Anyone tried trading in their VW the last few days.

[neil]

Ok Guys its official I have a worthless Jetta.

I inspected a BMW X1 diesel yesterday and got the same reply.
" not trading in any VW's for the near future" Salesman seemed to think they will
be left with stock they cannot sell.

Ive had a good run out of this Jetta until recently but have the bad taste of VW service from day one
when dealers would not even let me test drive a Jetta to recent expense of faulty DSG.
Yes I got a cheap goodwill claim from them but it still leaves you disappointed and wondering
how long this repair will last.

[Transporter]

You can always sell privately.

[Greg Roles]

Just be quick, or wait 3-6 months!

[wai]

Probably better to wait until some confidence is regained. You are unlikely to lose any more. More likely to get a better price later.

[brad]

It's not just the DSG's with trade in problems. Tried to trade in my MANUAL 2012 Golf Bluemotion on an Amarok. Car is 11 months old, 7200km on the clock. Paid $27500 for it. I could buy the basic single cab TDI Amarok with Aluminium tray for $28,900 drive away. I was offered $18,000 change over. That is $10,900 trade in......... Puts me off buying another new VW.
Dealer told me that VGA is offering demo bluemotion TDI golfs with 1000-2000km on the clock, to dealers for $13,000. So there is no way they will give me more for mine.

I'd give VW a call / email & ask why the dealers are deliberately trying to deflate the trade-in value of the brand & divert buyers to the competitors.

Cheapest "demo" Bluemotion on carsales is $25k with 3000km. Vehicles with delivery kms are $30k. So I'd call BS on what the salesman is saying or ask him if you can buy one for $15k - an easy $2k profit.

[Ideo]

Mkvi golf r. 86,000k, manual. 31k.

Not bad. Only 16k loss over 28months with high kms.

The car I looked at was a dog so not going ahead. Still, good to know.

[singlespeed]

I'd give VW a call / email & ask why the dealers are deliberately trying to deflate the trade-in value of the brand & divert buyers to the competitors.

Cheapest "demo" Bluemotion on carsales is $25k with 3000km. Vehicles with delivery kms are $30k. So I'd call BS on what the salesman is saying or ask him if you can buy one for $15k - an easy $2k profit.

I agree, no way they're bringing demo TDI's in for $13k.

For those who want to trade their VW. Trade it to a VW dealer on something non-VW in the used car lot.

[brimway]

I don't have any plans to trade-in/sell my Golf, but for those who are, I hope this old adage applies

"today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip wrapper"

I reckon it will as has been the case with previous recalls.

[ryana89]

[sVWatt]

I don't have any plans to trade-in/sell my Golf, but for those who are, I hope this old adage applies

"today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip wrapper"

I reckon it will as has been the case with previous recalls.

...and what makes fish and chips taste even better? A pinch of salt.

Agreed. Already the media slant on it all has cooled somewhat.

[PassatB6]

...and what makes fish and chips taste even better? A pinch of salt.

Agreed. Already the media slant on it all has cooled somewhat.

I found most of the posters on the SMH either didn't have a VW themselves or had one which they were worried "might have a problem one day". The SMH has done untold damage to the brand by stoking a small fire into a raging inferno.

[hoi polloi]

Agreed. Already the media slant on it all has cooled somewhat.

True.. Rememer the early Hyundai Excels (the throwaway ones) that literallly had the front suspension tower break away due to poor welds?.. Hyundai held off doing a recall on these for quite some time IIRC but relented due to public pressure... Rather than do the proper fix (which involved taking the engine out and redoing the welds) they fixed it with metal and rivets...

Still see plenty of these on the roads (some argue too many)..

- Anthony

[ziggyboy]

True.. Rememer the early Hyundai Excels (the throwaway ones) that literallly had the front suspension tower break away due to poor welds?.. Hyundai held off doing a recall on these for quite some time IIRC but relented due to public pressure... Rather than do the proper fix (which involved taking the engine out and redoing the welds) they fixed it with metal and rivets...

Still see plenty of these on the roads (some argue too many)..

- Anthony

Excellent.

VW has gone as low as Hyundai in the past (not now AFAIK) and we are perfectly ok with it. Only difference is we pay much more than Hyundai buyers do.

Something's very wrong with this post and if this is the best we can come up with then I'm sorry to say this is borderlining fanboyism.

[Eaglehawk]

I've just traded in a 2010 Polo GTI with 28K on the clock, and a 2005 Golf TDI 2.0 with 173K on the clock.

$18.5 and $6K respectively. Probably would have fetched higher on a private sale...but the timing wasn't right...I wonder why I only got 1 test drive in the Polo GTI...

[Candyman]

What has really surprised me in all of this is the aggression from some VW owners that have had problems to other VW owners that have not had problems.

it seems that if you still like your VW and haven't really had any issues (and say so) you are either a fanboy or an idiot.