My new Car............

[il d00d]

Posted:  Please do not feed the bear.

[Kopfjäger]

can a mod lock this thread?

Lock it yourself. 

[cyrus buelton]

The 1.9 is a great rate and is probably a national VW promotonial rate as I mentioned before. Also, GAP is NOT standard on every VW contract. It is standard on every VW lease contract so unless you leased it I would go check your paperwork. If there is a charge for it (probably around $595), then it wasn't standard. This also could have changed but I doubt it. I was actually a sales manager for VW for 4 years so I have a little knowledge of how they operate.

You are correct regarding the current warranty. It was longer, but they must have changed it recently. My 2008 Passat had a 4/50 comprehensive and 5/60 powertrain.

If you think for a second the dealer broke even on the deal, you're more BooBoo than Yogi. Sorry.

I could get into all the specifics including dealer cash vs. comsumer cash and dealer holdback etc. but I'll leave some of our black art a mystery.  

I'll look at my paperwork tonight.

Yeah, they did change the warranty terms as my 2004 had a much longer standard warranty and I believe the powertrain was 90/100k, I can't remember.


I know all about dealer cash, consumer cash, holdbacks, dealer incentive rebates, etc. You probably do know more than I on this. The guy who hooked me up with this dealer was the sales manager at that dealer for 10 years before moving to a finance manager for 15yrs. I spent a lot of time talking with him since I met him about the workings of the car world. It is pretty odd. He got hit hard by the economy and for about a year was flipping cars at auctions all over the country. It was a pretty wild gig he got himself into and claims to have made a shit ton of money doing, but who knows.

He now works for one of those "extended warranty" companies you mentioned above.

Hey........drop 3800$ on your 5yr car for warranty.........and if you don't use it in 5yrs.......you get your money back!!!!!!

He'll even admit it is a sham. It's kind of funny.

I did that once and you threw a little hissy fit.  It does take at least two to bicker though.  You could just stop.  

You locked it for other reasons, Sire.


Carry on in the thread. No more finance, warranty, or BS talk.

I'll post some real pictures this weekend since it is supposed to be nice tomorrow and the first ones sucked.

debating on tinting the windows on it. We just can't decide what percentages to do. Only law here is 50% on the driver/passenger window. backseat and rear windows can be painted black for all they care. I just don't like the idea of a superdark tint when my tag is tied to my CCW.

Lock it yourself. 

Look at who started the thread 

[zooom]

extended warranty is through VW to my knowledge

I highly doubt that because VW does NOT do that!

I work for a VW dealer and have for the last 11+ years...

[zooom]

Yeah, they did change the warranty terms as my 2004 had a much longer standard warranty and I believe the powertrain was 90/100k, I can't remember.

2004 the powertrain was 5/60

the last year VW offered a 10/100 powertrain was 2001. 2002 started the 5/60 powertrain. So you remember incorrectly.

[Monstermash]

Hey........drop 3800$ on your 5yr car for warranty.........and if you don't use it in 5yrs.......you get your money back!!!!!!

He'll even admit it is a sham. It's kind of funny.

Thats only somewhat true. They prorate it. Even if you don't use it, at the end of the term, it's not worth anything. If you cancel it before the term ends you get the reamaining portion of it back less the cancellation fees etc.

[Goat_Herder]

Do I get extra credit for following this thread and understanding (trying to understand) what's been said?   

[zooom]

Do I get extra credit for following this thread and understanding (trying to understand) what's been said?   

only if you can gargle the chrome muffler bearings that come out of Judd's mouth.

[Goat_Herder]

only if you can gargle the chrome muffler bearings that come out of Judd's mouth.

[cyrus buelton]

Zoooom - Nice baiting dude. Keep it up.

only if you can gargle the chrome muffler bearings that come out of Judd's mouth.

That's nice. I got a week suspension for disrespecting a member/board.



You guys love to pick up where you left off. 

[Ddan]

You guys love to pick up where you left off. 

Are you shitting me?   

[zooom]

Are you shitting me?   

he's Judd...of course he is! 

[zooom]

Zoooom - Nice baiting dude. Keep it up.

I don't have to bait you Judd...you do it to yourself man!...so keep it up!

[Drunken Monkey]

<mod hat>
While not an insult, per se, it's kind of dickish (dickly?)

Let's all just chill the hell out, okay?
</mod hat>

[cyrus buelton]

second request to a moderator since my wife who started this thread wants nothing to do with this board. She tried to register again and apologize, but she was never approved, so I guess that is that.

And to stop all the chatter, as I do have friends on here: I never once posted under her login Tiffers.



Please lock this thread.