I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
will take me to about the beginning of February.

The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
17,000 miles.

So when will I need to get the car serviced?

I asked the local dealer (Epsom Audi), but the response was singularly
vague and uninspiring: 'wait until it beeps at you'. Thanks, but that
doesn't answer my question. When should I expect it to beep at me?
September? February? Somewhere in between?They never did answer that
one. And the Owner's Manual is no more helpful - I've never before
seen one that says so much whilst being so uninformative.

I'd like to be able to factor the cost into my budgeting and also know
roughly when I'm going to need to make the necessary time available.
If anyone can offer more useful information than the dealer or the
manual, I'd be very glad to hear it.

Thank you.

Peter.

 

> The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
> 17,000 miles.
>
> So when will I need to get the car serviced?

It will "beep" in 28 days or after 6000 miles, which ever comes first.

 

> The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
> 17,000 miles.
>
> So when will I need to get the car serviced?

It will "beep" in 28 days or after 6000 miles, which ever comes first.

 

> The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
> 17,000 miles.
>
> So when will I need to get the car serviced?

It will "beep" in 28 days or after 6000 miles, which ever comes first.

 

On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:34:25 +0100, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:

>I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
>April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
>isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
>will take me to about the beginning of February.
>
>The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
>17,000 miles.
>
>So when will I need to get the car serviced?
>
Usually the Audis neeed to be serviced after X miles or Y years,
whichever comes first. That's to cover both the mileeaters and the
garagefillers.

So, 28 days or 6kmiles does make sense as obviously you have reched
one of the two limits by then.

If you don't make 6000 miles until in 28 days then the 28 days will be
the determining factor.

And your dealer should know that, call them on it and if they don't
know better, then change dealer.

Gruß

Wolfgang

--
* Das ist meine Standardsignatur gezippt mit SigZip

 

On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:34:25 +0100, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:

>I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
>April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
>isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
>will take me to about the beginning of February.
>
>The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
>17,000 miles.
>
>So when will I need to get the car serviced?
>
Usually the Audis neeed to be serviced after X miles or Y years,
whichever comes first. That's to cover both the mileeaters and the
garagefillers.

So, 28 days or 6kmiles does make sense as obviously you have reched
one of the two limits by then.

If you don't make 6000 miles until in 28 days then the 28 days will be
the determining factor.

And your dealer should know that, call them on it and if they don't
know better, then change dealer.

Gruß

Wolfgang

--
* Das ist meine Standardsignatur gezippt mit SigZip

 

On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:34:25 +0100, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:

>I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
>April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
>isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
>will take me to about the beginning of February.
>
>The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
>17,000 miles.
>
>So when will I need to get the car serviced?
>
Usually the Audis neeed to be serviced after X miles or Y years,
whichever comes first. That's to cover both the mileeaters and the
garagefillers.

So, 28 days or 6kmiles does make sense as obviously you have reched
one of the two limits by then.

If you don't make 6000 miles until in 28 days then the 28 days will be
the determining factor.

And your dealer should know that, call them on it and if they don't
know better, then change dealer.

Gruß

Wolfgang

--
* Das ist meine Standardsignatur gezippt mit SigZip

 

>I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
> April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
> isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
> will take me to about the beginning of February.
>
> The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
> 17,000 miles.
>
> So when will I need to get the car serviced?
>
> I asked the local dealer (Epsom Audi), but the response was singularly
> vague and uninspiring: 'wait until it beeps at you'. Thanks, but that
> doesn't answer my question. When should I expect it to beep at me?
> September? February? Somewhere in between?They never did answer that
> one. And the Owner's Manual is no more helpful - I've never before
> seen one that says so much whilst being so uninformative.
>
> I'd like to be able to factor the cost into my budgeting and also know
> roughly when I'm going to need to make the necessary time available.
> If anyone can offer more useful information than the dealer or the
> manual, I'd be very glad to hear it.

With the variable service routine you just have to get it serviced when it
tells you. It bases its decision on the type of driving you do.

However the information you're getting doesn't really make sense. The time
portion is (AFAIK) just a countdown of two years which is the maximum your
car can go between services. The mileage is more accurate unless you're a
really low mileage driver.

I would say that the latest you should service is March 2006 but you may
want to get it done before then for piece of mind as dealers are notorious
for messing up the variable services.

HTH
Dave

 

>I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
> April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
> isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
> will take me to about the beginning of February.
>
> The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
> 17,000 miles.
>
> So when will I need to get the car serviced?
>
> I asked the local dealer (Epsom Audi), but the response was singularly
> vague and uninspiring: 'wait until it beeps at you'. Thanks, but that
> doesn't answer my question. When should I expect it to beep at me?
> September? February? Somewhere in between?They never did answer that
> one. And the Owner's Manual is no more helpful - I've never before
> seen one that says so much whilst being so uninformative.
>
> I'd like to be able to factor the cost into my budgeting and also know
> roughly when I'm going to need to make the necessary time available.
> If anyone can offer more useful information than the dealer or the
> manual, I'd be very glad to hear it.

With the variable service routine you just have to get it serviced when it
tells you. It bases its decision on the type of driving you do.

However the information you're getting doesn't really make sense. The time
portion is (AFAIK) just a countdown of two years which is the maximum your
car can go between services. The mileage is more accurate unless you're a
really low mileage driver.

I would say that the latest you should service is March 2006 but you may
want to get it done before then for piece of mind as dealers are notorious
for messing up the variable services.

HTH
Dave

 

>I bought my first Audi - a (secondhand) 2002 A4 3.0 quattro - in
> April. The service indicator currently says 28 days/6000 miles. This
> isn't consistent - 28 days will be early September, but 6000 miles
> will take me to about the beginning of February.
>
> The car's done 26,500 miles. It was last serviced in March 2004 at
> 17,000 miles.
>
> So when will I need to get the car serviced?
>
> I asked the local dealer (Epsom Audi), but the response was singularly
> vague and uninspiring: 'wait until it beeps at you'. Thanks, but that
> doesn't answer my question. When should I expect it to beep at me?
> September? February? Somewhere in between?They never did answer that
> one. And the Owner's Manual is no more helpful - I've never before
> seen one that says so much whilst being so uninformative.
>
> I'd like to be able to factor the cost into my budgeting and also know
> roughly when I'm going to need to make the necessary time available.
> If anyone can offer more useful information than the dealer or the
> manual, I'd be very glad to hear it.

With the variable service routine you just have to get it serviced when it
tells you. It bases its decision on the type of driving you do.

However the information you're getting doesn't really make sense. The time
portion is (AFAIK) just a countdown of two years which is the maximum your
car can go between services. The mileage is more accurate unless you're a
really low mileage driver.

I would say that the latest you should service is March 2006 but you may
want to get it done before then for piece of mind as dealers are notorious
for messing up the variable services.

HTH
Dave