The Official "Was that you?" Phaeton Spotted Thread

[Palmeat]

Since becoming a 'Phaetoneer' in August I've now spotted 3 other lucky owners - all on the M25, most recently a black 6.0 with a distinctive 'W12' number plate and today followed a Luna Blue V10 over the QEII Bridge at aroung 4.45pm (Reg 'OV04')

Having covered 6000 miles I'm still deeply in love with this magnificent car!

[chrisj428]

On the way back from the bank, I just saw a silver Phaeton parked in Libertyville on 21 in the *cough* Lover's Lane *cough* parking lot. Anyone care to own up to that one?

[Prince Ludwig]

Palmeat, glad to hear that's there's another Phaeton roaming around West Sussex! If you see a silver one with numberplate SW05 between London and Haywards Heath that's probably me!

Harry

[adamkodish]

Spotted a Luna Blue W12 4-seater (reg OY55 DTN) parked outside UBS in Wilson St, London EC2 at 09:50 today. Maybe it had a trunkful of worthless synthetic CDOs

[itsallbeendonebefore]

spotted a coucou grey v8? phaeton in Orland Park, IL yest. anyone here? it was parked in a lot. looked amazing.

[Jim_CT]

I can't help it....that auto needs to be unpimped.

[plastech]

Any body in a black 56 plate on the M62 hard shoulder with a flat tyre


Modified by plastech at 9:53 PM 11-16-2007

[JulianBenjamin]

Saw a white Phaeton outside Don Juan on Old Country Road (near the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, NY).

[cwwiii]

Saw a Silver 4.2 On the 3rd floor parking garage on sunday at Old Orchards Nordstrom .

[maverixz]

Saw an Aubergine V8 at about 3.30pmish today in Racine (WI) and when we got to a traffic light I briefly chatted with the driver. It had the Frank Boucher dealer plates.

[Jim_CT]

First spotting since mid-September. Saturday, in line next to a Silver V8 with New Hampshire plates at the Whitestone bridge toll plaza at about 2PM. Apparently, the driver is not a VWVortex person, or I'm sure he would have responded to our overtures.

He probably thought we wanted to commit road rage on him.

Jim

[stjarna]

Saw a black Phaeton heading down Central Expressway this morning, exiting at Ross Avenue. I was too far back to catch the plate or the engine/exhaust configuration and I was taking the right-hand exit to Woodall Rogers Expressway. Could it have been YOU?

[W126C]

Today, a first for me, White 4.2 east bound on I-70, just east of Columbia, MO. Tinted windows doing about 85 MPH. I couldn't tell the year. Passed me and waved. I thought it was Todd from KC but it had MO. tags. I didn't try to keep up, as I was returning my 85 year old father home after Thanksgiving. And I still don't have a radar detector that works in the W-12. Anyway, it looked good coming up and going by.

Regards,
Brent

[IanS-D]

I was passed tonight on the M56 motorway (in England) by a black Phaeton with the registration 1 VW - is this an official VW car? - unfortunately it was too dark to take a photograph.

[chrisj428]

Darkish colored Phaeton heading for the eastbound ramp to the Northwest Tollway from northbound 53 tonight at about 8:15 -- too many snowflakes & idiots in the way to make a better ID.

[plastech]

Quote, originally posted by IanS-D »

I was passed tonight on the M56 motorway (in England) by a black Phaeton with the registration 1 VW - is this an official VW car? - unfortunately it was too dark to take a photograph.

Belongs to Smith Knight Fay (Stockport)

[A8PIMP]

Black W12 north of Boston, older gray haired gentleman with wife on 495 north near exit for 125.

Saturday Dec 1 , noon

[stjarna]

Quote, originally posted by A8PIMP »

older gray haired gentleman with wife

At least, we assume it was his wife...

[pirateat50]

About 11 AM EDT, Thanksgiving Day, a '05 silver V-8, on I-85 between Burlington and Greensboro, NC. I slowed to get a look, but moved on when you got hung in traffic. Appeared to be a couple, mid-40's.

I have a black '04 W12.

