I gotta disagree Vin. This guy is well within his rights. The buyout doesn’t take into consideration whether you have the best or the worst shape of car. Some people are making out better than others as is usually the case in these matters. I would assume then, that the better shape your vehicle is in, the less good…

Then again, VW purposefully screwed their unsuspecting customers, our government, and the planet. I see no reason to think badly of anyone but VW. This guy is abiding by the rules as agreed upon and that’s how the corporate lawyers would pay you for the loss of your family. I’d say fair is fair.

It isn’t fraud. What VW did was fraud. You do understand the difference right? You seem to think VW is doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. They are being forced to pay this, and that includes the extra money. What these people are doing is perfectly legal within the boundries of the settlement that, again,…

So you think the corporation that did all the knowingly illegal things should have ways to recoup the losses? He is only getting paid fair value because the courts say VW must pay. If it were up to the company, even a letter saying “fuck off” would probably be more than they would be willing to offer customers.

...Where in his having a “surprising amount of fun” is he whining?

Completely different. You get a speeding ticket for breaking a rule so paying in pennies is being an ass for being caught breaking a rule. In this case, he bought a car, with the full intention of paying for it and enjoying it, and was completely screwed over by the manufacturer. What rule did he break?

It won’t affect the dealers much at all. Dealers may have to house the cars for a short time, while VW figures out where to put them all, but the dealers have no skin in this game. Dealers are simply a location to help facilitate the buyback process.

some cheese with your whine sir?

Someone call this man a wahhhh-mbulance.

I suppose we had gone about 37 seconds without Tesla-related content.

Ah but what if you did it the technolibertarian way, without any permits or planning or impact studies or risk assessment or safety procedures? Like uber!

I agree, but then again look at who are president elect is. Half this country ignored way worse shit in our future president.

Who wants a shitty old Sentra with a blow over?

While it can be debated either way, it is in no way “unfathomable”.

And if they don’t accept the car in that condition, they’re breaking the terms of the settlement that they agreed to.

I have no dog in this fight, but as the music industry tried to weasel around with, “For how that translates into revenue” is a very suspect phrase...

Yes, Raph, we’ve already read this story TODAY. Here at this very website.

There is a difference between doing something stupid, and driving 115mph on a crowded highway while filming yourself with a handheld device.

I hope he dies because he’s probably going to spend the rest of his live either a burden on every living thing around him or a blight on society who didn’t learn from his stupidity.