What Car Would You Buy With Your Dieselgate Cash?
Bad news: You had to give up your five-year-old TDI Volkswagen; Good news: VW is giving you a check for $15,000.
It's true that Volkswagen is on the hook for buying back billions of dollars of emissions-noncompliant diesel cars. That means, TDI owners are getting checks, some for more than 150 percent of their cars' pre-scandal bluebook value.
That sounds like a sweet deal. But what if, like many VW TDI owners, you really like your car? What do you do now? Do you put the money down on a new car -- and what kind? Or do you buy something older and pay it off in full? Do you get something with diesel-level mileage? Or do you say screw it and buy a burnout machine? We covered this question on the site recently. Now we address it on AFTER/DRIVE.
This week, the guys from Classic Car Club Manhattan and I talk through some of the options a dieselgate-cash buyer might have when looking for a TDI replacement. It's a Zac show, so you know the nerd factor is turned up to 11.
