Before you get another car why not a Phaeton W12?

[wannatdi]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=270624523862 This auction is almost over and the bidding is only at $26,000 for a 2004 W12 Phaeton with only 65,280 miles. This is the 12 cylinder engine. It'll be interesting to see what the price ends up as but this was a $94,000 car when new.

[Sipper]

Where would you get them serviced? You have to waiting to see what the final bid is. They normally run up in the last minute.

[wannatdi]

Well it ended at $28,800. It looks like ebay prices for similar Audi A8 with *only the V8 engine are around $18-20,000. Maybe it wasn't such a great deal.

[50mpg]

I can't believe that he got an engine for $8000. I've never even heard of the W12 until this. I would expect a replacement W12 engine to cost at least twice as much as a VR6.

Or at least $10,000 just because it's a rare item and it's so complex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W12_engine