Drove an Audi A3 wagon today.

[JulesMaximus]

Why does it seem that anyone who hates the Audi DSGs(current ones) is misinformed.

Coming from Houston, I would recommend anyone to get an extended warranty on something with crap you can't fix yourself(DSG or W/E.) I used to put 25k+ on my car. I think this year will be 40k+.

If you keep the maintenance up on an Audi, they are plenty reliable.

By that logic I would have taken out an extended warranty on my Maxima when the original powertrain warranty expired some 3+ years and 30,000 miles ago.

Fucking waste of money if you ask me. Here's a better tip: Don't buy shit cars that aren't reliable.

 

[Estrella]

By that logic I would have taken out an extended warranty on my Maxima when the original powertrain warranty expired some 3+ years and 30,000 miles ago.

Fucking waste of money if you ask me. Here's a better tip: Don't buy shit cars that aren't reliable.

Excluding the engine, the drive train on an Audi is top notch. If you extend the warranty to Xyears/ 100,000 miles, it will pay for itself.

Two words: Timing Chain

Basically, every LUXURY car starts falling apart/needing serious maintenance sometime between 75-100k. Often, an extended warranty will not be more than twenty extra dollars a month on ones payment.

If you have some cheap ass, simple car, or you do the work yourself, then by all means, you will save a lot of money. I would say though, most luxury car buyers do not work on their cars themselves.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Excluding the engine, the drive train on an Audi is top notch. If you extend the warranty to Xyears/ 100,000 miles, it will pay for itself.

Two words: Timing Chain

Basically, every LUXURY car starts falling apart/needing serious maintenance sometime between 75-100k. Often, an extended warranty will not be more than twenty extra dollars a month on ones payment.

If you have some cheap ass, simple car, or you do the work yourself, then by all means, you will save a lot of money. I would say though, most luxury car buyers do not work on their cars themselves.

I've been driving since the mid 80s and owned many different cars and driven them many hundreds of thousands of miles. Never had an extended warranty on any of them. Yeah, I'm going to pay thousands of dollars up front to try to avoid paying thousands of dollars down the road? And it likely won't cover half the shit that will fail anyway.

No thanks. You do what you want with your money but I think it's a complete waste of my money. Never done it...never will.

Oh, and I don't buy used luxury cars with 75-100k miles on them either. Maybe that's where you and I disagree.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

Excluding the engine, the drive train on an Audi is top notch. If you extend the warranty to Xyears/ 100,000 miles, it will pay for itself.

Two words: Timing Chain

Basically, every LUXURY car starts falling apart/needing serious maintenance sometime between 75-100k. Often, an extended warranty will not be more than twenty extra dollars a month on ones payment.

If you have some cheap ass, simple car, or you do the work yourself, then by all means, you will save a lot of money. I would say though, most luxury car buyers do not work on their cars themselves.

Extended warranty is stupid, the 2k cost you pay for Audicare will cover quite a bit of repairs. But if you really want piece of mind then I guess its up to you.

 

[halik]

I've been driving since the mid 80s and owned many different cars and driven them many hundreds of thousands of miles. Never had an extended warranty on any of them. Yeah, I'm going to pay thousands of dollars up front to try to avoid paying thousands of dollars down the road? And it likely won't cover half the shit that will fail anyway.

No thanks. You do what you want with your money but I think it's a complete waste of my money. Never done it...never will.

Oh, and I don't buy used luxury cars with 75-100k miles on them either. Maybe that's where you and I disagree.

It's worth it if the car has troublesome high-ticket items. The RS6 comes to mind - the trans and torque converter both blow and are expen$$$ive