I really hope Audi are charging you a storage fee while you throw your toys out of your pram because you are quite frankly obnoxious and need to get a grip on reality!
As my main fun car is a Calloway twin turbo Corvette ZR1, I really seriously f*****g doubt it, my starter motor probably produces more power than the Audi.
So there, I’ll consider my willy waved for today.:)
£420 for a dealer replaced alternator isn’t that bad considering how much they charge for labour per hour.
If you think that’s bad, my alternator costs £500 at the very very best just for the part ( a few hundred more from the dealer ) and then you have to factor in ripping the front end apart to replace it cause it’s jacketed into the engine block and coolant system.
I’ve two audis – what’s that make me? (ok I have one and my misses has another)
However neither of them are a TT.
Should of gone to Skoda, or VW – they are the same bits 🙂
When i blew the head gasket and waterpump on my previous golf GTI, I took it to a non-audi garage just over the border in Wales. To fix that AND Service the car cost me £500. Problem isn’t the car – it’s where you left it.
OP, get your jellymould round to FRM (Saville Road). They did an alternator for me recently for about £250. It wasn’t a TT but alternators in ‘normal’ cars are not that different. Yeah, Yeah, I know it’s a rip snorting, tyre shreddin beast but the alternator isn’t gold is it? You won’t get a cup of tea of BJ from the receptionist but your dad/mum/brother/you/shell/bp/texaco/esso etc can save some money.
As for the dealer, they charge ~£100 p/h labour. What do you expect? It’s not compulsory. I get my motor serviced at that Audi dealer and it costs about the same as my wife’s Ford p/a once you factor in a service every 20k miles (variable servicing) and a free MOT every year.