Re: Dealer Ripoffs!

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Vbonz@aol.com say:

> My 1990 200tq was hit the other day.  Nothing serious, basically someone hit
> me in a mall parking lot and drove off without leaving a note.  Must have
> known about Audi repair costs.  The damage was 2 small cracks to the rubber
> part of the front bumper cover and damage to the right corner chrome trim on
> top of it.   I took it to the Audi dealer (I have full coverage insurance
> with a $100 deductible), and they quoted me a price of $796.00.  They
> basicall told me the only way to repair the black rubber part of the bumper
> was to replace the entire bumper cover.  Can this be true or is this another
> case of an Audi Dealer f------ you over.  By the way these are the guys who
> wanted $1100 dollars to repair 4 door dings and said dentless repair was not
> an option.  I had it fixed perfectly with dentless repair for $100.

I replaced my bumper cover with a used one, which the shop painted up
beatifully in matte black. Cost was $300 installed.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation		(603)-881-1294
110 Spit Brook Road
M/S ZKO3-3/U14
Nashua, NH    03062-2698

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