{"id":2746,"date":"2008-10-23T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T11:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2008-10-23T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T11:50:04","slug":"peoples-waggin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/peoples-waggin","title":{"rendered":"Peoples’ waggin’"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a traffic light during my drive home yesterday, I noticed this car in the next lane:<\/p>\n

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In case you can’t see this iPhone photo too clearly, it’s of a Volkswagen Phaeton with a W 12 engine. According to the Wikipedia page for this car<\/a>, it looks like the W 12 is the top of the line for a Phaeton. This means that I was on the road with someone who spent more than $100,000 on a Volkswagen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Or maybe \u00e2\u20ac\u201d given the letter-sequence of his license plate \u00e2\u20ac\u201d he bought it used<\/a> for around $55,000.<\/p>\n

Either way, I may have found the stupidest driver in New Jersey. It’s a Volkswagen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a traffic light during my drive home yesterday, I noticed this car in the next lane: In case you can’t see this iPhone photo too clearly, it’s of a Volkswagen Phaeton with a W 12 engine. According to the Wikipedia page for this car, it looks like the W 12 is the top of … <\/p>\n

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