The judge didn't sign off on the details of the settlement on the 18th as scheduled. Now the date is Oct 25th.
I've changed my mind on what vehicle I'm going to buy to replace the Jetta Sportwagen TDI. Gonna get a 2017 VW Golf Sportwagen SE. We really like our old Jetta and the new Golfs really are nice. Plus the Golf is almost $6k less than the Mazda and I can use the $500 VW Good Will cash that I have left towards the new V-Dub.
Since I'm getting $24k back from VW on the buyback I'll only have to kick in ~$1.5k to get the new car. Not bad, drove the TDI for 5 years and get to replace it with a new very similar car for $1.5k.