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Old 01-25-2002, 10:30 AM
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Default Anyone have a problem getting a loaner when in for service?

My dealer has a quota for the number of loaners they give out. If you don't call way in advance, you're SOL. Maybe I shouldn't complain since the service is free, but the dealer makes such a big deal about how their customers love their loaners, I think it's false advertising.

My wife never has a problem getting a loaner at the Lexus dealer. They do make a major extraction from the wallet for service, however.

While I'm ranting, they've got new a**holes in the service department, who are very patronizing while they smile at you. I may just go elsewhere for my next car.
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Ask for a rental
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I never got loaners for the 1st 24 hours...
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Default All the dealers in Socal only give RENTAL cars,...never found one w/ loaners...and they only give

rentals IF your car is in for warranty work...not regularly scheduled maintenance.
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Default Do you mean a rental they pay for or I pay for?

When the dealer says loaner, in my experience, they never mean an actual Audi. They mean a rental. The one time I had one it was a Kia Sephia.

I may be wrong about it, though. I'll have to be more specific when I ask next time.
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Today I'm driving a Volvo V70 XC AWD loaner - my A4 is in for its 20k appt
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I get a rental/loaner everytime my car is in for warranty service. In fact I got an Infinity I30 now
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Default The only time I had a rental was for warranty work...

so it seems that my dealer's policy is similar to those is Socal. I don't mind being treated like everyone else. I do wish that the dealer had been more clear about the policy from the start. Of course, they talked about their "loaner/rental" policy in glowing terms before I bought. I'm in VA BTW.
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The devil will be sellin' snowcones before I get treated like that.
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You won't like my last loaner... loaded 2001 A6 4.2


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