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[David Chabot]

My wife and I are thinking about buying our leased A4 2002. The car
will have about 44000 km in 4 years of usage at the end of our lease
(mid March 2006).

But, We are a little scared about the warranty. The dealer is forcing
us to buy a 2 years warranty at 2000$ (canadian dollars). This looks
to be the standard Certified pre-owned Limited Warranty of Audi. And
it sure looks very "limited" to me! Just about any part that will
probably get broken soon are not covered (break pads, exhaust,
transmission stuff, etc).

In general, is it a good thing to buy a car that you leased?
Knowing that it runs well, that it was treated good without abuse,
etc. It did spent 4 canadian winters, but still works perfect.

Anyone with good or bad experience to share? Or related web sites?

Thanks a lot!

David


P.S.
The car's price would be 19800$ + 2000$ warranty + taxes?
It is a 1.8T quattro automatic with the sport package and sun roof

[Curtis Newton]

You know the history of the car, that is a major benefit of purchasing
the car outright.

The dealer cannot force you to purchase an extended warranty. That is
totally up to you.

If you want to look around, a friend of mine has had good luck with
the following, but I have never used their services.

http://www.continentalwarranty.com/

[Jay Somerset]

That sounds much cheaper than it would be to buy from a dealer, or what
someone else would pay to buy the same car after you turned it back in at
the end of your lease.

As for the extended warranty -- at $2000 (CAD) for 2 years -- that is very
high. No warranty will cover "consumable items" which includes brake pads,
rubber belts, wiper blades, interior/exterior trim, etc., and many will not
cover exhaust system parts

I bought an off-lease 1998 A6Q 2.8 4-1/2 years ago in the US, with 27,000
miles on the clock (43,200 km). I got a 4-year/48,000 mile extended
warranty (through Carmax) for $1650 (US$) which was a good buy, considering
that I had well over $3000 worth of warranty work done before it expired.
This warranty was a much better deal than the one you are being offered -- I
would shop around and perhaps get a 3rd-party extended warranty if the
deraler won't do a lot better.

But lets face it -- Audis become very expensive after the first 4 or 5
years!
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Jay.
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[Hi Ho Silver]

I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure it is illegal for them to force
you to buy an extended warranty. They can certainly offer it, and
highly recommend it, and even tell you you're stupid if you don't take
it (though it's not generally a good customer service idea to inform
your customers that they're stupid), but I don't believe they can force
you to buy it.

If they continue on that path, tell Audi Canada about it; some pressure
from above will probably change the dealership's mind. Failing that,
I'm sure the relevant consumer protection ministry of your provincial
government would be interested in hearing of this business practice.

$In general, is it a good thing to buy a car that you leased?
$Knowing that it runs well, that it was treated good without abuse,
$etc. It did spent 4 canadian winters, but still works perfect.

Buying someone else's used car is a crapshoot because you don't
know how it was driven. Unless the maintenance records are provided
along with it, you also don't know if it received all of its usual
maintenance. You also don't know what things have gone wrong with it
and needed to be replaced.

Buying your own used car fixes all of these problems. If the price
is reasonable, I'd say it's a good way to get a used car in good shape.
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