My Bad Tölz / Rinner experience
Well !! as "Mein Deutsche ist so schlecht" (which means : My german is so bad ) the discussion was arduous for us.
The contact with Mr Rinner himsel was just Ok. The language barrier... We didn't talk a lot. Only the morning. Seems busy. Not a problem
The discussion bellow was in english.
Sometimes some german words came back to my mind so I used them.
Mr Rinner leaved after introducing Stefan, the OpenSky Specialist. I shook his hands and said that I recognize him because I saw his photo on their web site. Everybody laughed there. Nice to meet you Stefan, said I.
The waitress was very kind. Her english was better than the other's.
She proposed me what I thought it would be a COURTESY car.
- Do you need a car ? she said.
- A Car ? Yes, Of course
. A familly one , by the way please. I have two babies. I was happy to hear this proposition.
She leaved and got back with an A4 Allroad key.
- So, you will have an A4 Allroad.
- An Allroad ? Very good !! Stefan laughed with me. seeying I was happy
- Here's the cost of the Allroad, she said on writing me 25€ or 29€, i don't remember
- Oh Ok no problem. I said, suprised during one second, to pay for a courtesy car (Here in France, a courtesy car is free)
I got then to my A2 with Stefan to show him the opensky. He controled its state to see if they will accept the car or not. He just laughed when I showed him the opensky didn't want to open. it stopped to move after 8 cm of translation. He said, ok no problem.
I asked if it will be replaced or repaired.
He said that if will be replaced.
....
He presented me the A4 then. I put the baby seats in it and took it.
I immediately did a trip of about 10 km around Bad Tölz for a test drive. took some pictures with it in the Blomberg ski resort.
I got back to the hotel (Altes Gästhaus, 3 stars, very good price/value hotel, 3 nights, 4 days. The cheapest familly 3 star hotel - Breakfast included) and took the whole familly.We took some nice pictures on a artificial lake near the Austian frontier.
At 11:00pm, Back to Bad Tölz to retrieve the DVD player's loom for the children. I forgot them in the A2. The Open sky was allready sorted. The A2 was waiting on the park its turn for the full service.
Back to the south. We passed the Austria's border in the Tirol Mountains
where the snow was still there on the top. We also took somme piccies of the typical/picturesque Tirolian houses.
what a beautiful country !!
I gave to my wife the A4 for a test road. Powerfull, comfy and very beautiful car but she prefers to drive the A2. this is my opinion too. We too agree that the A2 feels more like a toy. It's more funny to drive. And the torque FEELING of the remaped little 3 pot TDI is missing in the petrol TFSI (even 2.0L)
What else ? Not enough lumbar support (even set to the max). It broke my back.
No isofix too.
5:50 am; back to Rinner's to see if the A2 was sorted and waiting me outside on the park. No. I didn't want to stress them so I didn't ask them.
Back to the hotel.
At 6:00am, The Waitress called to say that the a2 is ready.
Back to Rinner's at 6:20am. I was the last client.
First question of the waitress :
- Hello Mr Ariles Is the tank Full as we agreed ?
- Of course, it is! So where is the bill ? :--)
Mr Cilik came then to me to explain me evey line of the bill. He begun by the end of the second page where I immediately took a look at the bottom : about 1940€!! of my goooood
During his explanation, I was searching my words to say my surprise and that Audi should take a part of it as agreed before coming to Bad Tölz.
He continued to explain and then he turned to first page where I saw an other amount : 482€!! Ahhh, did I think to my self, the 19xx€ should what I would have paied and the 482€ should be what I have to pay... whew !!! saved !!
So here's what they have done :
- little front bulbs replaced. the were out ! Good !
- headlight adjustment ! it was needed. I knew they were too low !! Good again!!
- Oiled every hinge on the car. Never thought I was necessary. Indeed ! Good !
- Pollen filter : Mine was 3 years old. Good again
- Fuel filter : Mine was 3 months old. Ok No problem. that was the deal.
- Long life Oil and oil filter ! Mine was 3 months old (505 01 - fixed interval). Ok No problem. that was the deal too.
- Steering oil changed : Mine was more than 4 years old. I've never changed it. VERY GOOD.
- Brake fluid changed. Mine was 2+ years old : well timed !! GOOD
- Air filter : As they saw It was a Green filter (Reusable as the K&N) they didn't touch it : Very good!
- VAG scan : Some minors defaults that I allready knew.
- Band-aid kit : why not. Not asked in France.
