Damaged alloy by dealer

[p3asa]

That is one thing I will miss about my Audi, whenever I took it to my local dealership for any work, as soon as I pulled up at the door all alloys were photographed by one of their workers then a few general shots of the car.
I'm not sure if this is an Audi practice or just my local dealers but it certainly gave me peace of mind.
No damage whatsoever.

That compared to VW, I've had 2 different dealers damage my MK6 Golf while in with them.
I'm now looking at a dealer over 30 miles away to deal with the Mk7 and dreading it.

[Booth11]

That is one thing I will miss about my Audi, whenever I took it to my local dealership for any work, as soon as I pulled up at the door all alloys were photographed by one of their workers then a few general shots of the car.
I'm not sure if this is an Audi practice or just my local dealers but it certainly gave me peace of mind.
No damage whatsoever.

That compared to VW, I've had 2 different dealers damage my MK6 Golf while in with them.
I'm now looking at a dealer over 30 miles away to deal with the Mk7 and dreading it.

You're making me nervous    mine goes in Monday for service....gulp.

I wish VW did a photo audit.  They always look at me like I'm a freak when I ask to go round the car.

[charlie]

That is one thing I will miss about my Audi, whenever I took it to my local dealership for any work, as soon as I pulled up at the door all alloys were photographed by one of their workers then a few general shots of the car.
I'm not sure if this is an Audi practice or just my local dealers but it certainly gave me peace of mind.
No damage whatsoever.

That compared to VW, I've had 2 different dealers damage my MK6 Golf while in with them.
I'm now looking at a dealer over 30 miles away to deal with the Mk7 and dreading it.

You're making me nervous    mine goes in Monday for service....gulp.

I wish VW did a photo audit.  They always look at me like I'm a freak when I ask to go round the car.

you ask them if they look at you like a freak stick your  out at them

[Peter W]

Here are the pics of the damage, looks like one of the marks is caused by a sharp edge, the other from kerb or similar contact. 3rd pic is new wheel and car back to normal.


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[Booth11]

Careless idiots.  Glad it's all sorted for you.  Though looking at the first pic I'm surprised you didn't damage the alloy when you took that chunk out of the tyre, unless it like that when you got the car.

[joe6]

Hi Peter W

Slightly off topic but noticed you had the Dunlop SP sport Maxx. Wondered how you find them?

[Peter W]

Joe,

I have been pleasantly surprised with the Dunlops, plus points are they seem to live a long life, fronts were swapped at around 14K, grip in the winter and wet on the worn fronts that were removed was reassuring good, they have a good wheel rim protector for close calls to kerbs. Downside is they seem to be noisy which may come from the harder side wall and 35 profile. I now have michelin pilot super sports on the rear and the back seat passengers seem to think it is quieter than before. The rear Dunlops have now been posted to the front for the remainder of their life and will be swapped for super sports also. I'm not saying that the Dunlops are bad but I want to go with the michelins this time.

Rebecca, I think the rim protector chunk you noticed was prior to my owning, that wheel did give a hint of being refurb'd in the past. To tell the truth I'm glad it was that one that they damaged, as it has been replaced by a new one.

[Booth11]

Rebecca, I think the rim protector chunk you noticed was prior to my owning, that wheel did give a hint of being refurb'd in the past. To tell the truth I'm glad it was that one that they damaged, as it has been replaced by a new one.

Thought it may have been prior to your ownership.  Looked like it was a bit of a lucky escape just to lose a few mm of tyre rim protector and escape damage to the wheel rim.  I have a similar chunk out of one of mine but the alloy also took a hit