£850 for a wing mirror, thanks Audi.

[PhilboSE]

Driving my Q7 down a country road, see an oncoming van coming at a significant pace, slow down to maybe 30 and move to the left as tightly as possible, van makes no such concessions and just keeps coming with loads of space and yet still manages to tt my driver's wing mirror with his.

Wing mirror is pushed back onto door making a nice dent, then explodes and peppers the side of the car with glass fragments, making nicks down to the metal in some places. Come to a stop, van keeps going, there's steep banks either side of the road so no great opportunity to do an 11-point turn and give chase for something that he would inevitably contest 50:50, so off to my trusty VAG independent for a quote.

£850 for the parts. £850. You can't just buy a wing mirror assembly as a unit, you have to buy all the parts (including the tiny indicator repeater) individually. Plus the fitting. And the VAT. And the smart repair costs for the paintwork.

The van driver was a total coconut but Audi run him a close second with those sorts of prices.

[tuffer]

This is the reason why my Wife refuses to buy another Audi, once had a service on an A4 and it was about £800. Never even paid that on my 911.

[hman]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-Q7-PASSENGER-SIDE-W...


£175


Even if you paint it thats going to be less than £300 - or you can buy stainless brushed mirror caps for About £60

[trashbat]

That's ridiculous, but surely you didn't pay it? What about eBay and breakers?

[hman]

exactly - those prices are for insurance jobs

I had the same happen in an Audi A4 - the mirror cap was £20 from a breakers and it came in the right colour.

Also on my xc90 - about 6 weeks ago, transit van, didnt stop - mirror assy exploded but the glass didnt break and the cap was retrieved and re-fitted. The only part which broke was the indicator in the mirror which was £28+vat.

I now fold my mirror in as I turn into that road..

Edited by hman on Tuesday 28th October 14:06

[PhilboSE]

trashbat said:

That's ridiculous, but surely you didn't pay it? What about eBay and breakers?

We needed the car working again in a hurry so had to go down the quickest route. I probably wouldn't have trusted eBay parts anyway, too much hassle and no comeback. Nothing came up on breakers that didn't look knackered already, the car was in excellent condition before so I wanted something that would look equally good.

[trashbat]

Well then, to be somewhat blunt, perhaps it's £850 because someone is willing to pay it!

£25 last time I bought one for my car. Heated, electric, painted, fitted!

Then again, I don't know what I'd do with 33 spare ones.

[hman]

PhilboSE said:

We needed the car working again in a hurry so had to go down the quickest route. I probably wouldn't have trusted eBay parts anyway, too much hassle and no comeback. Nothing came up on breakers that didn't look knackered already, the car was in excellent condition before so I wanted something that would look equally good.

MAN IN HURRY PAYS THROUGH NOSE FOR CONVENIENCE SHOCKER


If you need things in a hurry (and you dont even ask for discount LOL) then you will always pay a premium.

BTW an Audi mirror from ebay is still an Audi Mirror so you would have been fine quality wise.

And how on earth did Audi have one in the right colour - on the shelf - its hardly a fast moving stock item.

Your chips away guy would have colour coded a breakers mirror at the same time as your door, so all in all you would have been about £500 better off and had EXACTLY the same result.

[Sheepshanks]

hman said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-Q7-PASSENGER-SIDE-W...


£175


Even if you paint it thats going to be less than £300 - or you can buy stainless brushed mirror caps for About £60

Even painted it's still going to look a bit odd having a passenger side mirror on the driver's side.

[hman]

Sheepshanks said:

hman said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-Q7-PASSENGER-SIDE-W...


£175


Even if you paint it thats going to be less than £300 - or you can buy stainless brushed mirror caps for About £60

Even painted it's still going to look a bit odd having a passenger side mirror on the driver's side.

Its an indication of how much they go for - but thanks for spotting the obvious mistake and not being a coconut about it LOL

[Sheepshanks]

hman said:

Sheepshanks said:

hman said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-Q7-PASSENGER-SIDE-W...


£175


Even if you paint it thats going to be less than £300 - or you can buy stainless brushed mirror caps for About £60

Even painted it's still going to look a bit odd having a passenger side mirror on the driver's side.

Its an indication of how much they go for - but thanks for spotting the obvious mistake and not being a coconut about it LOL

Well, it's an indication of how much the passenger side mirrors go for.

Try searching for a driver's side one.

[PhilboSE]

hman said:

MAN IN HURRY PAYS THROUGH NOSE FOR CONVENIENCE SHOCKER

If you need things in a hurry (and you dont even ask for discount LOL) then you will always pay a premium.

BTW an Audi mirror from ebay is still an Audi Mirror so you would have been fine quality wise.

