stuck24
so?
Extended warranties are usually only beneficial to whomever is selling them.
true: but with a pretty short 3 yr full warranty, and another 4 years to pay the car off.... I'm willing to cough up for my 6 yr/ 72k ext warranty...
Extended warranties are usually only beneficial to whomever is selling them.
I find that hard to believe because every $1k is $20 a month to your monthly. Unless you got your extended warranty for $250 then it isn't only $5 a month.
um...that sounds a tad low... sure they din't give ya just a powertrain extended warranty...??? (which is kinda useless since you already have a 5 yr/60k warranty on that...)
Had a Mercedes E55 with an extended warranty that went to 8/88k that cost me $3,200. I thought at first it was a waste of money but wanted to be safe with a car were any repair is a grand or more. The warranty company ended up paying out $14.5k to fix all the crap that went wrong with the car. The $3,200 was some of the best money I spent. When the warranty was coming up I sold the beautiful and fast but unreliable E55 and got a refund on the unused portion of the insurance.
How much did you guys pay for your platinum warranty? I paid around 2k.
bumping this one up as I am debating this right now. Picked up my JSW TDI last Friday and was offered the platinum plan for
7yr/70K for $1981 or
7yr/100K for 2365
decisions decisions......
warranties like this are generally a scam the dealership uses to suck more money out of morons, most people do not typically keep a car for more than 5 years and these warranties play upon everyone's desire to be content for longer than they usually are. Keep in mind this warranty will likely not transfer to the new owner and if it does it will not mean a damn thing come trade in time.
If you are willing to pay for your insecurities then go for it, generally you're better suited without it.
interesting points of view....points taken.
Never caved in for extended warranties for the past 5 cars I bought and not really sure why I am giving it more thought this time around. Although I should have bought it for my 2001 Chevy Tahoe that was a PITA after 50k on it.
problem is that VW bumper to bumper warranty is only 3 years.... most people here will keep their GTIs for at least 5-7 years... I can't see myself w/out full coverage for 3 of those years after the regular warrranty expires... That's the cost og German engineering.... ahahahahah.