Audi broke my car

Supersonos

oldagetraveller1 said:

Lots of DIY heart surgery videos on Youtube, most useful too.

I don't need YouTube.  It's heart bypass.  It's just connecting a couple of tubes.  

It's not like it's a few hundred kilos of pipes and bolts and electrical stuff and oil and gears and gaskets and fans and belts and stuff.

born_again

Dazlaw said:

I have a 2010 audi a4 avant 2.0 tfsi. Last week the amber engine management light came on while I was out so parked the car on my drive and called an audi service garage and booked it in for a service and diagnostic session. I was told £500 for 2 services and £60 for diagnostics I told them what had happened and that the fault code was a p0016 on my fault reader.  Any way took it in and told them all the details of what had happened and the code car was running and driving when fldropped off. 2 hours later received a cal saying the valeter had driven the car over to the garage down the road parked it and now it wouldn't start. Now they said it would cost £1500 just to look at it and if the engine was broken then could cost £7000 plus. After I said this was unacceptable they then delivered the car back the next day on a lorry not running and said they would not touch it again. This is lister audi in worcester, I took it to the experts and ended up having to do the car myself as I need it as have a 4 month old baby that was born at 26 weeks. In the end it cost me a timing chain set and did the service myself. This to me seemed very unproffesional  as surely should receive car back in same condition as it went to the garage as told them the fault and they are the audi experts. Oh and to add insult to injury they damaged my front bumper putting the towing eye in as took a chunk out with a screw driver. This car had engine rebuild by audi at 36000 and is now on 78000 and has timing chain that is supposed to last at least 120000 miles. Well unless you let an audi approved garage demolish it for you. Surely thus isn't right

Well that inspires confidence.....

Have you owned the car from new?

Sam_Fallow

Supersonos said:

oldagetraveller1 said:

Lots of DIY heart surgery videos on Youtube, most useful too.

I don't need YouTube.  It's heart bypass.  It's just connecting a couple of tubes.  

It's not like it's a few hundred kilos of pipes and bolts and electrical stuff and oil and gears and gaskets and fans and belts and stuff.

Yeah, but if your heart cuts out during the op, then you're going to have to call out the medics to tow you to hospital and as you have operated on yourself the warranty is now void leaving them with no obligation to fix you.

FYI, always use genuine parts.

AdrianC

Sam_Fallow said:

Supersonos said:

oldagetraveller1 said:

Lots of DIY heart surgery videos on Youtube, most useful too.

I don't need YouTube.  It's heart bypass.  It's just connecting a couple of tubes.  

It's not like it's a few hundred kilos of pipes and bolts and electrical stuff and oil and gears and gaskets and fans and belts and stuff.

Yeah, but if your heart cuts out during the op, then you're going to have to call out the medics to tow you to hospital and as you have operated on yourself the warranty is now void leaving them with no obligation to fix you.

FYI, always use genuine parts.

There can be a strong case for using used parts off eBay.

fred246

The problem with this forum is that people post when they don't know what they are talking about. This thread has got silly.

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fred246 said:

The problem with this forum is that people post when they don't know what they are talking about. This thread has got silly.

Very true Fred 

Ironic though.