Do I get a £2,300 official warranty for the wife's Q7 - Poll
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Dear all,
So the Q7 is 3 years old at the end of this month. Audi "kindly" sent me an unsolicited form for an extended warranty (how kind) run by Mondial. I phone them for a quote thinking it'll be about £900'ish as this is what the extended warranty was on both our old Cayenne S and 911.
I did not bother getting a 3rd Party warranty on the old Gransport and it did not cost me anything before I sold it for the Granturismo S earlier this year.
So I nearly fell off my (metophoric) seat when I was told an annual warranty for a 4.2 TDI was £2,300 per year.
It is the wife's daily driver and with 2 small kids, I do not need that hassle of sorting out issues myself,,,,, but £2,300 a year means I could instead buy a nice Pug 1.9 GTI this year, a R5 GT Turbo next year and a Pug 106 Rallye the year after as I originally planned to keep the car for 6 years. You see the dilema ;-)
So do I or don't I?????? The car has been in 5 times for electronic gremlins over the past 3 years (Ocean-Drive suspension levels, dropped windows, temp gague @ 95 C, Bluetooth not working etc) and have no idea how much this would have costed had I paid for the work.
Thoughts are very gratefully recieved.
Stu
So the Q7 is 3 years old at the end of this month. Audi "kindly" sent me an unsolicited form for an extended warranty (how kind) run by Mondial. I phone them for a quote thinking it'll be about £900'ish as this is what the extended warranty was on both our old Cayenne S and 911.
I did not bother getting a 3rd Party warranty on the old Gransport and it did not cost me anything before I sold it for the Granturismo S earlier this year.
So I nearly fell off my (metophoric) seat when I was told an annual warranty for a 4.2 TDI was £2,300 per year.
It is the wife's daily driver and with 2 small kids, I do not need that hassle of sorting out issues myself,,,,, but £2,300 a year means I could instead buy a nice Pug 1.9 GTI this year, a R5 GT Turbo next year and a Pug 106 Rallye the year after as I originally planned to keep the car for 6 years. You see the dilema ;-)
So do I or don't I?????? The car has been in 5 times for electronic gremlins over the past 3 years (Ocean-Drive suspension levels, dropped windows, temp gague @ 95 C, Bluetooth not working etc) and have no idea how much this would have costed had I paid for the work.
Thoughts are very gratefully recieved.
Stu
Blimey!
Our Discovery 3 had been in for various electronic gremlins during it's first 3 years so when the warranty ran out and they wanted £1400/year (and I thought that was bad) I got rid as I had lost my confidence in the car.
Surely at £2300 you could stick it somewhere and use it as a repair fund and if you are lucky you may have a nice collection of £2300s after 6 years.
That amount is really taking the pi55. It's like when Honda asked me to cough up £10,000 (no misprint) a year for fully comp on a £8,000 CBR600RR.
Our Discovery 3 had been in for various electronic gremlins during it's first 3 years so when the warranty ran out and they wanted £1400/year (and I thought that was bad) I got rid as I had lost my confidence in the car.
Surely at £2300 you could stick it somewhere and use it as a repair fund and if you are lucky you may have a nice collection of £2300s after 6 years.
That amount is really taking the pi55. It's like when Honda asked me to cough up £10,000 (no misprint) a year for fully comp on a £8,000 CBR600RR.
went through the same decision with my RS4 a few months back - except i was quoted £1600 odd (limited to 15k miles per year). Decided not to go ahead and went with Warranty Direct instead for £850 i think it was - only time will tell. A contributing factor was that my old Audi policy refused to pay out on covered parts due to 'issues' with the Audi dealer, what has that got to do with me you ask, exactly my thoughts, im still fighting it. All i can say is that it in my experience it isnt as bomb proof as some people claim.
Try WD see what they quote you - there is room for negotiation with them to get lots added at no extra cost.
Try WD see what they quote you - there is room for negotiation with them to get lots added at no extra cost.
Just to throw another angle at it. I had to have a replacement starter for my 4.2TDi A8 which luckily was done under warranty.
There was 24 hrs labour as apparently it is an engine out job plus the cost of a starter, I don't reckon I would have had much change from £4k !!
Mondial does seem excessively expensive though, there must be better deals around.
There was 24 hrs labour as apparently it is an engine out job plus the cost of a starter, I don't reckon I would have had much change from £4k !!
Mondial does seem excessively expensive though, there must be better deals around.
have an A6 and had a similar quote. I too had electronic gremlins fixed under warranty cost for bluetooth was £1300 or so.
Nevertheless, I decided bAudi are taking the piss, so self insure. Warranty Direct and Warranty wise were much cheaper and could be extended to cover electronics, but I am a gambler at heart. So far so good. Warranty expired in march.
Nevertheless, I decided bAudi are taking the piss, so self insure. Warranty Direct and Warranty wise were much cheaper and could be extended to cover electronics, but I am a gambler at heart. So far so good. Warranty expired in march.
alsblade said:
i took it out,
under warranty had a few things changed.
tv tuner
ami volume control
the tuner alone would have been 1200 quid.
it won't take much to get your premium back
Warrantywise will cover all that on my A7 at £750 approx for one year or £1700 for three years. Thats with cover upgraded to £150 excess and labour rates up to £100 per hour. Before I use my discount code.under warranty had a few things changed.
tv tuner
ami volume control
the tuner alone would have been 1200 quid.
it won't take much to get your premium back
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