Audi warranty or 3rd party?

[RossDagley]

I'm going to be pulling the trigger on a c6 soon and will want a warranty.

I'll be looking at cars between 50k and 80k miles. Both Warranty Direct and Audi Extended warranty I've looked at.

Is there a preference? Audi warranty (limited to 15k miles a year and an excess of £250) is about £1500 a year, whilst warranty direct with a £100 excess is about £950 a year. I was going with the logic the audi extended warranty is preferential as presumably (I've not checked so someone please correct me if I'm wrong) but you have a fault, go to your local audi dealer, they diagnose, they deal with the warranty issue, they fix, and just bill me for the excess, whilst warranty direct (presumably?) I pay in full first, then recover from warranty direct? Seems possibly worth the extra £500 for Audi to have the hassle of dealing with the warranty etc.

Thoughts from you guys greatly appreciated

[HYFR]

audi

no debate required

[Mr V10]

Audi, no messing about and simple.

It's more than £1,500 if it's got 60k+ miles as up to that mileage Audi still cover the full parts cost and Mondial labour...

[marc1]

What happens after 60k miles if you took the warranty when it was beneath? Do they still cover everything or do you have to pay a percentage? And is this the same if you bought a 70k mile car and took out the warranty?

[Mr V10]

No percentage to pay, Audi/Mondial sort that between them.

[Doug_S2]

The best by far aftermarket has been inchcape warranty. I need to ask Ben what other name they ho by. No questions, just a switched on engineer comes out to inspect big issues and understands and signs off there and then.

[RossDagley]

Audi, no messing about and simple.

It's more than £1,500 if it's got 60k+ miles as up to that mileage Audi still cover the full parts cost and Mondial labour...

I did some sample quotes. With 15,000 mile cap and £250 excess, and no breakdown cover, it's about £1550 on a 75k mile car. Seems very reasonable. Is Mondial the underwriter?

[Mr V10]

Currently, yes. But the Audi approved one is changing to an in house VWFS one I believe very shortly which is the same as the extended one. Watch this space.

[Mr V10]

The best by far aftermarket has been inchcape warranty. I need to ask Ben what other name they ho by. No questions, just a switched on engineer comes out to inspect big issues and understands and signs off there and then.

True, quite good value too. There's a one off inspection fee, you can get a 2/3 year one for the price of 12 months Audi IIRC. Inchape would be the only other option.

[HYFR]

Currently, yes. But the Audi approved one is changing to an in house VWFS one I believe very shortly which is the same as the extended one. Watch this space.

I instigated that when I was there

[doodlebug]

Makes sense, keeps all the dollar in house.

[Mr V10]

Good work, DK. Hopefully the change is for the better, not that there's anything wrong with the current Mondial setup, from a customer perspective.

[chris_m]

Do they cover re-mapped cars?

[RossDagley]

Do they cover re-mapped cars?

What mapping ?

[chris_m]

Surely it is detectable? What does the warranty actually cover? For example, if a turbo goes or the box gets smashed, will this be covered and will they not look for a way to wriggle out?