Lets talk about new vehicles

[MParr]

VW Kool-aid
I know dealers have tremendous overhead and my post here shows how folks with very little are thrilled at the dealership getting ripped for maintenance.

A young nurse with a 5 year old Jetta was back like me for two days in a row.. she got soaked $4500 for maintenance and returned the next day with a fuel leak and she told me she had to borrow $1k from her mother to pay for it but she loves her Jetta.. She said nobody is perfect on the bad work...

An older lady who was nuts kept fighting for new spark plugs for $203 on her vehicle while she only had 22k miles on it...
The service guy kept telling her it wasn't needed and it went on for 15 minutes and the service guy told her very terse like, okay we'll sell you anything you want... it got very heated..

Another young pregnant lady came in wanting her Atlas serviced at $3k and she was thrilled ...these people acted like they were getting service for premium exotics and getting ripped off was a blessing...

Everytime I go there I see the same thing. Most don't even ask for prices...more soon

Have all of the TSBs been done?

 

[Zee09]

Pass on the golf; A Horse of a Different Colour is still a horse.

A Boston Toyota dealer offered me 21K on my new 2025 Impreza wagon AWD CVT with eyesight in trade for a 2025 Silver GR86 MT6 base with 935- bucks off sticker. Then as I was walking they chimed in another $500 off ... if I "buy it today".

Might wait for tariff drama to kick in and then do the carvana thing. Are Japanese import cars going to get hit?
I can't seem to find a current chart. It's all in flux.
I think flux is the word ...

- Arco

Oh yeah totally agree. I did the GTI pics for the guys here. Their service center is very slow and the returns are many.. probably only have a few real mechanics there

 

[Zee09]

Have all of the TSBs been done?

I didn't have any since I owned mine.
Don't know about the other folks

 

[Zee09]

I only had one recall on my car and it was a leaflet explaining the cruise control operation left out of the manual. One sheet of paper to throw into the glove box

 

[MParr]

I didn't have any since I owned mine.
Don't know about the other folks

There are several on the 2022 models.

 

[Zee09]

There are several on the 2022 models.

2022 Arteons?

 

[MParr]

2022 Arteons?

Yes. Google it.
https://www.vw.com/en/owners-and-services/about-my-vehicle/recalls.html

 

[MParr]

2022 Arteons?

Some dealers need to be shown TSBs or they want perform any updates.

 

[Zee09]

Some dealers need to be shown TSBs or they want perform any updates.

Mine is a 2021 and I think they upped the power in 2022

 

[dogememe]

When I got home I went through the Carvana ordeal and as usual the dealer in my mind offered $1k under which wasn't bad and I rated my car slightly lower on Carvana and they came back with a $3800 more offer and drama free pickup ....

I've always have had the best sales with Carvana. They usually send a lady via Uber to pick it up...

Last few vehicles I've looked up Carmax pays WAY more than Carvana. It used to be the other way around.

 

[Zee09]

Mine is tsb free...

 

[Zee09]

Last few vehicles I've looked up Carmax pays WAY more than Carvana. It used to be the other way around.

I sold one car to Carmax last year and it was a long hassle at their place and here they don't pay as much... I guess it's different everywhere.
I sold one vehicle to Algo and now they pay about nothing

 

[MParr]

@Zee09
You know that you want to trade it. Go ahead and get you a Cadillac CT5.
Or, a Lexus ES

 

[Zee09]

@Zee09
You know that you want to trade it. Go ahead and get you a Cadillac CT5.

I do like the Blackwing

 

[Zee09]

But in my old age I am getting cheap. lol

 

[KCJeep]

But in my old age I am getting cheap. lol

"Getting cheap"? Really?

 

[CKN]

Pass on the golf; A Horse of a Different Colour is still a horse.

A Boston Toyota dealer offered me 21K on my new 2025 Impreza wagon AWD CVT with eyesight in trade for a 2025 Silver GR86 MT6 base with 935- bucks off sticker. Then as I was walking they chimed in another $500 off ... if I "buy it today".

Might wait for tariff drama to kick in and then do the carvana thing. Are Japanese import cars going to get hit?
I can't seem to find a current chart. It's all in flux.
I think flux is the word ...

- Arco

I just traded in my 2022 Highlander
( more on that later) for $2,000.00 less than I paid two years ago. Carmax is offering crazy trade in values right now.

 

[Zee09]

"Getting cheap"? Really?

Yup cheap

 

[walterjay]

Yup cheap

Well...........that explains the trips to Wendys and $4 oil filters.

 

[Zee09]

Well...........that explains the trips to Wendys and $4 oil filters.

Have you forgotten the $10 Teos Stromboli or the turkey, ham, and roast beef combo