Used VW's are WAY overpriced. When I bought my wifes last car it was
considerably less expensive to buy a completely loaded used Audi A4 then to
buy the same year used Passat.  

Go figure...

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Marshall
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Buying a new VW - anyone have salesperson advice?

I hear you on the used car bit.� We are also looking at a few user
2005 Passat TDIs - but these all have between 80000 and 120000km - so no
warranty left and asking price is around 22K - I dunno, 10Kish more for a
new car with warranty is quite cool.� Also, wife wants a "turn
the key and go" vehicle - if she wants a works most of the time
vehicle then she'll drive the Westy!� :-)

David
Marshall
VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
 
http://www.hasenwerk.ca

On Fri, March 20, 2009 07:16, Paul
Guzyk wrote:
> 
> Hard to get top dollar for a used car
these days, especially for a V10
> powered car since everyone
knows in the back of their minds gas will go up
> again, it's just
a matter of when.
> 
> If you can, try sell the Tourareg
privately, maybe to someone out of your
> area.  List it on
autotrader / cragslist etc in Vancouver/Edmonton/Calgary
> etc.  
Check ebay listing for COMPLETED sales to see what they have
>
recently sold for, this gives you some idea of current maket prices.
> 
> If your local dealers don't give you a good price on a
new car, go out of
> province....somewhere out there is hungry
dealer willing to knock a few
> thousand off their price to get a
sale.
> 
> Troll around sites like this one for advice,
they highlight the games
> dealers play:
>
http://www.carbuyingtips.com/buyingnewcar.htm
> 
> If VW
USA lets you transfer warranty to Canada, and RIV.CA has Jetta
>
Wagons on their approved list, see if it makes sense to buy the car from
a
> US dealer, many US dealers are barely alive.
> 
> And lastly, there's no feeling like a brand new car, but you pay a
big
> penalty buying a new car.  What about a clean, low mileage
Jetta that is
> 1-2 years old?  Why not consider a new used car? 
Let the first owner take
> the depreciation...like you will have
to do with the Touareg....
> 
> 
> 
>
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>
From:         David Marshall
<mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
> Reply-To:     David Marshall
<mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
> Date:          Fri, 20 Mar
2009 06:27:58 -0700
> 
>>OK it's Friday so non Vanagon
stuff is allowed on the list... this does
>>partain to
Volkswagens so I'm OK right!?
>>
>>My wife wants to
trade
>>in her 2006 V10 TDI Touareg (20.000km / 1 year warranty
remaining - just
>>wants a smaller car) and get a 2009 TDI
Jetta wagon.
>>
>>Anyone
>>have any sound
advice in dealing with the car weasels er um sales people
>>out
there?
>>
>>Using round numbers, the Jetta (full
load) is 35000,
>>three different dealers have what we want,
and the average CraigsList
>>private price of the Touareg is
55000 - realizing that the dealer needs
>> to
>>make
a living and trading a more expensive car for a less expenisive car
>>is always a bad thing... what is the best deal I can hope to get
from a
>> VW
>>dealer.� The highest opening
offer from the dealers is 35K for the
>>car (no one will move
on price) and 39K for the Touareg which to me is
>> way
>>low... or is it...
>>
>>Help me get in
touch with the "inner
>>rodent" of the car sales
person!
>>
>>David Marshall
>>VW
>>Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
>>
>>http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>>
>