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??? I just got the same letter today.. I'm wondering if I should collect my 2k..

Any thoughts?

Just received my letter and am going to opt for the rebuy.
Give it some thought and I will check back later.

Modified by Apple Jack at 9:13 PM 5/5/2008

Anyway, the $2,000 should fill up the tank at least 30 times at almost $4.00 a gallon.

The letter does not state the specific terms of either option. Of course, a release of possible legal claims has to be in the mix for the $2K payment. I can't help but imagine that the buy-back has some fairly tough terms written to encourage you to take the $2K. If anyone has taken the step of making either selection, please share with this thread the details of the terms to help others sort out their decision, the deadline for which isn't until August, I believe. Thanks, and BTW, is it too weird that my chosen name on this forum, Rubbersidedown, is derived from the wish that one not rollover?!!

Take the buy-back or the $2K. DO NOT even remotely think about waiting for a class-action suit. You will NEVER get that much from a class-action suit. You'll get $100 in credit toward your next Infiniti purchase and the lawyers will get $20 million!

And oh... the $100 credit will take 5-10 years to arrive!

I'm taking the $2K! I love the EX35 and wouldn't begin considering having them buy it back.

Mark

Modified by Mark Booth at 7:22 PM 5/13/2008

2,500 x $2,000 is $5,000,000, not $50,000.

Mark

1) Gas mileage too low and gas prices too high?
2) Car payments killing the budget?
3) Simply can't stand the car?
4) Insert your reason here

Mark

I wonder if the buy-back will include the sales tax and registration fees? If you don't get the sales tax back, the buy-back is hardly a good deal. The sales tax on my EX35 was almost $3,500.

Mark

I can live with all these but since there's a buy-back option that we all have, I'd rather get rid of this car. I hope they will give sales tax back.

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So, nobody wants to fess up about why they are choosing the buy-back option? I wonder if the buy-back will include the sales tax and registration fees? If you don't get the sales tax back, the buy-back is hardly a good deal. The sales tax on my EX35 was almost $3,500. Mark

For 5,000 miles, that would be a deduction of $750.

Also, the rep explained how the buy-back program will work. Once they receive the paperwork, they will notify a third-party company (she told me the name but I didn't write it down). That company will contact the customer and set up an appointment to meet at a specific Infiniti dealership. The company rep will inspect your EX35, assess the mileage, and then write you the buy-back check on the spot (if you paid cash) or pay off your lease/loan balance or a combination of the two. You will then leave the EX35 at that Infiniti dealership. According to the rep, the buy-back program will actually progress a bit more quickly than the $2K refund. She said that it typically takes the third-party company about 3 days to contact the customer (once Infiniti has all of the paperwork) while the $2K refund option will take 3-4 weeks.

It will be interesting to see how smoothly this all progresses. I look forward to reading reports from others.

Mark

That said... I am no big rush to send in the $2K refund letter either. I want to wait and see some reports from folks that have done both (and completed them).

Mark

For the class of car that it is - not a 2-seater, not a sport coupe and not even a sport sedan, the driveability of the EX is up to any German I've come across, and I'm not alone in believing that.

Whichever side of that debate you occupy, it's absolutely incontrovertible that the EX is great value compared to any German marque.

BTW, if you're looking for something similar, with German DNA, the new 2009 BMW X6 might fit the bill. Just price it though, and you'll see EXACTLY what I mean!!!

I'm not eligible in Canada, but if I was offered this option, I would go with the $2K.

I really like the car - my only quibble is that the Blue Slate is much darker than it appears in the delaer brochure.

Mark

I just mailed my request for the $2K refund. My lust affair with the EX35 has not worn off yet and I don't see anything as sexy as this beauty on the horizon!

Mark

So why does Canada not qualify for the same offer? $2k sure would come in handy ... gas for a year.

The brochures they handed out at the dealers, listed a rollover sensor under the safety features.

BTW, about 10 days after I mailed the form, I received a call from Infiniti asking me to fax them a copy of my registration. That was all the further documentation I needed to supply and they never had me sign any sort of long legal documentation of any kind.

Mark