It’s a trick that car companies would rather you didn’t know, but the best form of preventive maintenance is a good sound system. If you hear a rattle or tap, just turn up the volume to drown out the suspicious sound. The harder the installation can be, the more serious complaints you can suppress. That will save you a lot of money on maintenance.
Advice that this English owner of an Audi R8 V10 Spyder did not follow. After driving the used car for nine months, it went to the dealer for a service. He paid the equivalent of 5,400 euros and went home again. Not long after getting the car back with new tires and some minor repairs, he started hearing a rattle. The faster he drove, the louder the disturbing sound became.
Bill of almost 40,000 euros for rattle
So the Audi driver went back to the dealer with his car. After two weeks he was called by the dealer that his car was ready, but whether he wanted to pay 37,800 euros for the repair. They should have replaced the automatic gearbox. Apparently the dealer did not call ahead to request permission for the repair of almost 40,000 euros.
Nottinghamshire Live inquired with Audi in England. The importer stated that ‘the vehicle’s performance had been modified well beyond factory specifications’. If the R8 V10 was still standard, the repair would have been free of charge, according to Audi. Wouldn’t the gearbox have also failed? The owner is in consultation with the dealer to find a solution.
The car was only ‘chiped’
The article does not discuss the modifications to the Audi R8, but the forum R8talk tells the owner that it is a software tune, an intervention that is also often called chip tuning. The owner himself was not aware of the modifications. In any case, it should not be the case that a small software intervention destroys the gearbox, since there are also R8s with turbo kits with the same gearbox.
Technically, the Audi R8 is almost identical to the Lamborghini Huracán. Although it is ‘just’ an Audi, you can expect to pay Lamborghini prices at the dealer. But even with that in mind, it remains an astronomical bill. The big question now is whether the modifications were so drastic that the warranty is invalid and the man still has to pay for everything himself.
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