Transmission rebuild costs???
 

How much would I be looking at for a tranny rebuild? rough estimates?

Cheers

Budget 2 to 2.5K for a full rebuild, or a bit more if you want a full recon box from Audi.

You can get it done cheaper, but its doubtful that they change all the parts and do a full recon for less than 2K and if you're gonna pay to remove it and strip it down, you might as well renew all the replaceable items.

Check the warranty - 12 months is ok, but 2 years is more piece of mind.

*faints*

other reponses are: Pay the bill or Scrap the Car. Brutual I know.

I'm going for the first choice when Father Christmas arrives.

Hence the reason I'm getting shot of my one.
I did think about getting it replaced/rebuilt but for the age of the car and with the other things that may or may not go wrong, I did not think it to be worth while.
I would have liked to have kept the car as I think its fantastic, just not economical to pay someone to fix everything.

What attracted you to the 2.8 Sat? You can get an S8 for the price of a box rebuild. +++

Had one of the A8s for about 7 years now, the other was dirt cheap and local with the bits we wanted to change on the first one. Seen a few S8s but have a particular spec in mind and havent found one that fits.

You could try Mackies in Glasgow, they're a ZF specialist, but probably a similar price :)

Personally, I'd find it difficult to justify throwing 2500 - £3000 on a car worth about £4500.

Actually, scrub that. If my ZF went bust and I had no other option to get her back on the road, I'd part her out, add the proceeds to the £3000 repair bill and get something else. I like automobile, but definitely don't love them. An automobile can ruin you, if you allow it to. :rolleyes:

That's just me guys, others will have different views when it comes to dealing with money pits. +++

IMHO the only way to look at major component failure is "can i find a car as good as the one i have now for less/same as the repair". For example to find one with the same mileage and spec as mine currently has will cost more than the repair (just) and I also know mine is in good shape (cambelt, tyres and rad are all shiny and new) so if mine goes pop it would be fixed (the gearbag's been serviced so I'm hoping it won't) however another year or so down the line? sadly it'll be pushing up daisies. 2.5k on a 4k car i know is in otherwise good shape.....a bill i'd pay everytime! 2.5k on a car worth 2k at best.......bye bye car! As a well known desert rodent once said....simples!