What's with the mixed top and bottom quoting?
Anyway, your claim is that they could go to some other supplier and just get enough to cover all of them, including new manufacture, "in an instant".
That suggestion is 100% false. There was *one* supplier for the particular part, and VAG had to get a different manufacturer to supply both the new and replacement parts.
Like I said, you can't wave a wand and have parts appear. They need to made, shipped and stocked. Which takes time.
extreme,
flexibility?
Again, why should they cover something out of warranty? Why bother having a warranty period AT ALL? I know of plenty of folks that have had things not recalled covered out of warranty. But those things were generally small, and the cars were close to the end of warranty.
In addition, VAG did cover the electric window lift clip thing outside of warranty for lots of cars that were FAR outside the period. Look it up.
You keep avoiding the question - why have a warranty period at all, if folks expect free repairs for the life of the car?
You admitted that you weren't an automotive engineer. So, I guess some pedant can hop up and down and say "I told you so," but that doesn't make his training or experience any more relevant to the issue. So you're an engineer. You're not an AUTOMOTIVE engineer, so you are not qualified to judge the quality of the engineering from mere inspection. In fact, I'm not sure a real automotive engineer is qualified to judge from mere inspection. Real testing is required.
If the part is snapped clean off after driving out of the dealer's lot, then your analogy would be apt. But it's still functional (or was, until someone told you it needed to be replaced.) We do not know if that assessment is accurate.
Then why can't you?
No, the main topic is your inability to accept that the warranty period is over, and your parts aren't covered now. There's no recall, which means you're going to have to pay to have them replaced. Life's hard.
Again, why should Audi cover something outside of warranty that's not a recall?
And nice diversion from the question. Wasn't somebody just complaining about slight diversion somewhere? LOL.
What's the name of this so-called dealer? Do they exist, even?
Why? You were complaining about good stories being rare. They aren't.
lifetime
underengineering, so
Your *claim* is that's it's underengineering, without any sort of credentials or testing data. I have not forgotten that at all - but I do recognize that it allows you to pursue the circular logic that it should be replaced at no cost to you. Why? Because it's underengineered! How do you know? Just by looking at it.
If my credibility with you is nil, so what? You're the one trying to convince me that you are somehow correct, so my opinion must be important for some reason.
E.P.