Extend warranty- ha god no !
I’ve been dreaming about the day that it’s out and I can modify the car without voiding it ( come on APR hurry up ! )
I've come from a background of quality , nearly new , JDM imports without warranty and so I'm not particularly bothered, plus I have faith in my own maintenance regime and driving for me to be content with the three years standard warranty. I’ve covered 40k now and I’m hoping that most of the niggles that can be rectified by warranty have been! Plus I’m a little disillusioned with the Audi warranty- I’ve had several cosmetic things that Audi won’t consider as defects or rectify !!! So there is no way whatsoever I’ll be giving them 400 quid for extended warranty.
I have no reason to not use long life oil but like everything in life there is always better or more effective! So I’m interested really to find out what qualities & additives are added to long life that are necessary for the 3.0t lump and what is unnecessary for 6000 mile changes. It might transpire that the prescribed long life oil is the best available option but I suspect that there is probably better, more suitable oil for short interval changes.
I plan to keep the car for 200k plus and basically do all the servicing and maintenance myself from now on ... so, satisfying myself that I’ve made the correct decision regarding service parts / fluids etc is important!