Mint RS6 for sale, with Audi 'All Component' Warranty

[HYFR]

Greg, i had one of those "too good to be true" offers this week also... ;o)

(im not being cheeky, i genuine have)

[GregR1]

Got an email last night about this .. thought I'd update just incase my advert wasn't clear.

There is no sunroof.
The car has no power upgrades.
The car has no Milltek exhaust.
The car is not on coilovers.

Thought it would have been clear but obviously not

[HYFR]

i beggers belief that there are people are walking into dealerships and buying RS6's at this sort of price range when this mint example is available and under a far superior warranty than any dealer can offer.

[rst7mbo]

I just think potential buyers are scared off by the fact it has the standard DRC. Even though it has Audi warranty, we all know that it will fail again if rectified by Audi, so the potential purchaser has to budget for replacement suspension.
Seems a pity because its a nice looking car. If I was interested, I would be speaking to Audi to see whether if the suspension was changed, they would still honour the rest of the warranty.

[GregR1]

I just think potential buyers are scared off by the fact it has the standard DRC. Even though it has Audi warranty, we all know that it will fail again if rectified by Audi, so the potential purchaser has to budget for replacement suspension.
Seems a pity because its a nice looking car. If I was interested, I would be speaking to Audi to see whether if the suspension was changed, they would still honour the rest of the warranty.

You make an interesting, if slightly ill conceived point that I can hopefully address.

At the outset let me assure readers that the DRC has not failed on this car to my knowledge. I am the second owner of the car.

To use the phrase, "fail again" in relation to my car and my advert is, I think, unfair and unwarranted.

Second, in order to have an Audi warranty the car has to be standard and serviced by Audi. If you replace the suspension with coil-overs you invalidate the warranty.

To replace suspension on a warrantied car with DRC prone to failure might save the inconvenience of having it repaired at Audi's expense.

The flipside of that is that there will be a cost of circa £1.5k to fit the coilovers. Once that cost is met, one will then lose the warranty cover on engine gearbox etc which could cost upwards of £5k to rectify.

Explain to me therefore how, by not invalidating my warranty on a car which has never had a problem with DRC, I have somehow made the car less attractive to potential buyers?

[Golffather]

The flipside of that is that there will be a cost of circa £1.5k to fit the coilovers. Once that cost is met, one will then lose the warranty cover on engine gearbox etc which could cost upwards of £5k to rectify.

Greg, are you sure you lose the warranty on those items unrelated to suspension if you have the DRC changed?

[GregR1]

That's my understanding mate, yes

[HYFR]

I dont see why anyone would be put off a car with DRC if it has an Audi warranty that can be extended, esp. when its getting very difficult to get any other warranty on the car...

[Golfather]

The flipside of that is that there will be a cost of circa £1.5k to fit the coilovers. Once that cost is met, one will then lose the warranty cover on engine gearbox etc which could cost upwards of £5k to rectify.

Greg, are you sure you lose the warranty on those items unrelated to suspension if you have the DRC changed?

As with insurance, all motor warranties are void if any part of the car is modified with non OEM parts.

[rst7mbo]

I just think potential buyers are scared off by the fact it has the standard DRC. Even though it has Audi warranty, we all know that it will fail again if rectified by Audi, so the potential purchaser has to budget for replacement suspension.
Seems a pity because its a nice looking car. If I was interested, I would be speaking to Audi to see whether if the suspension was changed, they would still honour the rest of the warranty.

You make an interesting, if slightly ill conceived point that I can hopefully address.

At the outset let me assure readers that the DRC has not failed on this car to my knowledge. I am the second owner of the car.

To use the phrase, "fail again" in relation to my car and my advert is, I think, unfair and unwarranted.

Second, in order to have an Audi warranty the car has to be standard and serviced by Audi. If you replace the suspension with coil-overs you invalidate the warranty.

To replace suspension on a warrantied car with DRC prone to failure might save the inconvenience of having it repaired at Audi's expense.

The flipside of that is that there will be a cost of circa £1.5k to fit the coilovers. Once that cost is met, one will then lose the warranty cover on engine gearbox etc which could cost upwards of £5k to rectify.

Explain to me therefore how, by not invalidating my warranty on a car which has never had a problem with DRC, I have somehow made the car less attractive to potential buyers?

I did not say that the suspension on your car had failed previously! What I was trying to say was that everybody knows the suspension will give up the ghost at some time. With your car I assume it would have to be given to an audi dealer to replace the current DRC with a repacement DRC system - which as we know will fail again!!
It has been well noted on these pages that the DRC is pants and the only real solution is coilovers. So the potential purchaser of your car has to budget £1500 for a coilover system ( otherwise his suspension will never be right!)
So this will then invalidate the warranty, so in effect the warranty is worth bugger all if it won't let you replace a constantly failing item with something reliable. When I bought my car the seller told me he had experienced no problems with the DRC but when I took it to Grizz he told me it was f--cked, and this was on a car which had a full audi history and had been serviced by audi only 3 weeks before!

[rst7mbo]

I dont see why anyone would be put off a car with DRC if it has an Audi warranty that can be extended, esp. when its getting very difficult to get any other warranty on the car...

I was lead to believe that it couldnt be extended on a car over 5 years old. Is this true or not?

[HYFR]

it is not true, it can be extended, its just after 5 years its named component (vs. all component)

still comphrensive cover, including DRC

[rst7mbo]

it is not true, it can be extended, its just after 5 years its named component (vs. all component)

still comphrensive cover, including DRC

so if you can only extend it as a named component warranty, will they not let you 'un name' the DRC and exclude it from the policy without excluding the engine/gearbox etc ?

[HYFR]

no they wont let you

[GregR1]

rst7mbo - would you be so kind as to take your general car queries off my 'for sale' post? You're giving the impression that all DRC systems fail and that simply is not true. You're then trying to suggest that warranties can't be extended over five years - again not true!

You've bought a car by the looks of things, and its sad to hear you bought a lemon. Don't let your experience cloud your judgement and don't take it out on me. As someone with, I presume, no interest in buying my car - can you leave this alone please?