Where the buyback cars go

Tenebrae

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Thanks for the pic, TurnOne!
So shiny. So sad.

-T.
 

rtking

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Ohhh absolutely. Starting to have a glow plug isle with our car and needing tires, but considering driving it for another year or so.

Methinks it will be a sad day in mudville when we turn it in.
I'm struggling also. Just put on new tires due to rains here in SoCal and had myself mentally convinced to keep the car for another year or two. It's been a fantastic and trouble free vehicle for me. But I realize that I'm tempting fate if I don't move along to another vehicle at some point. I think another year is the outside limit at this point, and that will be a really sad day for me.
 

Debra Morgan

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I'm struggling also. Just put on new tires due to rains here in SoCal and had myself mentally convinced to keep the car for another year or two. It's been a fantastic and trouble free vehicle for me. But I realize that I'm tempting fate if I don't move along to another vehicle at some point. I think another year is the outside limit at this point, and that will be a really sad day for me.
Will be a sad day for me also when we turn my Jetta in. a great car, cannot bear to think of it getting crushed. But it is not in my best interest to keep it.
 

Debra Morgan

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Saw this driving with KY and OH TDI's going up North on I71 just north of Cincinnati, OH today. They all had Red Circle and Red X on the front windshield.

There is a remote storage lot I cannot get close enough to check out here in Columbus that looks like it is freshly full of cars, methinks they might be TDI's.

Will take binoculars by the site to see what I can see.
 

VeeDubTDI

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There is a remote storage lot I cannot get close enough to check out here in Columbus that looks like it is freshly full of cars, methinks they might be TDI's.

Will take binoculars by the site to see what I can see.
Scope it out and let us know. I'm curious to know how many different locations they're storing them at. I'm also curious to know how many repair centers they'll establish if/when fix gets approved.
 

BlueGruff

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When I turned in car on 12/30 I asked settlement specialist what will happen to my TDI. She said all cars will be trucked to Michigan for storage. Then if a fix is approved, VW will select those cars that suitable for resale.
 

Debra Morgan

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Scope it out and let us know. I'm curious to know how many different locations they're storing them at. I'm also curious to know how many repair centers they'll establish if/when fix gets approved.
My guess is very few will be selected for repair.
 

Debra Morgan

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When I turned in car on 12/30 I asked settlement specialist what will happen to my TDI. She said all cars will be trucked to Michigan for storage. Then if a fix is approved, VW will select those cars that suitable for resale.
My dealership says they are all being shipped to Chattanooga for storage until the fix is approved. Methinks people are making this up as they go along.

VW probably wants to keep this under wraps just like Mazda did with the Cougar ace, as Youtube videos of clean VW's being crushed is not in VW's best interest.
 

k1xv

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Somebody with a good quality drone needs to get near one of these lots, when it is found, and take some video.
 

Tenebrae

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Spycam implanted in the VW dash.
GPS attached in an innocuous location.

;)

-T.
 

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My dealership says they are all being shipped to Chattanooga for storage until the fix is approved. Methinks people are making this up as they go along.

VW probably wants to keep this under wraps just like Mazda did with the Cougar ace, as Youtube videos of clean VW's being crushed is not in VW's best interest.
I think the most likely situation is that vehicles are being shipped to several regional storage facilities around the country. This saves on trucking/transportation costs and also allows them to spread this inventory of nearly a half-million vehicles around.
 

whitedog

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I think the most likely situation is that vehicles are being shipped to several regional storage facilities around the country. This saves on trucking/transportation costs and also allows them to spread this inventory of nearly a half-million vehicles around.
Right. And when this was said: "My dealership says they are all being shipped to Chattanooga for storage until the fix is approved", most likely what the dealership meant was "All the ones from our dealership (and others in the region)"...
 

MBQ

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All cars in Texas go to Dallas, if true. I was so told by the ambassador.

Southwest of big D I guess. Huge car lots & junk yards over there.
 

dropnosky

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All those vws have plates on them? CA plate stays with the car right?
 

k1xv

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Somewhere my car sits......unloved, but apparently not alone. :(
 

kylin

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fix approved for 2015. :) They should start to work on my 2015 passat and resell it soon. excellent condition. will be bought back tomorrow
 

PacCoastFwy923

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Lol. "Daddy, where do all the TDIs go?"

"To the aircraft boneyard, my child."
 

ses310

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My Carnet app shows my car somewhere in North Bergen NJ. I briefly thought of flashing my lights remotely one last time for old times sake :(
Miss it, but glad it's over.
 

k1xv

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This thread reminds me of my Catechism teachings of what happened to little babies who died before they were baptized.
 

Debra Morgan

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This thread reminds me of my Catechism teachings of what happened to little babies who died before they were baptized.
It is pretty sad, methinks hell (at least the automotive version) awaits many of the older ones. Sad, several older ones behind my local VW dealer in the "dead line" last time I visited.
 

amstel78

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Most likely the crusher...

... I do hope OTOH that someone in a non-emission's testing state (or lenient country) gets my car. No DPF. Malone stage II tune. No EGR. No ASV.

Apart from it still running strong on the original HPFP, it's perfect.
 

bora2003

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As a TDI adherent for many years, it saddens me to see these wonderful cars in a holding pen. I am extremely glad I opted for the emissions fix so that I can keep my '15 TDI on the road for as long a possible.

The diesel engine is a marvel in spite of whatever CARB has to say.
 

Dub J

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That's so interesting! There was some nice wagons in there. We should have wake or something...
 

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They will come back, most of them. Car companies count pennies per unit in car production and shorten wire harnesses to save money, or cheapen a component to bring costs down. I can not see them turning a blind eye to potentially millions of dollars of recovery money.

The buyback cars are a chance for VW to recover debt by turning them back around and selling them. I am sure they have already figured a base cost to recover these cars and are acting appropriately. It is unfortunately a waiting game at this point. They have to get approval first, then implement production of the hardware they will require to fix the cars. The per car cost will go down if they do a larger production run of parts to fix them all at once.

There may be deals out there for cosmetically challenged turn ins as I doubt they will repaint or go to great extents to fix damaged cars to a point of perfection. If they can restore a car to sellable and recover as little as $100 after projected warranty expenses and the like, I will guarantee they will do it. It is simple business economics.
 
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