I bought a CHEAP VW Phaeton for £1750!

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Check out this awesome Phaeton I bought for less than 2 grand! Sure, it doesn't have 4 matching wheels, the boot doesn't close and it need some bodywork BUT STILL, A Phaeton for under £2000! Future video coming where we diagnose, repair and restore this special car!

As always, let me know your thoughts in the comments! Shout out some car meets/shows to do this year?

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[ShiftingMetal]

PUBLIC APOLOGY TO MARK KNOPFLER!! 😅 Dire Straits was probably the most played band in my childhood home so I should have known better! Rock on Mark 🤘

[Dmab]

Potentially for sale for £5000 when finished. I would buy one of these every time over a cheap crappie Dacia. What a descent motor it will be when done

[jittychitty]

I really love these VW engine designs. I have 3 GTI's with VR6's and a Passat with a W8 engine. They aren't the most crazy engines out there, but the cool design just gets me goin! Probably good yours doesn't have the W12... pretty expensive engines to maintain! Good find there feller!

[joethompson]

its such a shame this car didnt sell when new, because this could’ve been such an awesome motorway cruiser, and luxury car to own. love your vids ❤

[IsaiahSchmitmeyer]

I own a 2004 VW phaeton 4.2 and I love it because it's such a great car

[MBKBooster]

Nice car! I think the Phaeton is a future collectable. FYI Mark Knopfler OBE is the co-founder of Dire Straits.

[lucythemoggy]

mark Knopfler he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits.

[lisathompson]

What a STUNNING car! Ahead of it's time with Bluetooth etc (it is after all a 13yr old car) hence why I stated ahead of it's time. Simply beautiful. Wow loving it even at this stage ie before you carry out any works. I do hope you get this car in full working order even down to those front cup holders. I have seen or heard of that until this video ❤️💕❣️💓😍😍😍😍
Lisa UK

[Kingsleyjamesflint]

Well you are a lucky chap!We have a 15 year old V8, which followed a B5 Passat V5 estate. If you look carefully you will indeed see design resemblances to the Passat B5, but to call the Phaeton a bloated Passat is a wee bit red car blue car one expects from the average lady car seeker! Look at the C pillar, the three quarter view back over the left hand front bonnet, this is discreet but sheer elegance, sorry. And were you to visit the glass factory in Dresden you would appreciate the genius of Ferdinand Piech, who brought the VAG to its apogee before he left and diesel gate came crashing down. This is a car to put MB and BMW in the shade when you examine the design in depth, the fit and finish. The best saloon car in the World!

[markallen]

Please do not forget the cup holders. ;) m

[philippdf]

25:10 you're right, it is not supposed to blow warm air at you ^^ The Phaeton blows its air draft-free and without you noticing. Thats why there is the switch in the middle, if you wan't air with a temperature to blow at you, you can set it up there

[thatpeskyswan]

Those torches were an optional accessory for all models, they came in loads of different colours, the red/yellow and blue ones are really sort after ((they still have a white led light but a different coloured "case", i had a red one on my old mk3 polo i used to display at shows (very very sad!)

[cyan]

Remember being maiden bidder on a Phaeton ten years ago out of BCA Bedford… auctioneer went are we £4000 (then drop to £2800 and spin it up) stuck my hand in the air at 4… and bought it 😂 wasn’t that old at the time 3.0v6 petrol early car fwd it was mint

[neilt]

Mate "Who is Mark Knopfler". Come on, check out the Dire Straights album Brothers in Arms. You will never look back..

[danmoney]

Nice comfy money pit. All looks a bit 2003 ish though in and out. Love you are so focused on the cupholders and torch when there will be way more juicy expensive problems to be found! Good luck thou 👍

[zzhughesd]

Yup. A Bentley key one of former owners obtained. The VW key for Phaeton wasn’t this kind/type !!!!

[stephenprice]

The point of Car Vertical is to do the check before you buy it, not afterwards 😉😁

[alisonb]

There is another YouTube channel ( I won’t mention it’s name) where the guy buys used cars and tells you all about them and he said he would never buy one of these because the parts I.e windscreen are impossible to get hold of.

[leeallen]

Mark knofler was in a band called dire straits

[-DC-]

£615 Tax kills these on the used market, Didn't sell new for a reason.