The Subaru Guaranteed Trade-In Program

10 messages, Last post on Oct 04, 2007 at 7:39 PM

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#9 of 10 Body Work and the GTP by aladwag Oct 04, 2007 (7:15 pm)
I had a 2004 Forester that had been scraped along the driver's side by a snow-sweeper, and I had it fixed. No driving accident, no structural damage...but when I tried to trade it in for a 2007, the dealer told me that the bodywork meant the car did NOT qualify for the GTP. I could have produced the police report and insurance claim, but was told that I'd have been better off presenting the car with all the scrapes...it was the paint which rendered the car ineligible for the GTP. Can anyone verify this is true? Or false? Replies to this message: paisan (Oct 04, 2007 7:39 pm)
#10 of 10 Re: Body Work and the GTP [aladwag] by paisan Oct 04, 2007 (7:39 pm)
Replying to: aladwag (Oct 04, 2007 7:15 pm) IIRC the GTP wants cars in good condition. Essentially once you have a panel painted the car is no longer in factory-sold condition and even if it isn't an accident, they would have a hard time making it a CPO car. -mike