Service Costs??

Post by **DrB** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:38 pm

Paul,

If they don't know, and don't perform the review, the fault lies with them. They have the responsibilty.

mark

Post by **GaryC** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:24 pm

The extra expense does put the car on the pricey side when it comes to routine servicing.

But let's get it into perspective - it's still a drop in the ocean compared to the biggest cost of RS6 and indeed almost all car ownership - depreciation.

Gary.

Post by **Ernst** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:43 pm

Just a quick question to all you RS6 drivers...I have an RS6 plus which is now due for it's first (10k mile) service.

I have been quoted £ 896.20 by Oxford Audi.

Ther service manager was as shocked as me and said that all the bit must be very awkward to get to - very helpful!!

Can anyone please tell me if this is excessively high - they reckon 6.7 hours of labour!

Post by **londonplus** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:13 pm

Ernst wrote:Just a quick question to all you RS6 drivers...I have an RS6 plus which is now due for it's first (10k mile) service.

I have been quoted £ 896.20 by Oxford Audi.

Ther service manager was as shocked as me and said that all the bit must be very awkward to get to - very helpful!!

Can anyone please tell me if this is excessively high - they reckon 6.7 hours of labour!

Clearly your dealer is on drugs or has a bad gambling habit!! I had my plus serviced at a london dealer and paid £550 which included new brake pads. the right price should be around £150.

Post by **Kev.S** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:50 pm

Ernst- sounds like it would be cheaper for you to travel up North to get it serviced!

Post by **boff** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:59 am

Hiya Guys

Hope you are all well on here, I'm watching the site with ref to new RS4 more than anything nowardays.

I had an RS6, and it was serviced by Preston Audi. The pricing for servicing at Preston Audi varies from day to day, best dealer I ever used for Servicing and getting the price right is the Audi dealer in Coventry (ask PhilT - he uses them aswell)

As for the price in general, it really really scared me off. I was absolutely pissed at Audi when I realised how much more than my RS4 the RS6 would be to service, when I chopped the RS4 in Audi told me that it would be less.

I Sold my RS6 @ 40k (before service) because of this bill alone:

Service: £1400
Tyres: £1200 ish
Brakes: £2000 ish discs and pads full set

Not a chance..... £4600

I released the equity, added a bit, and a tiny bit more - and bought a 911 996 Turbo.

The 996 tt is sooooooooooooooo much cheaper to run, tyres are cheaper, brakes are cheaper, servicing is cheaper. Insurance is slightly higher, and an extended warranty is needed every year.

And I allways wanted one

I really did love my RS6 but I will not be coming back until Audi get their heads from firmly up their arses and start charging mass market servicing for essentially mass market cars. I fealt that they thought that they were charging because they could.....

As for the 20k service guys - never for £400 - the cars need plugs at this time, and Audi clearly have made some very very special ones for the RS6

The 996 Turbo charges in at £350 for 12k, and then approx £800 for 24k, and then cycles. Brakes complete are approx £750 per axle, extended warranty is £725 per annum.

Front Tyres are approx £125, Rears are approx £190.

Only problem is the lack of children (after aged

and fridge carrying space........ It has meant I've had to buy the missus a car too - clio 182 sport

(Can't wait!!!)

Post by **W8PMC** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:56 am

I know exactly what you mean. The servicing costs/running costs for the RS6 are just inter-gallactic for a main stream production car.

I've also worked out that a Ferrari 360 / 430 or Lambo Gallardo would work out cheaper to maintain.

Found out last week that my front discs are going to need replacing very soon

, as they've started to develop small surface cracks & i'm not getting quite the right level of performance now from them & they are making a squeaking noise at lower speeds. That will be another £500+ outlay. May consider getting the drilled & perforated discs all round, as the difference in price between them is not that great.

Post by **GaryC** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:56 pm

If you think a 996TT is any less of a mainstream production car than an RS6 then you're kidding yourself. The 911 is now a mass produced cash-cow for porsche with one of the highest per-unit profit margins of any car you can buy. From an engineering point of view why would you expect the RS6 to be cheaper to run anyway - it's a bigger, heavier, (X50 aside) more powerful car, which is at least as complex and as well engineered as the porsche and probably more so on both counts. You need to look past the badges on the bonnet.

And as for ferraris, well I've never owned one but a friend of mine who's a car nut has. The actual servicing costs were usually markedly higher than anticipated because there was always unscheduled work needed. And the massive spread when buying/selling these cars into the dealer network is enough to make anyone wince.