And how on earth did Audi have one in the right colour - on the shelf - its hardly a fast moving stock item.

Your chips away guy would have colour coded a breakers mirror at the same time as your door, so all in all you would have been about £500 better off and had EXACTLY the same result.

No real guarantees from eBay or breakers are there though? Could have been some Chinese lookalike, or the motors don't work, might have taken a week to arrive. I did actually check for alternative sources but they all had disclaimers such as "needs refurbishment" which I interpreted as "has just been knocked off my car and doesn't work any more"...

The only premium I paid here was the unjustifiably high price of a replacement (new) part from Audi.

[hman]

Sheepshanks said:

hman said:

Sheepshanks said:

hman said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-Q7-PASSENGER-SIDE-W...


£175


Even if you paint it thats going to be less than £300 - or you can buy stainless brushed mirror caps for About £60

Even painted it's still going to look a bit odd having a passenger side mirror on the driver's side.

Its an indication of how much they go for - but thanks for spotting the obvious mistake and not being a coconut about it LOL

Well, it's an indication of how much the passenger side mirrors go for.

Try searching for a driver's side one.

try calling a breakers, ebay doesnt list any hence why I used that one doofus.

[Sheepshanks]

hman said:

ebay doesnt list any...

Funny that.

[hman]

PhilboSE said:

hman said:

MAN IN HURRY PAYS THROUGH NOSE FOR CONVENIENCE SHOCKER

If you need things in a hurry (and you dont even ask for discount LOL) then you will always pay a premium.

BTW an Audi mirror from ebay is still an Audi Mirror so you would have been fine quality wise.

And how on earth did Audi have one in the right colour - on the shelf - its hardly a fast moving stock item.

Your chips away guy would have colour coded a breakers mirror at the same time as your door, so all in all you would have been about £500 better off and had EXACTLY the same result.

No real guarantees from eBay or breakers are there though? Could have been some Chinese lookalike, or the motors don't work, might have taken a week to arrive. I did actually check for alternative sources but they all had disclaimers such as "needs refurbishment" which I interpreted as "has just been knocked off my car and doesn't work any more"...

The only premium I paid here was the unjustifiably high price of a replacement (new) part from Audi.

And now you are whinging about it.

There is a full money back guarantee from ebay, and breakers very carefully remove parts from cars which they can obtain £150 for I can tell you.

I smell a distinct whiff of bullst about how much leg work you gave this - I reckon you went straight to Audi and paid up, a distinct case of buyers remorse has set in and no one is interested in your whinging.

Edited by hman on Tuesday 28th October 15:17

[hman]

Sheepshanks said:

hman said:

ebay doesnt list any...

Funny that.

It also doesnt list a lot of other stuff but if you try just that "little" bit harder you can still obtain what you want - theres your lesson for the day poppet.

[Sheepshanks]

hman said:

It also doesnt list a lot of other stuff but if you try just that "little" bit harder you can still obtain what you want - theres your lesson for the day poppet.

I suspect that it's very hard to get an offside mirror - that's the one that's always going to get smashed.

Near-side ones are probably much more easily available. Hence the price of the nearside mirror is meaningless as a guide to the price of the offside one.

[Adrian E]

It's also illegal to drive your car without an offside wing mirror, even if the interior and nearside mirror are still in place. You can get away without a nearside one IIRC - from memory the MoT requirement is for 2 mirrors, one of which must be on the offside.

Mirrors for my 2002 Audi were circa £400 each, that's without glass....or an indicator as that wasn't popular at the time.

I imagine Q7 mirrors come in many different versions depending on spec?

I tend to fold the mirrors in if I'm driving towards traffic on narrow roads - bizarely our S5 refuses to fold the mirrors when moving - you move the switch but they won't fold in unless you're stationary!

[PhilboSE]

hman said:

And now you are whinging about it.

There is a full money back guarantee from ebay, and breakers very carefully remove parts from cars which they can obtain £150 for I can tell you.

I smell a distinct whiff of bullst about how much leg work you gave this - I reckon you went straight to Audi and paid up, a distinct case of buyers remorse has set in and no one is interested in your whinging.

Edited by hman on Tuesday 28th October 15:17

Crikey, it seems every thread on PH has one these days.

You are obviously too simple to understand you are comparing two different things but trying to equate them. If your reading skills were better you would have seen that I *didn't* go to Audi, I went to a very good independent and I've already described that I did some checks on the 'net to source something.
But if you want to equate a second hand nearside mirror from ebay with a brand new offside part fitted in a deterministic timeframe, keep plugging away and we'll keep on chuckling.

[Shwar25]

Must be a fully electric with Auto Anti Dazzle to get to that price.

A standard heated/Electric glass does fit and brings the bill down by a a few £100's!