Should I buy a warranty?
 

I would pay as it happens, and try to fix small things by myself.
 

Unless the warranty is a great deal, I would pass.

Initial cost is high for the warranty, but let's look at a monthly cost of the warranty $6800 divided by 60months comes out to be $113.33. I am more than willing to pay around $113 a month to have zero worries when something goes wrong with my car. A lot of ppl focus primarily on just a mechanical issue with the vehicle but with warranty anything is covered inside the cabin as well as mechanical. Decision is yours but IMHO it is worth it.

What is your mileage? That price seems reasonable IF you're talking 75k from where you are now.

My 2013 had an sway bar bushing issue, pano seal issue (fixed at the end of the factory warranty), water pump issue with thermostat (extended warranty), right now I have an issue with the outside handle light not working on passenger side and back of pano doesn't want to open. I just fixed driver side cat becayse flange from the original cat just cracked. 2011 had small upper oil pan leak which is fixed under extended warranty and that cost was almost 5k in a friendly indy shop, dashboard speaker issue which was fixed same issue with an outside door handle. All the small things will add up at the end of the day to almost 7k. Including cost of my own labor for it.

Audi is doing well in their reliability rating. I don't think you will get your $6.8k out of it.

In my opinion yes
 

If you get the warranty... The car will be perfect

​​​​​​If you don't buy the warranty.....the car will fall apart. This is guaranteed sadly!

I purchased an extended warranty for my S8 for that pure peace of mind that it is covered through my years of ownership.

I'm in the same dilemma. Just bought a 2012 A8 4.2 from a local Audi dealer. They offered me a mechanical breakdown protection warranty which I took for $5k CAD to cover 3 years or 40k kms under the platinum package. The car has 116k kms (72k mi) when I bought it. I have 60 days until end of April to cancel it and get a refund if chose not to go with it. I've heard about other third party warranty companies but I heard they tend to be a bit tricky since they have their own rules.
Buying this warranty from an Audi dealer make it easier to claim but again, they have their deductables. I'm still on the fence whether to continue with this. Someone advised me to just keep my money, invest it and pay as you go. While others say it's a peace of mind. I can always go back to my regular Audi Indy who knows me since my early VW days.

A lot depends on how many miles you drive. I can easily put 75k on a car in 4 years.....
Another route is to put in the bank the money you would have spent on the warranty, and use that fund when the car breaks (not regular maintenance). If the car does not break, you have that for down payment on your next car. Or a nice vacation.

I have a 2015 with 35miles on it. So for i have close to $4000 of work done due to issues that came up. This all was in 1 year

extended warranty
 

If you shop online with Audi dealer Finance department guys at dealers selling cars on the internet they will deal with you, I called and sent emails and got an Audi warranty from out of state dealer.

Blew my turbos at 29,000 miles. At only $3K the extended saved me $12K in repairs. I'm sold!

How you managed blowing your turbos?

Plugged oil screen.
In their wisdom the German engineers neglected to add a 'plugged screen' bypass.
ONLY use Mobil 1, and change oil regularly.

By the way the warranty extension was "First Automotive" sold by "North Bay" in East Windsor, CT.

Wow the new Audi's should this preventative feature I'm sure. I'll definitely keep it in mind upon my next audi a8.

Deteriorated turbines??
 

After new turbines were installed on my 2015 A8L 4.0, I noticed a substantial INCREASE in acceleration when pushing it.
My gut tells me that the 'old' turbos had deteriorated before failure by a noticeable amount ( tip clearance ?).
Has anyone else noticed this?

Did you ever get your warranty squared away?

If not look into Plateu warranty check my last post they paid for everything with no hassle.

So far they paid about $ 10k in warranty claims since ownership again no hassle.

As I posted previously, my $3500 extended warranty covered EVERYTHING but a few little gaskets. Super job on the repair.
From now on, best oil changed at 5000 mile frequency.
Good luck with yours.

5K MILES oil change is the way to go Im sitting @ 116k miles. ouch car runs strong..

Good luck with the higher miles - keep us informed.

that's a lot better than $16,000 in twin turbo replacement.

In closing then ...
 

By way of further clarification on whether an extended warranty makes sense:

- You have to evaluate the cost/benefit/credibility of the plan.
- Is the warranty a fair price for the extra miles offered?
- Is the warranty company a GOOD one.
- Does the extended warranty offer 'bumper-to-bumper' as did the Audi original?
Do your research, talk to repair shops; Do they work with dealers and independent shops?
Kind of like picking a marriage partner.