I just called my local Audi Dealer to find out about the 710N DV and a bottle of coolent:

Bottle of Coolent- ECS Tuning -$10
- Stealership - $26

710N - ALMOST ANYWHERE ELSE - $30-35
- STEALERSHIP- $67!!!!

Stupid People. Guess I will just buy it on-line. Any of you have a 710 N that you want to sell me?

Josh

 

Find a local import or vw parts shop, they will have the g12 for non-dealer prices.

 

I bet you could find a used Forge style dv for $50-$75. I think it would be worth a little extra compared to a new 710N. If you intend on doing a k04 sometime (which i think you do?) then I wouldnt use a 710N dv. From my experience they are only good up to 18ish psi. An agressive k04 file boosts more than that. My 710N dv died after about a full year of boosting 20 psi.

 

I favorite stealership story is when I went in to see how much a replacment BOSE 6.5inch rear deck woofer would be.....$210 dollars EACH!!!!

 

Ebay you can get almost $75-120 per speaker used!!!

Josh

 

Welcome to Audi. My local is about the same, I paid $27 + tax for coolant, and when I first got the car, the CEL came on as I was leaving the dealership, it was the DV's & some other little things, they charged me 1.5hrs labor to change the DV's & $75 a piece for them. LEASON LEARNED!

Now I DIY, & only buy from the dealer when I have no other choice.

If you need a shop, I had Mechanic Masters over there, rebuild a very expensive, very high HP BMW engine for me, after it blew up @ Spokane Raceway.
Very good work, and they were cheap labor.

 

Moral of thread... Avoid dealer if possible. Some things you have no choice. I just paid $27 for a check valve not found anywhere else... Probably costed them about 50 centsto make and about 10 minutes in R&D time. Is pretty much robery.

 

I took my z32 to a dealer once to get a piece of missing window trim

One piece, drivers side, rubber/metal window trim - 280 bucks/part only.

 

Be happy it's not a S4, then you would have needed 2, and it would only be for that car, & cost $40 a piece.[]

 

i have a 710dv on my gt28rs and it blows..lol wont hold more than 16psi sometimes 18spi its all over the place, just have not gotten around to getting another one..