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I have four Continental Winterforce tires-- each mounted on steel rims-- for sale. I used them for three seasons, and so they probably have at least two left unless you use them in warm weather. Also, four VW plastic wheel covers, though these are a bit beat up. And the weathertech cargo...

I did not really want to do the buyback, at least not so soon, but my hand was forced after I was rear ended on the highway. So I made the decision on Wednesday of last week, uploaded the various documents required on Thursday morning, got "green checks" within a few hours, and got the offer...

Do they really sell the Alltrack with a stick?

I was certainly intent on keeping this car, getting the fix, and driving it for a half million miles. But today I got rear-ended in rainy weather traffic, by a Jeep which overrode the rear bumper, which crushed the tailgate in but left the window intact. That is the third time the car has been...

I don't understand what is happening. Is it something like: in December your buyback (picking arbitrary round numbers) was $15,000, and your loan balance was $5000, and so, as of December your lender was to get $5000 and you were to get $10,000-- but in March, you have made 3 loan payments...

Fooled again. Every once in awhile, I look over this site, and see that this thread is near the top,and think "hooray!" only to find that some "expert" has opined that Gen1 and Gen2 2.0L cars will NEVER get a fix because it is to complicated to install a urea system; or someone talking about...

I didn't know that. I am definitely guilty of "requesting lots of torque below 2000 rpm" from time to time because wheeee. I guess I am OK with wearing a wear item if I, you know, wear it out. Does the noise give enough of a heads-up that I wore the wear item, or is it tow truck time by...

I think that this is partially true. The subject came up at the hearing because of that nitwit who was on jalopnik, and the judge issued a warning to owners not to strip the cars before turning them in. It also sounded like the separate settlement for the 3.0L cars also has language that is a...

The settlement went out of its way to protect people who bought the cars. They want as many of them as possible either off the road or modified to the settlement spec, if possible, so they offer us all financial incentive to do one or the other of those things. But what if you like the car as...

If, as a lessee, you cannot (1) buy out the lease, and then (2) be eligible for buyback in the event that no fix is approved, then it seems like you have no option other than terminate the lease under the settlement, take what money you can, and run. Unfortunate that the lease termination date...

Same for me. That's to be expected though. I kind of figure that the average of the two is likely in the reasonable range. That average is the number that increased over the last 6 months, by approximately the sum of the "restitution" payment, which coincidentally brings the value back up to...

I don't know about "tanked" at this point. I track retail value on NADA and KBB, and it climbed steadily from July to December. I'm sure that there are not a lot of transactions, but those that there are must be tracking the buyback values.

Before dieselgate, there were people who were so worried about a HPFP failure costing them $5000 that they traded in a two-year old car and bought a new car, thus swapping a low-probability of $5000 loss for a 100% certainty of $10,000 loss.

I didn't realize the Alltracks were tipping up over $30k. That's a bummer.

Good luck to you. Were I taking the money on account of reliability issues, I doubt I would have the nerve to go for a Saab.

There are no mute points on this forum.

Every time I go into the emissions business, I have to sleep on the sofa.

What the heck happened to the battery that it wouldn't be able to start the car one or two times after a jump and a 100 mile drive?

This seems a bit like yelling at the gate attendant for a delayed flight.

If you aren't playing with your credit, then make the payment, and when the payoff gets processed, get it back in a refund.