side mirror eaten by garage door
 

My lovely wife, this morning, at 5am, backed out of the garage and ripped the passenger side mirror off of our 2013 Q7 S Line Prestige with Optics pack.

The entire mirror is off, wires snapped, etc.

Got an over the phone quote from the dealer of approx 2k for the repair. Does this sound insanely high? Will probably just make insurance claim.

Ughhhh

Marsh, is this your first Audi?

Welcome aboard!

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Got an over the phone quote from the dealer of approx 2k for the repair.
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Been there, done that. Last year I clipped our garage door and snapped the cover housing off the driver's side mirror on our Q.

Is the whole mirror assembly off the car? If so, 2K sounds about right. It was $500 or so just to get a new housing, paint it, and replace the side assist indicator. Thankfully I didn't break the mirror plate (the heated electrochromatic mirror plate alone was like $500) or the actual mirror assembly (what attaches the mirror to the car... I think that was another $750).

Salvage yard + Bentley... Best way to save money owning an Audi.

yes, first Audi. Thank you for the welcome.

She did a good job on it. Entire thing ripped right off. I think i can salvage some of the parts, but who knows. Probably looking at a total replacement, and rewiring.

Pre-mirror decapitation...


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The wiring is only plugs I believe. Just search EBAY for a used one, repaint it and put it back in. If the deductible is $250 then let the insurance company take care of it. My wife did have the driver side missed a little and cause a scratch thanks to the "break away mirror" design. Now we only have a scratch.

Cheers,

Louis

Look at it this way: $2K is much cheaper than a divorce!

LOL. you are very right. Not sure what i was more bothered by. The mirror laying in the driveway, or the 5am wake up to tell me about it!

No kidding. Why do those calls always come at 5am?