!). Now we know what happened to it. Thanks for sharing!
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Old 07-30-22, 07:49 PM
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Free key! Haha
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Old 07-30-22, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TriC
That is most interesting, Striker. When I picked up the car from the original owner the family was literally in the midst of moving from their long-term residence. They had looked high and low for that key and were baffled by their inability to find it. Thereafter, I had a replacement made at Germain Lexus (not cheap!). Now we know what happened to it. Thanks for sharing!
Im glad we finally have resolution of the missing key lol! Sorry you had to make a new one, I know how much these are. This is one of the very few with all of the keys it's supposed to have and now an extra on top of it!
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Old 07-31-22, 12:38 PM
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We are in Quebec all week (Mont Tremblant) . This is a beautiful VW






You can also legally drive 60km on a 100km highway.

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Old 07-31-22, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
We are in Quebec all week (Mont Tremblant) . This is a beautiful VW





I don't know if you were joking or not, but that's an Audi A8. And yes, very beautiful country and scenery
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Old 07-31-22, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
I don't know if you were joking or not, but that's an Audi A8. And yes, very beautiful country and scenery
not joking. Lol. Meant to say Audi, had parent brand on the mind. .
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Old 07-31-22, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
not joking. Lol. Meant to say Audi, had parent brand on the mind. .
I was gonna say it's technically a VW lol! The A8 and big dog VW are twins of a sort anyway so you had me really looking at the picture to make sure I wasn't going crazy.

If you ever come down here you are welcome to drive mine, keep it under 150 though lol!
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Old 07-31-22, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
I was gonna say it's technically a VW lol! The A8 and big dog VW are twins of a sort anyway so you had me really looking at the picture to make sure I wasn't going crazy.

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Thats what I mean. We were thinking VW Phaeton the whole time. A rebadge?

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Old 08-01-22, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Thats what I mean. We were thinking VW Phaeton the whole time. A rebadge?
The Phaeton and the A8 were related, but not a rebadge
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
The Phaeton and the A8 were related, but not a rebadge
being on the D1 platform the phaeton is actually more closely related to the bentley continental GT despite looking almost just like the A8, yet another tidbit that makes the phaeton so cool to me
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So this new C63 with the 4 pot, you guys think it will sell over here? They ripped out that snorting V8 for this.

I don't see these being in high demand but I could be totally wrong. Just hearing it start would be a dealbreaker.

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I think people will always buy it for the snob factor, but will AMG enthusiasts buy it? No.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I think people will always buy it for the snob factor, but will AMG enthusiasts buy it? No.
Badge buyers are a very real thing.
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Old 08-01-22, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I think people will always buy it for the snob factor, but will AMG enthusiasts buy it? No.
Agree, it might not sell that well at all....who knows. I know this sounds crazy but literally just hearing it start sounding like the little downsized engine it is would make me walk away shaking my head, I have zero desire for this thing.
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Agree, it might not sell that well at all....who knows. I know this sounds crazy but literally just hearing it start sounding like the little downsized engine it is would make me walk away shaking my head, I have zero desire for this thing.
You'll have lots of yuppie kids running around in them
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