DanB36
Veteran Member
Cars that are owned outright are getting offers faster than financed (VW or 3rd party) or leased cars. There have been a number of theories, ranging from fanciful to paranoid, about why this might be, but nobody on the outside really knows for sure. The most logical explanation to me seems to be that financed and leased vehicles simply take additional processing, which is what's leading to the perceived delays (even a five-minute phone call, multiplied by 200k cars, is going to add a lot of time).I am financed through VW though (Maybe that causes a delay?)
But if it makes you feel any better, I submitted documents for all four of my cars (two financed, two owned outright) two months ago, and haven't gotten an offer on any of them. I even got the "documents accepted" email one one of them nearly a month ago (the others were this week).