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Anybody else winning the VW TDI lottery?

Posted: Aug 4th, '16, 18:27
by GSKI
I have a 2011 Golf and my payout with fix is $6,700 and the buyout would be $19700 (total amount) with 50,000 miles on it. It is a great car with 47MPG so I plan to take the money and the fix. Since I bought it for cash new and took the depreciation hit and would have to buy another car and pay the dealer or seller markup it does not seem to make sense to do the buyout. Here are the tables from the settlement to be finalized in October:

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Re: Anybody else winning the VW TDI lottery?

Posted: Aug 4th, '16, 21:27
by freeski
Just curious if you have an on board computer that calculates MPG? If so what was that saying?

Re: Anybody else winning the VW TDI lottery?

Posted: Aug 5th, '16, 14:15
by brownman
Not even as accurate as VW's emission readings :lol:
The MPG calculations from my onboard Jetta CPU used to reflect 75 MPG driving from KBase to Pittsfield.
Of course it would .. you can coast nearly 4 miles on that stretch of road.

The fix payout is a good value :like
Post Olympic worldwide epidemics will cause more immediate harm than elevated CO levels. :sad:

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Re: Anybody else winning the VW TDI lottery?

Posted: Aug 5th, '16, 14:55
by GSKI
The MPG calculations from my onboard Jetta CPU used to reflect 75 MPG driving from KBase to Pittsfield.
Of course it would .. you can coast nearly 4 miles on that stretch of road.
That is why you have to use the averaged setting (#2). If you do not every time you hit the gas the mileage tanks and when you let up it soars totally useless.

Re: Anybody else winning the VW TDI lottery?

Posted: Aug 5th, '16, 16:37
by brownman
Danke. :wink:

Could never fully translate that German owners manual. :lol:
Actually, traded that GLI in long ago.
Current 2.5 Maserati powered Jetta performs just fine. :like

Driving an M1 loaner this weekend .. aka Pocket Rocket :shock:
Get that Prius the heck out of the passing lane. :twisted:

Farfegnugen Forever !

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