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January 22, 2005
Great VW fun
I was talking online with a friend about the new Volkswagen Phaeton. Which I have to say is probably one of the greatest cars on the market today. More on that later.
So some time passes and I get a link to a Quicktime file in my email from the very same friend. Lemme just say, Diet Coke out the nose is NO FUN!!!!!
I was totally unprepared for it. As I watched I felt my hackles start to rise because I was sure that I was about to be really pissed off. Well you already know I wasn't. I musta watched it ten times before I was able to write this.
In a follow up email he also sent me this picture and the accompanying text which I found out came from a 70's era National Lampoon ad:
It floats.The way our body is built, we'd be surprised if it didn't. The sheet of flat steel that goes underneath every Volkswagen keeps out water, as well as dirt and salt and other nasty things that can eat away at the underside of a car. So it's watertight at the bottom. And everybody knows it's easier to shut the door on a Volkswagen after you've rolled down the window a little.
That proves it's practically airtight on top. If it was a boat, we could call it the Water Bug. But it's not a boat, it's a car.
And, like Mary Jo Kopechne, it's only 99 and 44/100 percent pure. So it won't stay afloat forever. Just long enough. Poor Teddy. If he'd been smart enough to buy a Volkswagen, he never would have gotten into hot water.
Great fun, made my day.
So if case you're still curious about the Phaeton, it's Volkswagen's ultra-luxury sedan, and I have to say, it's one helluva car.
Official VW Phaeon Site
The Autoweek test versus the Mercedes S500 (The Mercedes left on a wrecker)
The Glass Factory, this is where the Phaeton is made, take a few minutes to go through the site, it's amazing.
(Full Disclosure: Someone very close to me bought one recently, and it's everything they claim it to be and MUCH MUCH MORE.)
Posted by JasonColeman at January 22, 2005 12:01 AM
