My S3 is 3 years old in 6 weeks, extended warranty ?

[AZURES3]

My (8p) S3 is 3 years old early December, think it was one of the first on the road and a great car since delivery.

My car only has 29,000 miles on the clock and is used as my to work car 5 days a week. I have contacted warranties direct and Audi directly and the top cover for both is around £680 for the year including breakdown cover.

I dont usually buy warranties but feel with the complexity of the modern car I feel it is worth the money.

Thoughts welcome ?

Thanks

[Paul]

I paid for mine for 2 years after it ran out.

Then decided to keep just the breakdown service part. Upto 6 years old you can pay for Audi Assist, then you become just an RAC customer.

[Gren]

Unless you've had a car that's been in and out of the garage I'd never get an extended warranty. Far rather put the £700 aside (maybe less the breakdown bit) and if you get stung for more than that per year then its been pretty unlucky.

The last year I had my first TT was the worst in the 7 years - radiator fans and broken rear springs but that only came to half that. In fact over all 4 post-warranty years I probably spent £700 (both arbs, bushes, fans, springs, coil packs, indicator relay, coolant sensor). Tyres and servicing cost me far more.

[Milo]

I've just been through the same thing with my A4 2.0T special edition s-line (warranty would have been £689 including Audi Assist). The car had covered 24k miles and had been no trouble during the first 3 years. In the end I decided only to renew the Audi Assist @ £89 and keep the £600 for a rainy day, the thought being if something was to go wrong, hopefully it would be less than £600 and if not, then that's my bad luck.
One thing I would say is there is no room for negotiation with Audi over the warranty cost so I wouldn't even bother trying!

Audi Extended Warranty

[CJ92]

Originally Posted by AZURES3

My (8p) S3 is 3 years old early December, think it was one of the first on the road and a great car since delivery.

My car only has 29,000 miles on the clock and is used as my to work car 5 days a week. I have contacted warranties direct and Audi directly and the top cover for both is around £680 for the year including breakdown cover.

I dont usually buy warranties but feel with the complexity of the modern car I feel it is worth the money.

Thoughts welcome ?

Thanks

.....Any plans to change?

[AZURES3]

I went for the Audi all component cover warranty in the end for piece of mind.

AZ

[Milo]

Interestingly you can buy extended warranty on the S3 when ordering new @ £240 for an additional 1 year or £535 for an additional 2.

[AZURES3]

Originally Posted by Milo

Interestingly you can buy extended warranty on the S3 when ordering new @ £240 for an additional 1 year or £535 for an additional 2.

I noticed that too, I have only ever kept my Audi's 2 years in the past but moving forward the extra 1 year is a good deal.

AZ

[Mermaid]

Originally Posted by Milo

Interestingly you can buy extended warranty on the S3 when ordering new @ £240 for an additional 1 year or £535 for an additional 2.

That's a great deal, for to buy the warranty at the end of 3 years on annual basis (that's all you can do) is far more expensive..

£535 invested in an extended warranty will yield better "returns" than any bank account right now.