Personal Consumer Issues • When to switch from dealer to independent for service

My wifes 3.0T 2018 Audi Q7 had audicare which covered the first 5 years of scheduled services. Now she is due for her 6 year/60k service, but that service is probably going to be more expensive than the entire first 5 years of service combined, I think I only paid 900 dollars for the audicare package which covered all her services up to this point

Anyway her car only has 38k miles, so we always have been getting the service based on time (1 year/10k miles whichever comes first) as the manual specifies

60k service is new spark plugs, accessory v belt, air filter, cabin filter and oil change. I'd guess the dealership wants 1k or more, unless there is another audicare package available (couldn't find anything)

There is an independent place that specializes in euro brands, I've used them for actual repairs with my bmw and they did good work. I''d trust them to do the Audi maintenance items, only hesitation is that the audi has only gone to dealer up to this point. I looked up factory warranty and it was only 4 years so it's been expired, seems like the time to switch it to the independent place is now unless anyone can think of a reason not to? Thanks for reading

Statistics: Posted by hoofaman — Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:43 am — Replies 1 — Views 152

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