It’s a 7 year or 70,000 mile warranty, is transferable and can be canceled and prorated if I decide to at any time.

 

Unless you have catastrophic engine failure, You can fix a lot of the usual suspects for well under what you'd be paying for the warranty.

 

Okay thanks for the feedback on this

 

My “internal” number was $1k/year, under that I would buy the warranty, over that I would “self-insure”

 

If you don't do your own work, look into what you would pay your favorite shop or dealer to replace the A/C and the mag ride suspension. They both can be very expensive and have a high failure rate, especially the mag ride. Really seems to be a when not if on that. If you go to the dealer for all new mag struts, you might be close to the warranty cost. There are less costly and potentially better options than OE on the struts, but you need to figure out which way you'd go if you had a failure as part of this assessment. If you can do this type of work yourself, I'd keep the money in my pocket and see where it all landed.

 

Thanks, yeah I typically do my own work, just didn’t know if I’d want to tackle an engine out job. As for the struts, I figure once the mag ride goes I would go to coil overs. Will just pocket the money and see what happens, thanks guys.

 

yea def not worth it if youre capable with tools. same choice i made earlier this year. good luck to us both!

 

If you want to drive the car for 2-3 years your total cost could be a lot more reasonable annually so definitely not the worst idea if it ends up costing you net net $100-150 a month for the peace of mind.

 

I am not renewing mine, you can check my username for my complaints against Fidelity. When picking my car up last week I was told my tires were all 10-15 psi low, and now aired up it is ridiculous how loud my struts clunk and I was shown the leakage all 4 exhibit. Fidelity will only cover one of them that is so blown it has dripped all the way down to the lower control arm. They are not listening to any reason regarding the fault of the other 3.

The indy has 5-7 R8's in their shop and fleet which are tracked out, supercharged, etc. Their tech flat out told me the car is unsafe, it does not stay planted, and there is negligible change when switching to sport suspension, they do not respond as they have leaked.

Fidelity took 3 days to pay the indy for an oil leak repair and kicked and screamed the whole time, we called 4 times the day before and during my pickup, and I had to leave my AMEX with no idea what the charge would be and told the indy if they did not come through just charge me. My oil pump was removed and Fidelity would not cover the oil change, in fact it looks like I even paid for the coolant. After being without my car for a MONTH, I did not care just wanted it back.

Stopped by Audi on the way home and the service manager said there was no reason for a tech to even inspect, just looking through the wheels he said replace all 4 for leaking.

I refuse to grovel over 5ish grand, and and going to change to Ohlins at home on my lift. Was going to fork over 7 grand this month to renew and now will not, Fidelity can care less, and will never get another dime from me. I should have done the oil pump leak myself, it would have cost the same and been done in a weekend.

 

I am not renewing mine, you can check my username for my complaints against Fidelity. When picking my car up last week I was told my tires were all 10-15 psi low, and now aired up it is ridiculous how loud my struts clunk and I was shown the leakage all 4 exhibit. Fidelity will only cover one of them that is so blown it has dripped all the way down to the lower control arm. They are not listening to any reason regarding the fault of the other 3.

The indy has 5-7 R8's in their shop and fleet which are tracked out, supercharged, etc. Their tech flat out told me the car is unsafe, it does not stay planted, and there is negligible change when switching to sport suspension, they do not get respond as they have leaked.

Fidelity took 3 days to pay the indy for an oil leak repair and kicked and screamed the whole time, we called 4 times the day before and during my pickup, and I had to leave my AMEX with no idea what the charge would be and told the indy if they did not come through just charge me. My oil pump was removed and Fidelity would not cover the oil change, in fact it looks like I even paid for the coolant. After being without my car for a MONTH, I did not care just wanted it back.

Stopped by Audi on the way home and the service manager said there was no reason for a tech to even inspect, just looking through the wheels he said replace all 4 for leaking.

I refuse to grovel over 5ish grand, and and going to change to Ohlins at home on my lift. Was going to fork over 7 grand this month to renew and now will not, Fidelity can care less, and will never get another dime from me. I should have done the oil pump leak myself, it would have cost the same and been done in a weekend.

Good relationships with your service advisor at an Audi dealership will go a long way when you have issues like this, based on the limited amount of warranty related complaints that I seen on the forums majority seems to be cases where indy shops are involved. Good luck with your case hope it works out!

 

Okay I just got off the phone with Andrew from Audi Indianapolis… He gave me a quote for an 11y/120k mile warranty at $5,100! Transferable and can be prorated, I will be going with this option as in a year I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get a warranty on this car again due to age.

He was as stunned as I was at the price but it’s due to the ultra low millage car.

 

Unfortunately, all warranties are not created equal. So, I'd start by asking a LOT of questions about the warranty, itself, to make sure you're comparing apples to apples. I'd start with the basics:

• Who's brand is on it?
• Who's the underwriter (which is often different than the brand)?
• Is it exclusionary or providing only coverage for a finite list of issues?
• If exclusionary (preferred), what are the excluded items?

Even within the brands (e.g., Fidelity or Audi APP) there are tiers (e.g., silver, gold, platinum). They'll differ in coverage. Get the specifics and a copy of the actual terms to review.

As for "good price" - it really is a personal question since it's hard to say what your own circumstances may tolerate. Personally speaking, ~$1k/year or less would seem to be a decent value IF you're getting a solid exclusionary warranty that covers most potential failures.