Audi on a budget

Kent McLean kentmclean at comcast.net
Tue Mar 1 19:07:04 PST 2011


laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
> Spent an hour with a VW dealer last week. He said that he is now down to 9
> techs, (in recent years, he was hiring 15) when at the beginning of 2000s he
> was hiring 30 on two shifts.
>
> Why ?
>
> "They don't break anymore. No more window regulators or coil pack problems.
> People just bring the car for the 6 month oil and tire change. That's it."

Or they don't break in warranty anymore. And once out of warranty,
people run from the dealer to a reasonably priced independent shop.

My 2 cents.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"



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