If you won the lottery, would it change your decision?

Itzed

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I think I discovered my truest feelings tonight. Try to play along and see how you feel. The lottery is big in our state right now, and my wife and I were talking and fantasizing as we sometimes do, about what we would do with the money if we won. And when I looked at the decision about what to do with my 2015 Passat TDI while wearing those glasses, my decision was easily that I would keep the car, continue to drive the heck out of it and enjoy it, and pay for whatever was necessary in repairs and/tunes to keep it the way it is. Please don't hate on me, but screw the EPA, and all the lawyers and everyone else that wants them off the road. If money was falling out of my pockets by sheer good fortune, I'd continue smiling and driving it.
 

Itzed

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That's my plan without the lottery . . . what's your point?
I guess in normal reality, my decision is greatly influenced by risk, and the money associated with those risks. The risk of what could break between now and whenever the fix is available, and how much that will cost. The risk of a fix decreasing performance and how much it will cost to undo that, and how undoing it would negate the extended warranty and put me right back into the risk of paying for whatever breaks. Maybe even the risk of parts, experts, and aftermarket attention for these cars decreasing if VW never sells another one in the US. With limitless money, I buy my way out of all those risks - with my hard earned money, I am less likely to take them.
 

tadawson

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The short term risk is the same as if this had not happened, and I can deal with some performance loss, since I have far more than I need or use. If you bastardize it to remove the fix, again, it's the same case as illegal mods had nothing happened . . . you shoot yourself in the face . . . so looks the same as if no scandal to me . . . but if you would have been worried anyhow, I can accept that . . .
 

kydsid

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Nope. Its a pedistian car not some sculpted italian exotic that looks like its moving while parked. I have no love for this car more than any other. Its time to go is and has been since before September tied to the 120k turbo warranty for a while in my mind.
 

jrock

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The reason I'm keeping the car is because there is nothing else like it (at lease here in NA). I drove a TSI recently and did not care for it. That and the TSI produces 20 X more particulate emissions.
 

czeetah

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Tesla here too but I wouldn't watch movies while on auto pilot or whatever they call it. In fact I would enjoy driving it.
What gets me is that guy was into technology supposedly. Being a computer person myself I'd never trust that auto-pilot stuff enough to stop paying attention.

Or so I would like to believe. I guess after a while you could get lulled into trusting it. But my computery side would instill a healthy level of doubt.

Either way, that was very sad.
 

yamaguy

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Nope, if I won the lottery I would've driving something with a bit more pep, and a fraction of the mileage... Buyback or not.
 

Funguy

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What gets me is that guy was into technology supposedly. Being a computer person myself I'd never trust that auto-pilot stuff enough to stop paying attention.
Or so I would like to believe. I guess after a while you could get lulled into trusting it. But my computery side would instill a healthy level of doubt.
Either way, that was very sad.
I agree with you on not trusting the computer but if you aren't doing anything you will get bored and daydream. I remember being a kid and wondering how my Dad could concentrate on long drives especially around NYC where you must pay attention. I tried to concentrate on the road while he drove wondering how I would do it when I got old enough to drive myself. I never lasted more than a few minutes. But once I was driving it was no problem of course. I think with self driving cars it will be the same thing and that is what happened to that poor guy
 

dlhovland

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If I won the the lottery. I wouldn't be driving a VW TDI. Charger, Camaro, new Duramax, Porsche. All would be fast and I wouldn't give a damn about fuel mileage
 

VeeDubTDI

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Winning the big lottery (Mega Millions) would result in me promptly going to the closest Tesla store and buying a Model S P90DL, buying our house, installing a high amperage charging station, and covering our south-facing roof in solar panels. :D
 

aja8888

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Lots of Tesla picks, but that's the new wave.

I still have the occasional nightmare of the day I sold my 1965 Corvette Stingray convertible for a song (numbers matching, of course, and the hardtop).

With the Lotto winnings, I would get even with the IRS as soon as possible, get a 900 number picked up by a call center that will charge any caller $5.00/minute to try to reach me, and then I would get a new bright red Corvette. The Passat....what Passat? :rolleyes:
 

kjclow

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There are enough other things that would come before spending the lottery money on replacing my cars. When the money trickles down to the cars, I would probably replace them but really have no desires to go up in class. If a JSW gets me from a to b, why do I need something that comes in a 10x that cost? At least that's my thinking without having a $300 million check in my hand.
 

mc4nam

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Donate the Passat to a quality Charity.

1. 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

2. Hummer Limo and a Driver :D
 

jrm

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Keep the Passat. build a 50x120 heated garage and start adding toys....after I paid off the loans of my family's houses :eek:
 

tdiatlast

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There are enough other things that would come before spending the lottery money on replacing my cars. When the money trickles down to the cars, I would probably replace them but really have no desires to go up in class. If a JSW gets me from a to b, why do I need something that comes in a 10x that cost? At least that's my thinking without having a $300 million check in my hand.
^^^My thoughts. I want to continue minimizing my carbon footprint, and the carbon-fueled vehicle would be the first to go...
 

tc1uscg

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Newest Unimog on the market (the military one with the front loader and rear backhoe. Always wanted a backhoe)

Audi Q7 TDi

Got 2 Jeeps but I'm done with Jeeps. If I had the Unimog, I'd drive around and pull jeeps and hummers out of the mess they get themselves into.

I'd still keep the Passat or buy a new one (TDi of course) for my everyday driver.
 

MikeS_18

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If I won the lottery, I'd let "James" decide what kind of car he wanted to chauffeur me around in. :)
 

GetMore

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I would probably be driving an AWD diesel. Who knows what it would be. It might even be a conversion, say a Passat wagon, for example.
 

Bang!

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Donate the Passat to a quality Charity.
1. 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
2. Hummer Limo and a Driver :D

Funny, I traded in my 2002 Porsche 996 C2 when I bought my 2013 Passat. In its own strange way I like driving the TDI more. Sure the 996 was faster but it was really hard to put miles on it like I can with the vw. MPG and $ had nothing to do with it.
 
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