[MENTION=136219]20074runnerlimited[/MENTION] Jeeze, you've said you peace and now you are trying "teach him some sort of lesson" AND insulting him. Who are you? The moral police? Move on.
[MENTION=135006]4RunninMD[/MENTION] : Good luck on your new VW.
To everyone else: So he traded in his rig knowing the frame was ruined. So what. The guy in VW who accepted the trade hopefully caught it and it won't be sold off to the next person. Was it wrong that he didn't say anything to the dealer? Maybe, but so what. The dealer is the professional and should catch it. I wouldn't have said anything either. When I traded in my 97 JGC (when buying my current 4R), I knew the tranny was on its way out, but I said nothing to the salesman. Sure enough, weeks later, someone at service recognized me and said my Jeep's tranny was toast. I replied by saying it was fine when I traded it in (truth). I based my opinion that it was on it's way out b/c historically, when those transmissions start to act up, it's 99% sure it was starting to die. Had I said something, the salesman would've given my jackcrap for my trade-in. My point: Most people here would've done the same thing as the OP.
EDIT: Come to think of it, this is a funny thread and I'm sure 4RunninMD is laughing the hardest! LOL