$400 to keep my warranty for another 50k miles. yes please
You need to bring this up north to Canada buddy
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Or until the insurance company goes bankrupt.
Or until the insurance company goes bankrupt.
If they sell 1000 of the $400 warranties, they will get $400,000. If an engine replacement is $7,000, they could replace 57 engines and still remain profitable. I don't think 57 out of every 1000 VW engines grenade with this tune.
Unless my math is wrong, which is entirely possible. [emoji4]
I also didn't consider "minor" repairs like turbo failures, which would cut into profitability. It also doesn't include the profit they make on each tune, which is probably considerable.
If they sell 1000 of the $400 warranties, they will get $400,000. If an engine replacement is $7,000, they could replace 57 engines and still remain profitable. I don't think 57 out of every 1000 VW engines grenade with this tune.
Unless my math is wrong, which is entirely possible.
I also didn't consider "minor" repairs like turbo failures, which would cut into profitability. It also doesn't include the profit they make on each tune, which is probably considerable.
So true. If it's an insurance game, some might feel better pocketing the difference for a rainy day.In my eyes it's also a good indication that the Stage 1 tune is relatively safe for your engine/turbo/drivetrain, they wouldn't offer it if they thought they would be paying out lots of claims.
So true. If it's an insurance game, some might feel better pocketing the difference for a rainy day.
This whole thing just makes me even more hesitant to get the HT/HO Stage 1 tune that I really would rather have if it ends up the LO/LT APR+ tune sucks. If they don't have enough confidence to cover it under a warranty, (which I would pay a couple of hundred dollars more for), then how is the average consumer supposed to have confidence in it? Hell, I'd be happy to only get the LT/LO numbers at the much lower RPMs of the HT/HO tune.
Of course, once the ECU is flashed for any tune it will throw a TD1 code at the dealer even if the APR+ tune was not satisfactory and I had it removed within a week, which means I'm either locked into the APR+ tune to keep my powertrain warranty, or I likely lose it upon it's removal, but get the $1100.00 bucks back. Clearly the only fiscally responsible choice would be to keep the APR+ whether I like it or not.