They also reported me that my pfelgen (Wheels) where illegal in Germany. Mr Cilik couldn't give me the technical reasons because the technicians didn't mention it on the bill. Strangely, my 15" wheels come from a Seat Ibiza. I keep asking why ?? I used to have the original harsh 16" sline ones. Replaced for comfort reasons when I put the koni FSDs.
Mr Cilik showed where to lube the roof : all the track rail, but he didn't mention the seals. He said that it has to be lubed at least oncee a year. 2 is recommended.
He also and gave me a photocopy of the fat tube! yes a photocopy of the real tube. the same timmus mentionned.
Of, something else to add : The 482€ mentioned above includes the price of the a4 Allroad rent for 100Km.
I also paid 38€ more because I did 200 km with it Didn't realized because of the beautifull landscapes.
So The pure price for the opensky replace and the full service was 452€ !!
So All I have to say is Thank you M Rinner and your team. DANKE SCHöN!!
I have been well recieved and my a2 very well looked after. Excellent value/price that is impossible to obtain here in France.
We passed the last day in the old picturesque Bad Tolz part. The last evening was in the stunning Alpamare natural Spa ressort ('til 9:30pm). A must see.
On the return to Paris, we took advantage of the famous unlimited german Autobahn : 200 km/h ( 124 mph ) touched on a slope. (I just have the testify of my wife for this...). the car felt well. no vibrations.
+180 km (112+ mph) was frequent, fingers in the nose, I should say. The car was very stable. I have several videos of them.
The rest of the time, cruise control was set sometimes on 120km/h sometimes on 130 Km/h (75 or 81mph) with 5.6l/100km (say 51mpg) given by the pessimistic board computer - (which is still really good for this small 3 cylinders I think )
I must say that german are very secure drivers, thanks to the unlimited speed but not only. Even when limited, they carrefully keep the security distance. I haven't seen any right overtaking (during 2000 km+ ). GOOD !!
In France, I must confess that we have have many many dangerous cust oms because of the speed limits but not only. BAAAAD !!
We did the 900 km in once (stopped once only, in the French side).
If you have children, I must recommand DVD players. It's a must have. Depending on the childen, you could do at least 400km /250miles without hearing them.
I will upload somme piccies of the landscapes and open sky opening video soon.
Well !! as "Mein Deutsche ist so schlecht" (which means : My german is so bad ) the discussion was arduous for us.
The contact with Mr Rinner himsel was just Ok. The language barrier... We didn't talk a lot. Only the morning. Seems busy. Not a problem
The discussion bellow was in english.
Sometimes some german words came back to my mind so I used them.
Mr Rinner leaved after introducing Stefan, the OpenSky Specialist. I shook his hands and said that I recognize him because I saw his photo on their web site. Everybody laughed there. Nice to meet you Stefan, said I.
The waitress was very kind. Her english was better than the other's.
She proposed me what I thought it would be a COURTESY car.
- Do you need a car ? she said.
- A Car ? Yes, Of course
. A familly one , by the way please. I have two babies. I was happy to hear this proposition.She leaved and got back with an A4 Allroad key.
- So, you will have an A4 Allroad.
- An Allroad ? Very good !!
Stefan laughed with me. seeying I was happy- Here's the cost of the Allroad, she said on writing me 25€ or 29€, i don't remember
- Oh
Ok no problem. I said, suprised during one second, to pay for a courtesy car (Here in France, a courtesy car is free)I got then to my A2 with Stefan to show him the opensky. He controled its state to see if they will accept the car or not. He just laughed when I showed him the opensky didn't want to open. it stopped to move after 8 cm of translation. He said, ok no problem.
I asked if it will be replaced or repaired.
He said that if will be replaced.
....
He presented me the A4 then. I put the baby seats in it and took it.
I immediately did a trip of about 10 km around Bad Tölz for a test drive. took some pictures with it in the Blomberg ski resort.
I got back to the hotel (Altes Gästhaus, 3 stars, very good price/value hotel, 3 nights, 4 days. The cheapest familly 3 star hotel - Breakfast included) and took the whole familly.We took some nice pictures on a artificial lake near the Austian frontier.
At 11:00pm, Back to Bad Tölz to retrieve the DVD player's loom for the children. I forgot them in the A2. The Open sky was allready sorted.
The A2 was waiting on the park its turn for the full service.Back to the south. We passed the Austria's border in the Tirol Mountains
where the snow was still there on the top. We also took somme piccies of the typical/picturesque Tirolian houses.
what a beautiful country !!
