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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That's standard practice for the Stealer to send offers saying your used car is in great demand, and to hurry over so they can pay "top dollar" for your used vehicle while you begin a new car payment with them.
They will purchase your car at the standard trade in value, get you making payments on a new car, and then sell the trade-in for about 30% more than they purchased it for. No way are they going to the crusher.
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There are 467,000 cheating TDIs in the U.S. According to the article linked above "According to the court, consumers who choose to receive compensation via buyback will be given the September 2015 National Automobile Dealer Association (NADA) "clean" trade-in-value figure for their vehicle after adjustment for mileage and options, as well as additional compensation in the form of "owner restitution," defined as $2986.73 plus one-fifth of the car's value".
In our case the A3 TDI may be worth $23,000. I think many people may take the buy back. I don't think VW/Audi will try to sell these vehicles in the USA because it will be too costly to get them to meet EPA Tier II emissions, not to mention a bad PR move. I think most used car buyers in the USA should be wary of buying a de-tuned TDI that may not be as reliable to operate. So if almost half a million TDI owners are enticed to take the buy back what will happen to these cars. Or conversely, perhaps they will be a great bargain for gearheads that will quickly defeat the dealer fix like people on this forum may be inclined to do. Right now the new A3 hybrid looks pretty sweet.