Ford want to buy my car back, good or bad thing?

carlih1

Why wouldn't you swap a ford for a vw?

hewhoisnotintheknow

carlih1 wrote: »

Why wouldn't you swap a ford for a vw?

swap a good car for a unreliable one, no!

markelock

I'd say it was a genuine selfless act by the dealer to give you a bit of good news in an otherwise uphill struggle that is life.

carlih1

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

swap a good car for a unreliable one, no!

Not my experience x

lilac_lady

I thought VW still had a very good reputation. What's changed?

vikingaero

The only time I've heard of a manufacturer genuinely wanting to buy a car back was a chap who bought a Smart Car. The original cars had 2 years 25,000 mile warranties because they were meant to be City hacks. This guy had done 125k in 2 years ans Smart offered to buy the car back from him so they could check it out mechanically over such a high mileage.

bryanb

Offer to sell them your car. Go elsewhere to buy another. Bet they back down then.

markelock

lilac_lady wrote: »

I thought VW still had a very good reputation. What's changed?

it's a marketing ploy. if only everything in life was as reliable etc etc

they're not particularly reliable. people just think they are.

hewhoisnotintheknow

markelock wrote: »

it's a marketing ploy. if only everything in life was as reliable etc etc

they're not particularly reliable. people just think they are.

exactly, infact they come below a lot of cars that suprise a lot of people for reliability

Of course, these figures are wrong and the clever marketing and brainwashing are correct

nomoneytoday

Toyota have tried to entice me into the showroom 4 times since I told them I was keeping my car at the end of its lease period

They want £4000 for a 3 year old car with no issues, why would I give it back and pay £12000 for a new one?