used audi vs new (insert something else) Re: [acna_pcc] Audi drops free maintenance in '07

[Wylie Bean]

Friday I'm picking up a 2001 allroad for my wife in KC.  No it's not
new, and yes it has 49K miles, but for $19K, with a years' worth of
Audi Assured warranty still left on it, it's cheaper and safer than a
new(ish) subie, and will haul more and look better doing it
(subjective opinion inserted in case you hadn't figured that out!).  I
know having sold the two cars side-by-side, that i'd rather have an(y
audi) allroad over a subie most any day.....if i'm paying for the
maintenance anyway (which I won't since I can do most of it myself on
the Audi) the labor rates are not terribly different at my dealer
locally which sells both brands.  Parts costs are not that different
either, and subies do break now and again, (and squeak and rattle
too).


Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 Cq
99.5 A4 Avant 1.8Tq
(soon to be '01 allroad)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Linkov" <jon at audiclubna.org>
To: "Jim Griffin" <JGriff at JGriff.com>; "Wylie Bean"
<theringmeister at triad.rr.com>; "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>; "PCC
list" <acna_pcc at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [acna_pcc] Audi drops free maintenance in '07


> It's one of the main reasons I just bought a 2005 Subaru Legacy GT
sedan for
> my wife. Yes, I got an amazing deal because I bought the car through
work,
> but there really is not one 2005, 5,000-mile Audi I could touch for
$21,500.
> So, I bought the Subey.
>
> Jon
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>
> On 2/15/06 7:50 PM, "Jim Griffin" <JGriff at JGriff.com> wrote:
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> >
> > Customer service at Audi dealers is horrible, especially the
service
> > departments. Getting free maintenance makes the "experience"
> > tolerable. If these same people know that for their next Audi they
> > will have to pay for such poor treatment/service, that will
> > definitely discourage them from buying a new Audi. It certainly
would
> > factor into my decision.
> >
> > At 10:53 PM 2/13/2006, Wylie Bean wrote:
> >> from today's "Automotive News"
> >>
> >> Audi drops free maintenance
> >>
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> >
> >     Jim Griffin
> > JGriff at JGriff.com
> >        8-)
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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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