A week ago a Westy owning friend called me and wondered if he could find
a TDI engine donor car cheap now, since the scandal might affect prices.
I told him I didn't know yet but that I was already on the lookout.
Vanagon engine conversions favor much older TDI models than the ones
involved in this controversy but with the emotions involved it might
spill over into the older cars too. So far I haven't detected any fire
sale prices in the used TDI market. Hope springs eternal though.

Mark

Jack Botts wrote:
> Here's how it affects Joe-VW-owner. I bought a used 2014 Passat TDI SE about 4 months ago. I sold a LOVED 2005 Jetta TDI Wagon (so, before the current VW diesel shenanigans). If I needed to sell this Passat for, who knows why -- illness, stock losses, I'm-not-sure-I-am-excited-about-automatic-for-the-first-time-since-1965 -- where does this leave ME? No one will buy it, VW won't buy it, I can't trade it. Between my son and me, we have owned about 14 Volkswagens. I have friends who are VW enthusiasts. We thought that there was something more than regular car ownership associated with VW ownership. What we thought was a different car company turns out to be just another greedy, short-sighted, dishonest modern huge business. If the (3rd '86 Weekender) Vanagon didn't meet our needs so perfectly, I would sell it tomorrow and skedaddle from vanagon.com and anything VW-related.
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