My 1997 A8 experience

I purchased a certifed preowned 1997 Audi A8 in August of 2001. The
car had two years left of the original warranty and was always
maintained by the local dealership. After the warranty period, I had
the timing chain replaced by the local dealer for about $2500. In
January of this year (at 101,000 miles) I had problems with the
transmission. The dealer's extimate to repair the car was between
$8,000 - $12,000. They refused to help me out in any way. They
wouldn't even give me anything for trade-in on another Audi.
I donated the car to Charity.
Buyer Beware

Will wrote:

>I purchased a certifed preowned 1997 Audi A8 in August of 2001. The
>car had two years left of the original warranty and was always
>maintained by the local dealership. After the warranty period, I had
>the timing chain replaced by the local dealer for about $2500. In
>January of this year (at 101,000 miles) I had problems with the
>transmission. The dealer's extimate to repair the car was between
>$8,000 - $12,000. They refused to help me out in any way. They
>wouldn't even give me anything for trade-in on another Audi.
>I donated the car to Charity.
>Buyer Beware

If you can name the dealer, the we could beware.

8 to 12 k$ is quite a bit. Makes me wonder what they wanted to repair.

Regards

Wolfgang

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1999 Audi A6 Avant TDI

> I purchased a certifed preowned 1997 Audi A8 in August of 2001. The
> car had two years left of the original warranty and was always
> maintained by the local dealership. After the warranty period, I had
> the timing chain replaced by the local dealer for about $2500. In
> January of this year (at 101,000 miles) I had problems with the
> transmission. The dealer's extimate to repair the car was between
> $8,000 - $12,000. They refused to help me out in any way. They
> wouldn't even give me anything for trade-in on another Audi.
> I donated the car to Charity.
> Buyer Beware

Which engine?
Was it a regular automatic, a tiptronic or a manual transmission?
Thanks.

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Best regards.
Giovanni Tarantino
Bevaix (NE)
Switzerland
1997 Audi A4 2.8 Q 222,000 km (137,000 miles)
1997 BMW 535i 220,000 km (134,000 miles)