[stjarna]

Today, Sunday morning, inside the Lake Forest gated community, parked in front of a house on Stone Meadow Road, a '05 Coucou Grey V8 with Performance wheels...

[Paldi]

Hey, last Wednesday at the Paoli Starbucks. In the evening. You parked with your right side parking light on (from leaving the right turn signal switch on). I came out to "my" Phaeton and thought "oh no!" - the key fob wouldn't unlock the doors... the trunk wouldn't open, the key wouldn't turn in the door handle.

Black and Luna Blue look a lot alike in the dark! Sorry about that Chief, hope you didn't think I was trying to steal your car.... You here?

[Spectral]

OK...so which one of you WisconsiNNers burried your black Phaeton's front end into a snow drift on the top floor of St. Luke's parking garage recently??????

Fess up!!!

[samphoebe]

Black Phaeton about 2:15PM on Saturday 12/15/07 on Bethelview Rd. in Cumming, GA.

[bobm]

I spotted a Silver W12 today on the 405 FWY in Huntington Beach. Still had dealer plate (Autobarn). I was the White Phaeton behind you.

[GA Phaeton]

May have been me although I'm not sure where Bethelview Road is exactly . Off until the after the first of the year and have been doing lots of errands around the Cumming, Mall of Georgia, N. Ga outlet Mall areas. It wouldn't be Christmas without a few trip to ATL as well.

Regards
HB

[tynee]

just bought the first one i ever saw on friday, saw my second one this last saturday, on 408, Silver, at around 3AM. Anyone have one of these in Olando?

[FootSore]

Saw a 5.0 V10 down the local (Leatherhead) tip on Sunday - had general rubbish. I took the wife's Honda and had some recycling, some garden waste and some general rubbish.

FootSore

[Prince Ludwig]

Oh dear, I think Phaetons are becoming a bit common - I saw three today!

1) Silver diesel in Battersea at about 12pm
2) Silver V6 diesel approaching Hyde Park Corner at about 4pm:

3) Black Phaeton just after the one above in Park Lane


Modified by Prince Ludwig at 9:17 AM 12-21-2007

[adamkodish]

If you get caught taking photos whilst driving you could get a 10 year prison sentence (if there were any rooms left at the HM Prisons hotel chain)

Quote, originally posted by Prince Ludwig »

Oh dear, I think Phaetons are becoming a bit common - I saw three today! 1) Silver diesel in Battersea at about 12pm 2) Silver V6 diesel approaching Hyde Park Corner at about 4pm: 3) Black Phaeton just after the one above in Park Lane

[Prince Ludwig]

Don't worry, the un-cropped photo clearly shows that it was from the passenger seat

[Jim_CT]

Two in one day. First, at the Washington National Airport (aka Reagan) at about 12:30pm today, a Coucou gray or reflex silver V8, likely a 2005, with Virginia plates. Two gents in it - we were in an eco-friendlier Prius. And then another in the Chicago airport, darkish-colored, sonnenbiege interior.

[adamkodish]

I didn't want to start another thread just for this, so I put it here.

I had the pleasure of seeing what a V10 performs like against a Ford Focus RS, going up the steep hill at M25 Westbound / M11 Southbound junction.

Said Focus was trying very hard up the hill, whilst V10 was in 'Argument' and 'Wicked Fast' modes and managing to keep up and even close a little. In 'F-In A' mode I may have gone past, but the terminal velocity might have exceeded the posted limit

(If you can't remember the mode descriptions, see this thread:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3595466)


Modified by adamkodish at 4:21 PM 12-22-2007

[fuquar]

Wasn't able to snap a shot as I drove by and couldn't stop.

I saw one in St. Louis, just down the road from the Science Center, Parked across the street from a Hardee's. This was Saturday, the 5th.

[YNotBoost1]

I spotted a W12, Black w/ tan interior on hwy 24 somewhere between Lafayette and walnut creek yesterday. Nice car!........I also spotted two phaetons currently for sale at Broadway VW in downtown Oakland........There must be quite a market of "educated" car consumers in this area.

[dub*man]

I always see a silver Phaeton in and around the OC.. wonder if its one of you guys. Btw you all have the most awesome cars EVER! I hope to one day own one as well