Cost to CPO a b6/b7 S4?

**anerbe** · 01-19-2009 10:29 AM

Hello guys,

About to pull a trigger on a b7 s4 that is not certified, and I would like to know the price to have it done. I'm looking for actual dealer cost, as I am being told the lump price with dealer profit while being told I am getting it certified at cost.

Could anybody help? I would love to be a part of this community!

Thanks!

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**RocC4S** · 01-19-2009 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by anerbe

Hello guys,

About to pull a trigger on a b7 s4 that is not certified, and I would like to know the price to have it done. I'm looking for actual dealer cost, as I am being told the lump price with dealer profit while being told I am getting it certified at cost.

Could anybody help? I would love to be a part of this community!

Thanks!

E

That is a tough question. In order to CPO a car it has to pass a checklist. Every car is different as to what it mat need in re-con to pass that list. For instance, one car may need a whole set of tires, brakes, detail, etc.. Another car may need nothing more than an inspection and a detail. So to put a general price on any car to CPO is impossible. I have noticed, most dealers are charging $3k for CPO. I would guess their cost is @ $2200. Hope that helps...

**gjc** · 01-19-2009 11:46 AM

While this is true ^^; I believe the dealer actually has to pay something like 1,100-1,500 to Audi of America to obtain the Certification. The point of this being once CPO'd the warranty is good at all dealers, not just where you made the purchase.

**anerbe** · 01-19-2009 12:32 PM

thanks for the info guys!

I was expecting around 2500, but I was hoping to get the cost assuming there are no other fee's besides just the inspection - no tires, brakes, etc...as I can get these things through work.

any further information available?

**40valve** · 01-19-2009 12:38 PM

I got charged $3K although only thing they did was put new tires on.

**FastB7S4** · 01-19-2009 01:03 PM

are you buying from the dealer or are you buying elsewhere and want to take it to the dealer to certify? if the latter, i don't know if they will do that for you unless you bought the car from them.

**...Mark...** · 01-19-2009 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by FastB7S4

i don't know if they will do that for you unless you bought the car from them.

Thats what i always thought. That's why i shopped aftermarket warranties.

**serumk** · 01-19-2009 02:14 PM

Yeah, I've never heard of a dealer certifying a car at a customer's request, or a car being certified after it was purchased.

Usually a dealer decides if they can/want to certify it when they inventory it, and that's that.

You can get a warranty that's fairly equivalent to the CPO warranty, though.

To give you an idea, for a 36 month/36,000 mile warranty ($100 deductible) on my 2004 S4 MT6 with 48,000 miles, the dealership I work at would have to pay the warranty company $3,200. That's zero profit. So, expect to pay quite a bit. (The dealership's cost on a powertrain-only warranty, everything else the same, is $2,150)

**anerbe** · 01-19-2009 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by FastB7S4

are you buying from the dealer or are you buying elsewhere and want to take it to the dealer to certify? if the latter, i don't know if they will do that for you unless you bought the car from them.

looking to buy a car from a dealer, but its not yet certified -

at the moment, I am at the mercy of the dealer lumping all the costs in - if they don't budge, I plan to getting a loan from a credit union and low balling the price w/o certification

**serumk** · 01-19-2009 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by anerbe

looking to buy a car from a dealer, but its not yet certified -

at the moment, I am at the mercy of the dealer lumping all the costs in - if they don't budge, I plan to getting a loan from a credit union and low balling the price w/o certification

Which dealer? I lived in MI for 21 years, until August 08.

**EYE4SPEED** · 01-19-2009 05:38 PM

To get Audi CPO, you must buy from an Audi dealer. They would credit me $1700 if I "uncertified" my car before I bought it.

**Jdubya** · 01-19-2009 06:24 PM

When I called the Audi dealer about CPO'ing my 05 they quoted me $1800.

**quattro.it** · 01-19-2009 07:54 PM

Audi charges its dealers $1700 just for the certificate. Any repairs, etc are above and beyond the certificate cost. On avg it costs dealer ~$3k to bring a car up to CPO standards.

**anerbe** · 01-20-2009 06:53 AM

thanks for the responses guys!

I was assuming it would be under 2k, and I'll need to be with the dealer to determine what is in need to repair / replacement. My goal is to be under 2500 with the brokers fee, certification and miscellaneous repair.