DO NOT BUY THIS CAR
The A8L appears to be a great car. But Audi is not telling its customers something very important. If this car is in a wreck, it can take up to 3 months to repair. I was in a rear end collision over 6 weeks ago. The repair work has not even started. The reason is that Audi limits collision repairs to one shop in any particular city. I live in a city with 5 million people. There is only one shop that can repair the vehicle and the shop has only one technician who is authorized to do the work. As there are five other cars waiting to be repaired ahead of me, it will be at least another month before I may see the car back. I filed a complaint with Audi, and they told me the reason for this insane policy is that the vehicle is aluminium and requires special training to repair. With all due respect to Audi, there are many other cars made of aluminium and many other repair shops that can perform the repair. So to make sure that these shops cannot do the repair, Audi will not sell them the parts. Audi refused to provide me with an alternative equivalent vehicle and refused to buy the car back. It is insane to purchase a car which costs between $90 and $100k and for Audi to create a situation where it is impossible get it repaired in a reasonable period of time. I will be commencing legal proceedings against Audi in the near future. I will report back on the results.
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service and maintenance cost is expensive
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- L 3.0T quattro SedanMSRP: $24,900133 mi away
- L 4.0T Sport quattro SedanMSRP: $19,785186 mi away
- L 4.0T Sport quattro SedanMSRP: $22,900316 mi away
Over rated
Car is noisy. And tech is older than my 2013 Jag XJ
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An inferno of potential problems
I waited many years to purchase this magnificent beast... my first A8. With 67k miles and a seemingly clean CarFax, I enter this ownership experience with much hope and anticipation. It was acquired from a local MB dealership. My Audi appears by all accounts to currently be in sound mechanical shape and well-maintained. Regrettably, the uncomfortable insistence and overt eagerness of the extended warranty salesman at the dealership still strikes me as an ongoing concern. I would have gladly purchased an extended warranty at the time of sale, yet the process was so haphazard and poorly portrayed that I now find myself without any coverage. The tech in this car is spectacular... and daunting. I'll be pursuing some sort of extended warranty for peace of mind.
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Best car I ever owned.
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