RS4 Warranty
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Lostprophet

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2,549 posts

200 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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Where is it best to have a 3 year old RS4 covered? Any ideas on costs?

gmk666

1,679 posts

256 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.

Lostprophet

Original Poster:

2,549 posts

200 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
thats shocking! Sounds like its more expensive than Porsche extended warranty schemes!



Any indi warranties worth having?

Mermaid

21,492 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14

duncansaunders

1,005 posts

286 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Mermaid said:
gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14
DRC

Guffy

2,372 posts

296 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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duncansaunders said:
Mermaid said:
gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14
DRC
Not DRC, it's covered under a 5-year warranty.

Can only assume that there must be an element of risk involved in owning such a car for Audi to charge £1655, they still want your business after all.

Mermaid

21,492 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Guffy said:
duncansaunders said:
Mermaid said:
gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they know something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14
DRC
Not DRC, it's covered under a 5-year warranty.

Can only assume that there must be an element of risk involved in owning such a car for Audi to charge £1655, they still want your business after all.
They want you to buy new cars. A new car has 3 year warranty = that £4,965 that you can knock off a new car for comparison. smile

VAG1

784 posts

220 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Mermaid said:
Guffy said:
duncansaunders said:
Mermaid said:
gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they know something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14
DRC
Not DRC, it's covered under a 5-year warranty.

Can only assume that there must be an element of risk involved in owning such a car for Audi to charge £1655, they still want your business after all.
They want you to buy new cars. A new car has 3 year warranty = that £4,965 that you can knock off a new car for comparison. smile
I don't think it works like that.

Guffy

2,372 posts

296 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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Mermaid said:
Guffy said:
duncansaunders said:
Mermaid said:
gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they know something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14
DRC
Not DRC, it's covered under a 5-year warranty.

Can only assume that there must be an element of risk involved in owning such a car for Audi to charge £1655, they still want your business after all.
They want you to buy new cars. A new car has 3 year warranty = that £4,965 that you can knock off a new car for comparison. smile
That's a rather Naïve viewpoint.. so all cars past their warranty just magically disappear!!

Mermaid

21,492 posts

202 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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Guffy said:
Mermaid said:
Guffy said:
duncansaunders said:
Mermaid said:
gmk666 said:
Official Audi warranty has just jumped to about £1600 for the limited mileage option. Unlimited is over £2k I think.
If your car is out of its original manufacturer/dealer warranty, you'll also have to pay for inspection.
That's right - the exact numbers are £1655 for up to 15k miles per annum, and £2149 for the unlimited mileage option - why so much more also than BMW smile maybe they know something...

Edited by Mermaid on Tuesday 16th March 18:14
DRC
Not DRC, it's covered under a 5-year warranty.

Can only assume that there must be an element of risk involved in owning such a car for Audi to charge £1655, they still want your business after all.
They want you to buy new cars. A new car has 3 year warranty = that £4,965 that you can knock off a new car for comparison. smile
That's a rather Naïve viewpoint.. so all cars past their warranty just magically disappear!!
No they cascade down lower in the food chain - the people who cannot afford to buy a new car, and but are also not arsed about a warranty/assurance etc.

Porsche expected their customers to come back every two years and buy a new car, although their customers have become more savvy and have forced a 3 year warranty.

You can call that view naive, but look at it from a dealer's viewpoint. Even better, talk to a couple of them and enlist their opinion.

VAG1

784 posts

220 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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No it really doesn't work like that. A new car has to come with a warranty of some sort to protect the customer. It's not incorporated into the price. And I doubt your theory of X amount saved by buying a new car against a used one because it's unlikely that a used car will need X amount of repairs anyway.

Mermaid

21,492 posts

202 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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VAG1 said:
... because it's unlikely that a used car will need X amount of repairs anyway.
So are you suggesting a warranty at these prices is not worth buying? biggrin