Tonight, Joe Mayer, the Cincinnati car salesman who stripped down his diesel 2010 Volkswagen Golf prior to his court-ordered buyback appointment, got a call from VW telling him not to bother bringing it to the dealership. Even after removing the doors, rear hatch, airbags and almost everything else from the car, Mayer hoped to sell it back to VW under the terms of the buyback. Turns out VW isn’t down with his approach to simplifying and adding lightness.
Source: Gizmodo – Volkswagen Refuses To Buy Back The Stripped-Out Car Right Now