Re: Extended warranty for 1997 A4 2.8Q - worth it?

["Pantelis Giamarellos" <pantg@otenet.gr>]

Wade Hi from Greece,

As a safety measure I would prolong my guarantee period If I were in your
shoes.
I would not count the economics of it only but I would calculate the "peace
of mind" factor too.

Now regarding the tyres. There was a sort of a thread some time ago with
Dave Eaton, some other listers and myself involved in talking about the S-02
Potenzas.
Dave's and mine opinion was that they are a very good choice for the dry and
wet but in 245/40/17 dimension on the 7x17 RS2 rims they are very hard and
very loud. We both had problems with our rims bending and I also had a
problem with the front tyres' linens warping under very hard braking.
Directional stability was very much influanced by the quality and leveling
of the tarmac and the S-02s were consumpted faster than gazoline.

Maybe you have a similar problem with your tyre and rim size, not
co-operating so well.

I hope this helps

Regards from Greece
Pantelis Giamarellos




-----Original Message-----
From: Wade R. Boaz <wader@bestweb.net>
To: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: &Dgr;&egr;&ugr;&tgr;&eacgr;&rgr;&agr;, 10 &Mgr;&agr;&idiagr;&ogr;&ugr; 1999 9:37 &pgr;&mgr;
Subject: Extended warranty for 1997 A4 2.8Q - worth it?


>Hi,
>     From previous good advice I received from folks on this list about
>my front-end repair problems and new Bridgestone Pole-Position tires, I
>had gained more leverage with the dealer's Service Manager.  Still
>fighting to gain respectable service, at least some info gave me choice
>items to bring up and cast doubt on their "lack-of" analysis - thanks
>especially to Sharon Levy and John Cunnigham.  So, I'm back with a
>slightly related question that I haven't seen discussed in recent
>digests.
>
>     My warranty is almost up, yet I can't get the dealer to
>acknowledge my front-end problems . . they begrudginly acknowledged my
>rusted and misaligned brakes after my incessant ranting about the
>incredibly loud rolling noise (yes, apparent rolling noise from the
>what *seems* to be the front brakes).  With still much noise that I
>can't believe is due to the new Bridgestones, plus prolonged vibration,
>jumpiness and directional instability when driving over bumps, I'm
>worried that things won't be fixed - or even ackowledged as problems -
>before my Audi warranty expires in 1200 miles.  With a 100 mile
>round-trip commute, I only have one service date left before the auto
>travels beyond 50K miles.
>
>     So, I wondered about an extended warranty: it would cost ~US$2100
>through 100K miles for similar items as Audi's warranty sans
>maintenance and common wear-and-tear parts.  I don't feel like paying
>for hours of mis-diagnosis and eventual front-end suspension, steering
>or brake parts, but think that the cost of the warranty may never be
>reached if it turns out nothing major is needed to fix my car.  Of
>course, there's always the lurking worry about a drivetrain problem or
>so in the first 100K miles, but my cursory understanding is that the
>1997-era quattro is not a big worry.
>
>I'd appreciate advice or experiences shared from others on this topic -
>my leaning is to not purchase the extended warranty, but I have little
>information on which to base that decision.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>- Wade
>
>Wade R. Boaz      2:-) "Well, I've been to one World Fair, a picnic,
>wader@bestweb.net and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing
> I ever heard come over a set of earphones."
> - Slim Pickens
>The unquoted opinions expressed in this mailing are all mine.  Mine.  Me.
> Nobody else's.
> Not even my employer's.
> So there.
>
>
>