Not Audi, but my first car was a Volvo. Every service (6000 mile interval) invariably turned out to be between £400-600 work needed (main franchise dealer). After a few years like that, I heard that trading standards raided the place for faking work, and Volvo revoked their franchise.ULP said:Either I'm lucky...
I don't think there is much of a misconception regarding what dealers charge and the way the majority of them conduct their business.
I'd say rather than you being lucky they probably value your custom and know you only want what you want and won't accept or are too knowledgable to try it on with.
Not Audi, but my first car was a Volvo. Every service (6000 mile interval) invariably turned out to be between £400-600 work needed (main franchise dealer). After a few years like that, I heard that trading standards raided the place for faking work, and Volvo revoked their franchise.
I was pretty upset... among other things, when I called out the AA for a breakdown, they didn't think the car had been serviced at all! (carb obviously hadn't been tightened up for a long time)
After that I found (and still find) it difficult to trust franchised dealers.
(PS when I took it back to Volvo, and said the AA guy said there was problems with the carb, they charged me ~600 for a new one... KERCHING)
... so I mentioned the Audi Goodwill OSS warranty replacement and urged them to contact Worthing Audi if they didn't believe me! Let's see what happens...
Well they phoned me this evening with an update report. Happy with the work so far (turned down their offer to replace a loose offside indicator repeater - I can do that myself) and gave permission for them to spend more time investigating the engine oil leak I have. One thing they've flagged though is that one side of my OpenSky has seized (I had asked them to do a lubrication on the roof). They of course said that the repair was a complete roof replacement for £2300 so I mentioned the Audi Goodwill OSS warranty replacement and urged them to contact Worthing Audi if they didn't believe me! Let's see what happens...
... my car's an on an 03 plate not sure exactly when the 10 year anniversary will expire...