Gary.

Post by **W8PMC** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:16 pm

GaryC wrote:If you think a 996TT is any less of a mainstream production car than an RS6 then you're kidding yourself. The 911 is now a mass produced cash-cow for porsche with one of the highest per-unit profit margins of any car you can buy. From an engineering point of view why would you expect the RS6 to be cheaper to run anyway - it's a bigger, heavier, (X50 aside) more powerful car, which is at least as complex and as well engineered as the porsche and probably more so on both counts. You need to look past the badges on the bonnet.

And as for ferraris, well I've never owned one but a friend of mine who's a car nut has. The actual servicing costs were usually markedly higher than anticipated because there was always unscheduled work needed. And the massive spread when buying/selling these cars into the dealer network is enough to make anyone wince.

Gary.

Agree to a point, but it comes down to perception & badge to a degree. Audi is not known as a specialist performance manufacturer & has a range of many many vehicles. The base engine in an RS6 is also used in other Audi's (A4, A8, A6) etc. although in the RS6 its got 2 turbo's & of course more power with different mapping etc.

Their are more 996's on the road than RS6's. so model for model you're right (not sure the same logic applies to 996 Turbo's though).

I'm having to swallow the bitter pill, but in my opinion if someone had asked me to quote a top ten of cars on the the cost of routinely maintaining them, an Audi RS6 would not have entered my mind. That list would have been dominated by Maser, Lambo, Ferrari, TVR & Porsche. You live & learn i guess.

The other main point is when benchmarking the RS6's maintenance & running costs against its more obvious rivals, say the New M5 & Merc AMG's & still the RS6 is double the cost. I purchased a new M5 & checked carefully on service costs etc. plus i have a CLS55 AMG on order (although gonna cancel this week) & did the same with that car. Both were far cheaper come service time.

Post by **DrB** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:11 pm

Well Guys, I have just got my RS6 serviced in Aberdeen.Costs:

1. Service £245
2. Parts £228.11
3. VAT £83.69

These costs including timing belt inspection, spark plugs, wiper blades, oil etc.

This price does seem better than all your predictions!

They did quote £309.26 to replace the front pads in due course.

What do we all think,

Mark

Post by **installer69** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:02 pm

Do you know how happy I am?
When I bought the car I decided to take out the fixed cost service/maintenance and tyres thing.
3 year/30k miles for .......£60.64 per month. excess mileage @ 8p per mile.
I expect to do an extra 10K 9strangely enough it was cheaper to pay the excess than take a 40K plan- there are no stepped charges)
So that's £2183 for the plan plus £801 excess (I intent to go just over 40K to get the timing belt covered) and we have about £3,000!!
Bearing in mind I had front pads at 10k and front pads and discs at 22k plus a set of tyres befor 15k and a set of fronts at 25k with the rears not far behind I would say it represents excellent value for me and a cock up for Audi.
I remember someone asking about this plan when I first started using this site and people were putting him off!!

Post by **installer69** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:03 pm

Oh, I must phone the dealer and ask if they did the 20k belt check. Another £400 please, Audi finance.

Post by **installer69** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:19 pm

I've just checked with Audi Customer care and the dealer (East Kent Audi) and neither of them new anything about the 20k cambelt check!

I agree with one of the other posters, the service guys at these garages must have a serious crack habit.

Post by **W8PMC** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:24 pm

installer69 wrote:I've just checked with Audi Customer care and the dealer (East Kent Audi) and neither of them new anything about the 20k cambelt check!

I agree with one of the other posters, the service guys at these garages must have a serious crack habit.

I can believe the dealer not knowing (although they should), but you must have spoken to a YTS at Audi Customer Services, as it was their technical dept that specified the new service requirement to be added to the RS6 service schedule.

My digging at Audi CS lasted weeks & they would not budge from saying this new 20K check is an absolute requirement & if it's not undertaken & a fault occurs then it's the customers responsibility, although the customer could try to recall off the dealer, but you'd need an honest dealer.

Call them again & ask them a technical question about when the cam-belt should be checked on an RS6 & when it should be changed.

Post by **installer69** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:57 pm

I'm on the phone to them again know and they are still insisting that it is not the case. Any more info that you could supply - PM me if necc - would be appreciated 'cos I'd hate to end up losing out.

They said that the note had been withdrawn!! Does that mean that anyone who had it done on their say-so can get a £400 refund?

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