maybe old news but when i phoned up audi tody to get my radio unlocked i got offered a " FREE " health check on the car aswell with a wash and hover
cant wait to see what they hit me with ..
Oh these are great fun. It's pretty much a "How much do you know about your car?" quiz from Audi, except there's no winning prize, only stupid costs to pay if you lose.
What they do is take your pride and joy off you for a couple of hours, go through a nice big spreadsheet of checkpoints, highlighting things that apparently need doing on your car, and then hand a copy of this sheet over to you. They will endeavour to point out absolutely everything that they could possibly charge you for, whether it's a necessity or not. The quiz begins when you receive the sheet, and start working out just how much of what they're telling you is actually the truth, and whether or not the things they've highlighted do or do not need doing...
The question is will you be a winner?
But in all seriousness, cutting all of my quiz rubbish above... It's really just an easy way for Audi to make a lot of money from unfortunate people who don't know much about their car. My car went into Audi for some minor servicing recently - some software related points that couldn't really be done anywhere else nearby me. Obviously included in this was the "Free Health Check" of which you speak, through which I was basically informed that everything under the sun is wrong with my car. Audi were also very helpful in reminding me that I'd fitted coilovers and recoloured the inside of my headlamps, just in case I'd forgotten maybe... Oh and the best part, they 'forgot' to wash and vacuum my car. Rest assured it went back to them the next day to have this completed, although don't expect a good wash, mine looked worse after than it did before it went in!
If you're genuinely worried by anything they put on their ridiculous spreadsheet, do yourself a favour and get it checked by an independent VW Audi Specialist, or a Garage you trust before you do anything. One thing I've learnt is, with cars, there is ALWAYS someone out there who will do a better job than the dealer, and usually for less.
