[Biturbos4] Extended Warranty Buy

[Adam Schwartz]

Sorry, but I have to disagree. Now, it certainly does depend on the 
warranty. My warranty says that if I modify the car, the modified 
part is no longer under warranty. say for example if I modify my 
stereo... As the factory stereo IS covered on my warranty. So in 
theory if I modify the ECU, then the ECU is no longer under warranty. 
No matter how you interpret the meaning of the wording, it almost 
seems irrelevant in some sense.

My S4 is modified. I have an APR chip. I also have the 
warrantybynet.com warranty. I bring my car to MY mechanic. MY 
mechanic then gets paid from the warranty service. The warranty 
service knows nothing of my chip. I guess if a job was very 
expensive, they may send an inspector - but I dont think they would 
find out about the chip.

Another thing...

When my TBB went, I replaced it with a Kevlar wrapped one... The 
warranty paid for it

When my DV went, I replaced them both with Bosch Sport 110 parts... 
rather than the standard Bosch 108. The warranty paid for it. I am 
sure if I had decided to replace them with Forge, they wouldn't cover 
the WHOLE cost as those parts are a lot more expensive... but my shop 
would let me pay the difference. It has been very versatile so far.

I havent 'made my money back' but I am half way there and I have a 
few years to go.

Adam





>now, would the extended warranty allow us to chip and
>add other mods to the car? Ahhh...the short answer is NO!..No 
>warranty company will cover mods like chips that STRESS the engine. 
>If you want to mod your S4..make sure that your VISA/MC has a BIG 
>credit line...K03 turbos cost $5400 (parts/labor) to replace. K04s 
>(the best way to go) cost even more. My credit cards are capable of 
>handling major repairs to my 00 Imola S4 after I finish modding. I 
>wouldn't WASTE my time trying to get an aftermkt warranty company to 
>cover  repairs on a MODDED S4. Good Luck,
>
>
>ken kgrant <kaspgr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>hi tom, i may be interested as well. i've got 37k
>miles on my s4. i was thinking of selling my car
>soon, but then again, i may keep it.
>
>now, would the extended warranty allow us to chip and
>add other mods to the car?
>
>thx
>ken
>
>
>--- TStifler wrote:
>>
>>  I too plan to buy an extended warranty for my '02
>>  S4. I shopped a lot when I first purchased the car
>>  but then realized I didn't need to do it until close
>>  to 50K mi. I've been reading the threads here and
>>  since I'm on 44K mi. I need to buy one in the next 3
>>  months or so. If anyone is about to buy - drop me
>>  a line and let me know which co. and perhaps two
>>  (or more of us) can both get a better deal. They
>>  certainly kept lowering the price every week or so
>>  when I last was quoted, so there should be some
>>  value in a few of us coming together. I liked the
>>  advise of paying with the credit card for some
>>  protection if a Co. folds. Anyway, good luck
>>  shopping - I am going to resurrect all the old
>>  quotes I got 2 yrs ago and see which seemed
>>  attractive then, and get a re-quote. Let me know if
>>  interested.
>>  Happy New Year
>>  Tom Stifler 443 463-5668
>>  Tstifler at att.net
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