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Finally turned her in. No, not the old lady. My 2012 Golf TDI 4DR MT. 109,000 miles. Original brakes and clutch.
Finally did the deed. Took all of about 20 minutes. Went to a dealer that had a virtual closing. The guy who represented the dealer used an iPad who was conferenced into another rep from the settlement folks to finalize the deal. After the niceties, we went outside, I hopped in the car, drove back 5ft then drove forward 5ft. Got out. The lady on the iPad asked the dealer rep to shoot several pictures of the vehicle; the mileage on the dash, the stereo (perhaps to capture the time?), the front of the interior and the rear of the interior, a 3/4 shot of the front and a 3/4 shot of the rear.
And with that, I got a handshake and a check for nearly $20K. I felt like I was at the lottery collecting a check or on Publishers Clearinghouse. Felt frigging GREAT!
I loved my TDI. It had it's niggles, but for the most part, it was a fine decent runabout. I mean sure, the suspension had a clank, the front door latches gave out last year and the tires were balder than Larry David. But it was a fun car.
But I must admit...not as nice as my reflex silver 17 GTI SE MT with only 11K miles. Loving it. I did NOT buy this from VW, as I did NOT want to reward them for their ****ty behavior. Bought it private party.
Been fun participating and reading the threads in here for the past three years. Time to move along. Auf Wiedersehen! Oh, and Fahrvergnügen!
Finally did the deed. Took all of about 20 minutes. Went to a dealer that had a virtual closing. The guy who represented the dealer used an iPad who was conferenced into another rep from the settlement folks to finalize the deal. After the niceties, we went outside, I hopped in the car, drove back 5ft then drove forward 5ft. Got out. The lady on the iPad asked the dealer rep to shoot several pictures of the vehicle; the mileage on the dash, the stereo (perhaps to capture the time?), the front of the interior and the rear of the interior, a 3/4 shot of the front and a 3/4 shot of the rear.
And with that, I got a handshake and a check for nearly $20K. I felt like I was at the lottery collecting a check or on Publishers Clearinghouse. Felt frigging GREAT!
I loved my TDI. It had it's niggles, but for the most part, it was a fine decent runabout. I mean sure, the suspension had a clank, the front door latches gave out last year and the tires were balder than Larry David. But it was a fun car.
But I must admit...not as nice as my reflex silver 17 GTI SE MT with only 11K miles. Loving it. I did NOT buy this from VW, as I did NOT want to reward them for their ****ty behavior. Bought it private party.
Been fun participating and reading the threads in here for the past three years. Time to move along. Auf Wiedersehen! Oh, and Fahrvergnügen!
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