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Any one else get an extended warranty? I don't plan on doing significant mods and I'm not that mechanically inclined.I got a price on a 7yr/70K mile deductible policy for about 60% less than the dealer offered me at the time of purchase.As far as I could see the policy from the dealer had the same coverage as the one I got. I couldn't resist.I'll let you know in seven years if it was worth it.
-------------------- 35th Anv. A4 LE Vert. #4725 W/345 HP CME perfomance package, ASR, SLP Mats and Fobs, Windstop, Hotchkis STB, K&N air filter,SLP engine plaque,SLP custom rear deck mat,SLP 35th LE front grille. Posts: 78 | From: Bucks County, PA | Registered: Jan 2002
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... I purchased one thru the dealer (not the GM one) for a 6yr/ 100K mile extended warranty. 0 deductable. Cost me 1500 bux, that they financed for a year with no interest or finance charges.
When I had the A4 trans go last Nov, they replaced it with no charge to me, 2700 bux to them.
It's a 99 but I already have 49K on the clock
Yea, they're worth it.
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Ohhhhhh.....not the dreaded extended warranty question. Oh well, I'll post my standard response, which I keep on my computer in a MS Word file for occasions just like this.
quote:I will always buy an extended warranty for whatever car I ever buy. The reason? The following experience I had:
I purchased my "old" SS (1987, Monte Carlo) back when the cars only came with a 12 month/12000 mile warranty. I had the option of purchasing an extended warranty at any time during that period. Just before the period was up, my parents had their engine go at ~40,000 miles in their Ford LTD - and it cost them a bundle to replace. So, I got a 6 year/100,000 mile warranty for $800 and change.
Good thing I did. Up to the end of the warranty, I figured that I had recouped almost twice the original cost of the warranty. Then, at 99,324 miles, I started losing antifreeze and couldn't figure out where it was leaking. So, I took it into the dealership to have it checked out. Turns out that I had a cracked engine block. The warranty ended up covering over $3000 in parts and labor. (Looking back, I don't know why they just didn't drop a new engine in, but, oh well) And the head mechanic took me aside and suggested that, since the labor was all covered, I should replace the parts they weren't covering. So, I practically ended up with a new engine. And I figure that the money I saved will cover the cost of an extended warranty for every car I will own in the future.
By the way, my "old" SS is now my bad weather car. It's at 229K miles and still going. Not a bad deal!
I wrote this three years ago in response to a post on the old SLP Board (I think). My old SS now has 247K miles on it and is my winter car.
-------------------- Jim Mac '98 Silver SS #108 Posts: 1907 | From: I hope I'm not repeating myself. Again. And Again. Stop picking on me! Waaahhh!! | Registered: Feb 2000
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