Consider this:<p>March 2001. The warranty on my 2.8qTip expires, and decide not to get an extended warranty because the car has no problems.<br>January 2003. Major engine and/or transmission problems. I rush to get an extended warranty, and soon thereafter I bring the car to a garage expecting the repairs to be covered under this warranty.<p>Is this possible?<p>Mark<br>98.5 2.8qTS

I think you have to purchase the extended warranty before the original factory warranty expires. You might be able to purchase one after but im sure it would require a pre-coverage inspection.

The sellers of extended warrantys long ago figured out what would happen if you could buy one any time you wanted.<p>A similar thing is going on in my state, and probably others, right now with health insurance. A woman plans on getting pregnant, buys health insurance, has her baby at the expense of the ins. co., and then drops coverage until next time. As a result, insurance companies are no longer selling policies to individuals, but only to employee groups (insurance through work). <p>Insurance companies exist to take profits, not losses. Loopholes get closed pretty quickly. As far as auto extended warrantys, the rates are carefully calculated so that, on average, the company will make money on the policy. (Some people win, and some lose, of course). So, on average, they are a money loser for the consumer. Most of them are tremendously overpriced, especially those sold through car dealers. Typically, they double the price that they have to pay the ins. co. for the warranty. (Of course, if you know this, there is lots of negotiation room in the price).

from any major disfunction in a costly product such as your A4 by a statute common to all states I've checked known as the "implied warranty of merchantability". You don't have to buy it; you simply have to be aware of the law and be prepared to enlist the aid of an attorney if necessary. This implied warranty provides that a product that fails to function essentially as it was designed (and represented at sale) to do triggers a consumer's right to compensation. State laws often provide that the dealer and/or manufacturer are liable for your attorney's fees if the breach is shown in court. The real protection for a consumer, in the case of the A4, is that you have a car so well-built that the scenario you posit is extremely unlikely to occur.

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I have read that they will fit. I was quoted a proce of $202 U.S. each from Clair Audi (they advertise here) That doesn't include any wiring harnesses or foglights. (The 99.5 fogs are in the bumpers)