What would you do...?

[986Jim]

DO NOT BUY A DEMO CAR!!!!!

We bought the Beetle Demo and the dealer gave us a good trade in on our pathfinder that nobody else would. I couldn't figure out why. Same scenario sight un seen and it was a good deal.

The tranny blew in the Beetle (with only my wife driving not me) about a year later. The people who drove the car drove it so hard, the clutch was totally smoked, the ring gear on the diff was shipped and syncros were all smoked and the gears bashed up pretty good.

Every single person who drives a demo beats the crap out of the car and tranny. The dealer knows this and unloads it cheap or with good trade in value to get rid of them. It doens't matter what the story behind the demo is, it's a lie. We were told the Beetle was driven by the owners car, turns out later on it was a regular demo and people we knew had driven the car and really beat it up. We had factory warranty but this didn't make up for the fact that it was in the shop all the friggin time. It was a total nightmare

VW dined us warranty on the tranny saying it was my wifes fault and so on which is total bs. We had to fight for over a month and the end result was only being covered 80% of the cost. What a load of crap. My wife drives standard well, so don't even think that it's her fault, she drives my Talon with no problems and has been driving standard for 11-12 years solid now, so it's definately not her driving style. THe dealership tried to imply that and I cut the guy off at the knees when he started with that bs.

Anyway long story short, a demo is the Worst car to buy. When they give you a deal there is a specific reason for it. Because the car is a heep of shait.