Fwd: Re: [R] Re: was WRX...now Audi

[George Plsek]

I though you guys might find this intersting.
This came of a rally list.

-george plsek


>From: MCTXR4 at aol.com
>Reply-To: rally-l at scifi.squawk.com
>To: rally-l at scifi.squawk.com
>Subject: Re: [R] Re: was WRX...now Audi
>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:19:48 EST
>
>
>In a message dated 01/11/2001 11:49:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>daphne at bogert.net writes:
>
> > A small number of 2000 S4s have blown turbos.  Most of them were on cars
> >  that have been chipped or otherwise modified.  Like most manufacturers,
>Audi
> >  does not build into their cars the extreme tolerances they did in the 
>past.
> >
> >  I have yet to hear of a US spec S4 blowing a head gasket, and believe 
>me,
> >  the people on AudiWorld would definitely talk about it if it happened 
>to
>one
> >  of them.
> >
> >  As for dealer service, lets face it, Audi builds expensive cars that 
>people
> >  modify.  As a company they are having a hard time dealing with 
>performing
> >  warranty work on cars that have been modified.  This is not unusual, as
>most
> >  car makers will void warranties when modifications are performed.  
>(Blowing
> >  a turbo on an S4 requires approximately $6,000 in repairs.)  Hey, my 
>Audi
> >  dealer's service department isn't the greatest, but given the 
>complexity of
> >  the modern day Audi, they are the best resource for performing the 
>work.
> >
>I hate to blow your Audi platitudes away but....the S4 list has a number of
>gasket complaints. I suspect that S4 owners like A4 owners don't populate 
>the
>Audiworld list quite as much as owners of older models.
>
>Ford, for one, doesn't void ANY part of their warranty if you chip one of
>their cars, whereas Audi would void the entire warranty on the car if they
>could get away with it.
>
>Yes, (newer) Audi's do get modified, more often than not out of necessity 
>to
>keep the car on the road. As soon as the warranty ran out I was doing
>business with "alternative" servicers, getting better, more timely and less
>expensive service.
>
>The Audi dealers here in the DC area think because their installed base of
>owners is relatively wealthy they can get away with marginal service, by
>offering free rentals while your car is in their shop for six weeks 
>awaiting
>a replacement turbo. The Audi experience is definitely not one I will 
>repeat.
>
>I've left my name with the local Subie dealer, and a check as a deposit 
>will
>follow soon. I may not aspire to own a Subie, but I will because they have
>shown they want my business and are offering vehicles that suit my needs.
>
>I don't need to blow $42K on an S4 when I can have nearly the same
>performance for almost half that.
>
>Mike Torio
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