William J Toensing said:
Someone has a rare car & wants to make a killing. People with an available house line of credit could buy it. However, they might have difficulty finding an insurance company to insure it at a stated value. Also, its value will fall like a rock, assuming they want $40,000 for it, once the new 50 state TDIs go on sale.
Actually Bill they don't want to make a killing. And if VW sells a 4Motion TDI Passat Wagon would you give me a call ? I own a 04 Passat TDI and would _love_ 4Motion - I owned 2 Range Rovers with all time 4WD and you can not believe the security/safety even in just rainy weather, let alone light snow.
A current 4Motion TDI in England costs around $50,000 and gives close to 40 mpg. They are asking 75% the cost of that.
Who here is selling their 04 Passat wagons for under $16,000 ... anyone ... anyone. Nobody is. And that would be about what the difference might be.
You would be lucky to find an 04 Jetta wagon for $16K.
If you can get one over here from Germany or England ... have at it and start up a business.
Not everybody fits into a Jetta or Golf - my daughters play Cello and Bass and that car would rock for us.