Vehicle Protection Plans

[Concrete Helmet]

Let's not get carried away. It's a pre-owned Audi.

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[G 2]

Let's not get carried away. It's a pre-owned Audi.

Is Fidelity who you are looking at?

 

[G 2]

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I have a friend with a 2013 Audi R8 GT. Pretty amazing vehicle. Love the combo of AWD and midengine.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I have a friend with a 2013 Audi R8 GT. Pretty amazing vehicle. Love the combo of AWD and midengine.

You ain't kidding.....

 

[NVGator]

Let's not get carried away. It's a pre-owned Audi.

I thought you had a lotus?

 

[78]

Is Fidelity who you are looking at?

Not yet, but I plan to talk to them.

I thought you had a lotus?

That's so 2015.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I thought you had a lotus?

A Lotus, a Cayman GT4 and now an Audi R8.....this dude changes out exotic sportscars like the rest of us change our shoes....

 

[oxrageous]

I would definitely want a service plan on a R8 as well. They look like a massive money pit.

 

[NVGator]

That's so 2015.

Ok, why not this?

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Just yanking your chain. I knew that "the Brass" didn't have brake shoes on his rotors. ;)

The brass has disc brakes, thank you very much

 

[78]

I don't have enough ways to describe how effed up these trade negotiations have gotten. I'll follow up in due time.

Re warranty plans, I'm finding Carchex has cornered the market by buying out a number of companies including Fidelity, and yet I get better quotes from Fidelity. BTW, these warranty people are rapidly becoming infamous for giving out erroneous information on what is covered and what is not. I have a lot to say on the subject.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I don't have enough ways to describe how effed up these trade negotiations have gotten. I'll follow up in due time.

Re warranty plans, I'm finding Carchex has cornered the market by buying out a number of companies including Fidelity, and yet I get better quotes from Fidelity. BTW, these warranty people are rapidly becoming infamous for giving out erroneous information on what is covered and what is not. I have a lot to say on the subject.

If it doesn't feel right don't do it....If it does drive the wheels off that bad ass mofo ;)
78 in this world of sh!tty service and all sorts of individual dumbassery don't be surprised when even those who are supposed to know don't....When I bought my Shelby from a Ford dealer they made me sign a waiver saying I would take the car with an open recall because there was "no remedy" for the recall. I knew better and had already investigated the issue...it's being taken care of tomorrow morning by another local dealer. Same thing happened with a brake recall on my 2015 GT. I had to tell the service department what the TSB number was so they could look it up....Your best bet to getting to the bottom of this is to get on an Audi forum and do a search on the topic. I would also find a shop that specializes in tuning/servicing these cars. I am taking my Shelby to Ford for a recall BUT will never take it to one for actual work since it out of factory warranty and the dingleberries there wouldn't know what to do with it anyway...

 

[oxrageous]

Another way to solve the issue is to stop buying German cars. Buy the new NSX and be done with it.

 

[78]

You have good taste in cars, Ox. The NSX is a great car and priced thusly at 191k.

Fact is, the R8 is made like a tank. The magnetic ride struts are its Achilles' heel. They tend to leak prematurely. Guys are replacing them on pre-owneds with conventional struts and having zero problems. The main thing with a car like this is the motor and and how it restricts access. If the AC compressor goes bad, you have to remove the motor to get to it. Hence why you want an extended warranty plan.

The Audi parts guy who said you can't replace just the clutch plates in the R Tronic didn't know what he was talking about. You can and at a fraction of the cost. I've been fed misinformation left and right.

@ G2: Turns out Fidelity is now a Carchex company and underwrites through Royal, so you're getting essentially the same coverage and cost as Carchex or Warranty Group.
The industry has gone through a consolidation.

 

[G 2]

The Audi parts guy who said you can't replace just the clutch plates in the R Tronic didn't know what he was talking about. You can and at a fraction of the cost. I've been fed misinformation left and right.

I'm not surprised at all.

@ G2: Turns out Fidelity is now a Carchex company and underwrites through Royal, so you're getting essentially the same coverage and cost as Carchex or Warranty Group.
The industry has gone through a consolidation.

Not what I want to wanted to hear but it isn't surprising with how the industry works.

 

[oxrageous]

The NSX is a great car and priced thusly at 191k.

Don't pretend like you can't afford it.

 

[LagoonGator68]

Audi manufactures vehicles in seven plants around the world, some of which are shared with other VW Group marques[40]although many sub-assemblies such as engines and transmissions are manufactured within other Volkswagen Group plants.

Glorified Volkswagen.....

 

[Concrete Helmet]

The Audi parts guy who said you can't replace just the clutch plates in the R Tronic didn't know what he was talking about. You can and at a fraction of the cost. I've been fed misinformation left and right.

Don't feel bad I had to correct the service advisor at the dealership when I went in last week for my airbag recall. I told him that the oil level was high because the dipsh!ts where I bought the car put in 8 quarts when the 5.4 in the car only takes 7 plus it was the wrong oil. He told me I didn't need an oil change after only a few hundreds miles....I said change the oil! When he called me to pay the ticket he sheepishly said "you were right about the oil", 7 quarts and different oil for a supercharged 5.4......Forums will be you're best source of truth on a specific car like this, believe it or not.

 

[78]

Audi manufactures vehicles in seven plants around the world, some of which are shared with other VW Group marques[40]although many sub-assemblies such as engines and transmissions are manufactured within other Volkswagen Group plants.

Glorified Volkswagen.....

Coincidentally, out of that same glorified VW scrap heap comes Lamborghini and Porsche.

You know what they say about buying buying the most expensive home on the block.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Coincidentally, out of that same glorified VW scrap heap comes Lamborghini and Porsche.

You know what they say about buying buying the most expensive home on the block.

Seems I heard that the R8 is built almost the same as the Lambo Huracan as far as chassis goes? If so what other similar pieces do they share, engine, tranny?