Was going to keep our 2011 Jetta and wait for the fix, but wandered into the dealer when I heard that the 'new' 2015's were available. Salesman said they had only one left without a deposit on it (for what that's worth). Anyway, he brought it around to show me. It was black on black, just like our 2011 that my wife liked so much. Buyback price was within a couple hundred dollars of the new one, with its discount. It was a shame to see such a nice car go away (our first new car) but we still have a black TDI Jetta in the garage, one 4 years newer, with 94,400 fewer miles, a better engine, and a better warranty. Oh, and the 2011 had had $15,000 worth of body work done after a kid in a Mustang turned left in front of us. Plus we had almost $1000 on hand from another kid hitting the back of us at an intersection 2 months ago.. Add in the $1,000 'goodwill' gift from VW, and all we had to pay was some of the sales tax.
All in all, we came out way ahead, thanks to some bureaucratic huffing and puffing over ruffled feathers at EPA. Real world pollution from VW's TDI was and is practically nothing, just a political football.