I gave to my wife the A4 for a test road. Powerfull, comfy and very beautiful car but she prefers to drive the A2. this is my opinion too. We too agree that the A2 feels more like a toy. It's more funny to drive. And the torque FEELING of the remaped little 3 pot TDI is missing in the petrol TFSI (even 2.0L)
What else ? Not enough lumbar support (even set to the max). It broke my back.
No isofix too.
5:50 am; back to Rinner's to see if the A2 was sorted and waiting me outside on the park. No. I didn't want to stress them so I didn't ask them.
Back to the hotel.
At 6:00am, The Waitress called to say that the a2 is ready.
Back to Rinner's at 6:20am. I was the last client.
First question of the waitress :
- Hello Mr Ariles
Is the tank Full as we agreed ?- Of course, it is! So where is the bill ? :--)
Mr Cilik came then to me to explain me evey line of the bill. He begun by the end of the second page where I immediately took a look at the bottom : about 1940€!! of my goooood
During his explanation, I was searching my words to say my surprise and that Audi should take a part of it as agreed before coming to Bad Tölz.
He continued to explain and then he turned to first page where I saw an other amount : 482€!! Ahhh, did I think to my self, the 19xx€ should what I would have paied and the 482€ should be what I have to pay... whew !!! saved !!
So here's what they have done :
- little front bulbs replaced. the were out ! Good !
- headlight adjustment ! it was needed. I knew they were too low !! Good again!!
- Oiled every hinge on the car. Never thought I was necessary. Indeed ! Good !
- Pollen filter : Mine was 3 years old. Good again
- Fuel filter : Mine was 3 months old. Ok No problem. that was the deal.
- Long life Oil and oil filter ! Mine was 3 months old (505 01 - fixed interval). Ok No problem. that was the deal too.
- Steering oil changed : Mine was more than 4 years old. I've never changed it. VERY GOOD.
- Brake fluid changed. Mine was 2+ years old : well timed !! GOOD
- Air filter : As they saw It was a Green filter (Reusable as the K&N) they didn't touch it : Very good!
- VAG scan : Some minors defaults that I allready knew.
- Band-aid kit : why not. Not asked in France.
They also reported me that my pfelgen (Wheels) where illegal in Germany. Mr Cilik couldn't give me the technical reasons because the technicians didn't mention it on the bill. Strangely, my 15" wheels come from a Seat Ibiza. I keep asking why ?? I used to have the original harsh 16" sline ones. Replaced for comfort reasons when I put the koni FSDs.
Mr Cilik showed where to lube the roof : all the track rail, but he didn't mention the seals. He said that it has to be lubed at least oncee a year. 2 is recommended.
He also and gave me a photocopy of the fat tube! yes a photocopy of the real tube. the same timmus mentionned.
Of, something else to add : The 482€ mentioned above includes the price of the a4 Allroad rent for 100Km.
I also paid 38€ more because I did 200 km with it
Didn't realized because of the beautifull landscapes.So The pure price for the opensky replace and the full service was 452€ !!
So All I have to say is Thank you M Rinner and your team. DANKE SCHöN!!
I have been well recieved and my a2 very well looked after. Excellent value/price that is impossible to obtain here in France.
We passed the last day in the old picturesque Bad Tolz part. The last evening was in the stunning Alpamare natural Spa ressort ('til 9:30pm). A must see.
On the return to Paris, we took advantage of the famous unlimited german Autobahn : 200 km/h ( 124 mph ) touched on a slope. (I just have the testify of my wife for this...). the car felt well. no vibrations.
+180 km (112+ mph) was frequent, fingers in the nose, I should say. The car was very stable. I have several videos of them.
The rest of the time, cruise control was set sometimes on 120km/h sometimes on 130 Km/h (75 or 81mph) with 5.6l/100km (say 51mpg) given by the pessimistic board computer - (which is still really good for this small 3 cylinders I think )
I must say that german are very secure drivers, thanks to the unlimited speed but not only. Even when limited, they carrefully keep the security distance. I haven't seen any right overtaking (during 2000 km+ ). GOOD !!
In France, I must confess that we have have many many dangerous cust oms because of the speed limits but not only. BAAAAD !!
We did the 900 km in once (stopped once only, in the French side).
If you have children, I must recommand DVD players. It's a must have. Depending on the childen, you could do at least 400km /250miles without hearing them.
I will upload somme piccies of the landscapes and open sky opening video soon.
