Maintenance package

[n5tew]

Hi

Who has gone for the maintenance package and what is the monthly cost? Is it worth the money?

Thanks

[Love_iTT]

Hi

Who has gone for the maintenance package and what is the monthly cost? Is it worth the money?

Thanks

I am seriously thinking of doing this - with the tyre option it works out for me at £57 a month. I'm treating it as more of a savings plan, I know I'm paying that a month but at least I won't have any major financial worries about taking it in for a service - as I said, it's more of a savings plan.

Graham

[n5tew]

What mileage is that with?

Thanks

[alex_123_fra]

Is there a limit on this? Just wondering as I was thinking what is to stop someone getting a fully comp maintenance package and doing lots of track days, hence needing tyres and brakes replaced every few weeks.

If there is a reasonably high limit of "claims", then £57 per month is actually quite cheap if it includes tyres, servicing, parts and labour.

[hanbury]

I have had a quote today of around £74 per month inc VAT (£885 for the year) for the all in maintenance package based on 12K per annum. At first I thought this was expensive but, given that, from what others are saying, I will probably need a new set of tyres and a service in this timeframe as a minimum (total of which is likely to be in excess of £1,100 or even £1,200) it begins to sound like good value for money. Plus it obviously makes sense as a way to spread the costs.

Interestingly though this quote equates to 7.4p per mile but after 12,000 the costs are actually less at 4.4p per mile for the next 1,200 miles and 6.6p per mile for everything above that?!

This is not something I have done before but I would have expected the costs for exceeding the set mileage to be punitive but the reverse seems to be true. Makes me wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper to set the mileage a lot lower.

I'd be very interested to hear what others have been quoted (I think I have seen some lower suggestions elsewhere but I am wondering if they include VAT). My quote hasn't come from Audi but from the broker I am using to purchase the car as the Audi dealer told me they couldn't give me a price, I would have to go to the broker.

Tony

[n5tew]

Hi there

My quote 15k per annum for 3 years £79.79 per month including service, maintenance and tyres. Not too sure if there are any restrictions on that though!!

n5tew

[Love_iTT]

I've just dug out my quotation to make sure of my figures and it says:
Fixed cost maintenance; Service; Maintenance and tyres; 36 months; Annual mileage 12000; contracted mileage 36000; Total monthly installments (inclusive of VAT) 57.46. Excess mileage 10p

Graham

[hanbury]

n5tew

I guess that makes sense really. Mine is cheaper if I do only do the 12K but if I do as much as 15K I would actually be paying almost exactly £100 more than you for the year. Still, either quote still sounds like good value to me - don't you think?

Tony

[Adam]

Damn right I have it.

A frankly ludicrous £17.99 pcm for the top package, ie service + maintenance + tyres. That's £216pa which is less than an annual service I imagine.

Admittedly only on 6k miles per year but still don't understand why so cheap!

[hanbury]

Graham - I'm assuming yours is direct with Audi? Mine is through my broker (BoS) and the agreement would be with them too but yours is a fair bit cheaper - even if you did an extra 3K in the year. The dealer my car is coming from told me I had to go to the broker for a quote but I can't believe I can be excluded from using Audi so I may try customer services and see if they will 'quote me happy'.

Rgeardless though, they all sound like a bargain - especially the £17.99!

[Adam]

I estimate very roughly mine works as follows:

3 x annual service £1200
Set of brake pads £800
Set of front discs £1000
1 set of new tyres £1000
Other mtce £200 wiper blades etc etc

Total cost over 3 years £4200

Cost of FCM over 3 years £648

Bizarre but woohoo!!

[RS4-RAG]

I just had discs replaced at 13k and they were part of the warranty anyway. not sure where the figure £1000 comes from. Set of brake pads around £350.

[Adam]

I may have been prudent on my estimates and taken worst case scenario as the FCM is an insurance policy of sorts.

Pads - someone here had been quoted £400 to replace front pads hence £800 for full set

Discs - were your discs judged to be faulty then? I have heard RS4s can be hard on their front discs. I do not track but thought they need one replacement after 18k miles / 3 years. Maybe not.

[hanbury]

What experience do people have of claiming against their maintenance package so far? I’m particularly interested in how long tyres are lasting and whether anyone has had trouble getting them replaced. Also do you have any choice when it comes to renewal or do you have to go with the same tyres as originally fitted or do you just get what you’re given?

I have had two similar quotes for 12,000 miles pa (one from Audi dealer at £78 per month and one from broker I’m using to buy at £74 per month). These sound like reasonably good value but I know others have had considerably cheaper quotes and I would be interested to know where these came from – is it possible that one Audi dealer will give a better quote than another?

I also have a quote from Audi for the maintenance and service only which came out at £50 per month but it would seem to me that the value is in the tyre bit.

I'd be grateful for any input.

Tony

[55JWB]

I bought mine at the weekend, it was a Dec 06 with 2,400 miles on it, I have been quoted loads more for mine based on 14k p.a. £110 p.m. and if 16k p.a. £120 p.m. am I being charged more cos not 'brand new' ?? anyone know if you can haggle on this?? I really need to make a decision today

Thanks

Jason