Well this dealership sucks!
Put a scratched up wheel in my spare tire compartment after I paid $2K for 19's
Had some idiot try to buff out the lot/shipping scratches with a freaking wool pad and gave me hilacious swirl marks.
Wrote the wrong contract for my Autoguard, and they did not even fill my tank all the way up. Sales guy was cool but service department and
over all dealership sucks!

 

I had somewhat of a similiar experience at McDonald. I has just came back from Iraq and was crashin' at my moms crib in the D. Now mind you I've been set on buying an A4 for almost 6 months. I go down there to test drive one and some German dudes like you have to make an appointment and basically treated me like crap. I was wearing some jeans and t shirt. I'm 33 but look hella young so I think he was like who the hell is this. I was so pissed. I spent the next month looking at other cars and was very close to getting an Acura TL because of that mess. Who ever heard such a thing. Appointment for a test drive. Get real!!! I'd been to OK, TX and Colorado Springs and those jokers were more than happy to let me test drive one. Luckily, Phil Long, back home in the Springs was real cool and patient so I ended up getting the A4 from them. The sales guy at Phil Long was Bill Urwin he was real cool. I would also say I am glad I didn't get the Acura, in retrospect a month after the voice act and nav wore off I would have been bored. Don't let the experience discourage you, Audi has a great product.

 

Audi does have great product and I am enjoying the A8L tremendously! I will never ever buy from McDonald automotive again.
I will use Prestige Imports in Denver. They are the 8th out of 274 reviewed Audi dealers and 14th out of all 636 Audi/VW dealers.
Let's compare: McDonald is 262 out of 274 reviewed Audi dealers and 619th out of all Audi/VW dealers. They truly do suck!

 

I jsut want to say thanks to both you for the info. I am returning to Denver next week and was looking at picking up a certified used Audi TT. Was going to stop at McDonald on Monday, but I think I will just skip it now and head on over to to Phil Long to see what they can set me up with. Anyway, thanks again for the great info!

 

Darn! I just bought from McDonald. I was over at Prestige first and spoke with Mike Pearson. He seemed very nice but not that willing to deal. I went over to McDonald and they beat it by maybe $1500. They seem to be a little shady though compared to Prestige. I am in the market for an A3 next and maybe I will go to Prestige.

 

LOL I spoke with the Mike P guy at Prestige as well, however ended up buying a 2003 from a place called Sport Cars in Commerce City. Sounds shady I know, but got a pretty sweet deal and no complaints so far.

Do you guys think its worth getting an extended warranty from any of the local dealerships? I know 3rd party warranty places SUCK, but will Prestige even offer one if it is over 50k?

 

Hmmm... don't know about the warranty. You mean when you buy it? Most magazines I read say it is not worth it. There are too many exclusions and some companies have gone out of business so you are screwed and lose the money you paid for it.

I did go back to McDonald a couple of weekends ago to test drive A3s. Drove the 2.0T and the 3.2 version. I liked the zippiness of the 2.0T model so that's what I am getting. The prices at McDonald were SO high compared to what I am seeing on Autotrader.com and ebay.

 

I've been in the market for a new '08 A3 3.2, and though in the end I chose not to go with McDonald they did give me the lowest bid on my first go-around. I wanted a new '08 A3 3.2 with no options (invoice $33,187; MSRP $35,690, all including the $775 destination charge).

I requested bids from all six Colorado dealers. Here is how they replied:[ul][*]Elk Mountain Motors: No response; sent follow-up, but still no response[*]Phil Long Audi: No response; sent follow-up, but still no response[*]Ed Carroll Motor: $34,571 (Adolf Zoch)[*]McDonald Automotive Group: $34,076.50 (Craig Muthard)[*]Stammler Imports: $35,200 ("free" iPod adapter, Chris Root)[*]Prestige Imports: $34,075 (Dave McManus)*[/ul]* McManus asked me what I thought was a fair price, so I told him he had to beat $34,076.50. So he responded with a bid $1.50 lower.

I signed with Prestige earlier this afternoon, but who knows whether they'll still try to screw me once the vehicle arrives on their lot and they have the urge to rust-proof it for "only" $2,000. Or whatever.

Anyway, though I never set foot in McDonald, and though I've never had a car repaired there, and though they have 12 complaints filed in the last three years with the Better Business Bureau (Prestige has 3; Ed Carroll has 3; and Stammler has only 1) , they did come in with the lowest bid in response to my emails. That's something, right?

 

I also had a lousy experience a few years ago with McDonald. They tried to soak me for 500 bucks on my lease return. I refused to pay and protested. I take excellent care of my vehicles.Corporate finally agreed with me and also gave me my deposit back after inspecting the car and finding that NOTONE thing listed by McDonald as user damge was damaged at all.. I swore I would never return to McDonald and I haven't even though I live near by. Last month I found a certified 2002 TT roadster at PRESTIGE Imports in Lakewood, CO. I got a sweet deal and was treated very well. And there you have it. I bought this one...

 

Has anyone ever dealt with The Import Warehouse on Broadway? I'm looking for pre-owned A4 and they seem to have a few. I know they aren't a franchised dealer, but the seem to have some clean cars?

http://www.theimportwarehouse.com