RS6 Warranties

[Shakman]

I am looking to purchase a second-hand RS6. Some of the cars I have been looking at are out of manufacturer's warranty. Apparently Audi are charging £1500!! per year to extend the warranty. This seems ludicrously high. Are there any alternatives ?? I have looked at WarrantyDirect.com but they do not list RS6s and even then, they have a limit of £5000 per claim per year, which is pretty much worthless since I have heard an RS6 gearbox costs £15,000 and god knows how much an engine would cost.

[Dan]

I had a similar quote from Audi for Mrs Dan's Biturbo Allroad..

Have to say my first thought was 'blimey you don't have much confidence in these cars then'

Thing is, I suspect you are less likely to get the 'I'm sorry sir, if you take a look as Appendix L, sub-clause 486, you will see that as it was reported on a day with a 'y' in it you are not covered' crap.

So it's a question of whether you are a gambling man.

Not much help I'm afraid

Cheers Dan

[Shakman]

Although Audis are generally pretty reliable, driving an RS6 without a warranty is like driving on the road without insurance, your unliklely to have an accident but you just never know. So taking out a warranty is like taking out an insurance policy against future bills whcih could financially ruin you.

[Fortjefferson]

Shakman said:

I have heard an RS6 gearbox costs £15,000 and god knows how much an engine would cost.

£1500 not so bad then?

[993rsr]

Had mine from new and it's now approaching 60k miles and 3 yrs old. I'll be coughing up for the warranty each year, could work out very cheap if the something serious go's pop.

[bradders]

Definately get the Audi warranty.

Just had the gearbox replaced under warranty - went snowboarding, came back, took it out of the garage, and the dash lights lit up like a christmas tree. Not much fun. Under warranty, replaced without question, and is now back on the road.

For the record, it never gave me a hint that something was wrong earlier.

Again, definately get the Audi warranty.

Cheers Bradders

[Shakman]

Just out of interest, anyone know how much Ferrari warranties are in comparison?

[bogie]

definately get it - even Volvo charge £1K a year for theirs after the 3 years is up...£1500 is nothing on an RS6...pay £800 a year on my S4...if I do 20K miles a year and in 2 years Ive paid £1600 and the turbos go at 120K etc then its paid for itself 3x over.

Ferrari warranties vary with model and mileage but Ive heard figurs up to £5-6K per year ...and also heard of F360s with 15K miles on them getting service bills for like £12K inc consumables....another league...still I guess if you can really afford one then the running costs shouldnt be a worry !

[rossybee]

My RS6 warranty runs out in March 2007 - extending it was never really in doubt, but even more so now!!!