Ha, I am not smart enough to have a goal. I speculated on the buyback and now with the stop sell lifted, I am just taking my nine or ten grand each and spending it to upgrade with cars I love. The PC class cars will be much easier to sell and I have most of mine spoken for already. With the compensation from Audi and Bosch, I have low mile Q5's for under 30k. They are a deal all day long at that. My fear on the Q7s was that the diesel never sold well to start with and the difference in performance with the TDI and the 3.0 TFSI is not THAT huge, so more buyers will lean to new gassers. Also, if the buyback occurred, I didn't (don't - I should say, because there is still a chance) mind paying income tax on that gain as it would have been substantial. My plan was always that if no buyback occurred to roll the modification money into upgrades of my personal use vehicles, so that the monetary gain could arguably be deemed compensation for loss in value due to the scandal. If its compensation for lost value on personal use, I have a much better argument that it is not taxable, like a condemnation, or insurance proceeds from a casualty loss - not taxable. Although it was a good deal of work, I enjoy the cars, and the upside of the buyback so outweighed the basically break even outcome without one, I liked the speculation. Having the chance to be up $400,000 with the only downside being my work and filling out the claim forms, I would do it again in a heartbeat. I may be a sick puppy, but I had fun. Will have to see what December 20th brings, because 70% of what I bought are PC class.
