Extended Warranty?
Discussion
My V12V will be three years old in a few weeks, and I am considering an extended warranty. Paul from Grange Welwyn has quoted £1,631 for one year of 'Premium Warranty', or £3,059 for two years.
Do many of you take the official warranty? Are there any problems with it? Does anyone get a discount? Does anyone take an alternative warranty?
Do many of you take the official warranty? Are there any problems with it? Does anyone get a discount? Does anyone take an alternative warranty?
I'm not at the same end of the cars 'age-range' but..
my '06 V8V came with a years warranty 18months ago, paid for itself with a leaky rocker cover gasket, faulty door lock switch on consul and replacement heated seat element before the first years cover was up. The car had been a garage queen and my use was waking things up.
It was enough to convince me to renew the warranty last July and can happily say it was the right decision as when the car went in for a service and clutch before Christmas, it stayed with Works to have a further £3k of warranty work, albeit issues that would have been picked up some years ago had the car been more heavily used, timing chain gasket etc.
In my book, a worth while investment. After having run a 55AMG and a Tuscan where any bill would have been equal and then some to the warranty cost, to have the option of buying a warranty for the Vantage is by far a good deal as in my mind, the propensity for a job costing the same as/more than an annual warranty is quite high.
Mike
my '06 V8V came with a years warranty 18months ago, paid for itself with a leaky rocker cover gasket, faulty door lock switch on consul and replacement heated seat element before the first years cover was up. The car had been a garage queen and my use was waking things up.
It was enough to convince me to renew the warranty last July and can happily say it was the right decision as when the car went in for a service and clutch before Christmas, it stayed with Works to have a further £3k of warranty work, albeit issues that would have been picked up some years ago had the car been more heavily used, timing chain gasket etc.
In my book, a worth while investment. After having run a 55AMG and a Tuscan where any bill would have been equal and then some to the warranty cost, to have the option of buying a warranty for the Vantage is by far a good deal as in my mind, the propensity for a job costing the same as/more than an annual warranty is quite high.
Mike
I am one of those who has the warranty. Like many of the same discussions on here, it depends on how you calculate risk and your car.
Personally, I have just renewed mine this month as it has served me well in the past couple of years. I am afraid that I have had a few things go wrong with my car, which, thankfully were all covered under warranty.
New windscreen (heating element failure), heated seat failure, 3x O2 sensors failures, door inner mechanism failure, headlight washer pump failure, front nearside road spring failure, thermostat failure.......and there are a few more besides.
I am one of those that likes the piece of mind, some don't bother and are prepared to pay the odd bill now and again and save the warranty money. Or they put the warranty money away and pay the bill/s out of it. If there are no issues, they have saved their money. It depends on how you want to look at it? However, I have had a few things go wrong, and wasn't prepared to take the risk when my warranty from purchase ran out.
Just my thoughts on the subject.
By the way, the top level warranty is around £1835
Personally, I have just renewed mine this month as it has served me well in the past couple of years. I am afraid that I have had a few things go wrong with my car, which, thankfully were all covered under warranty.
New windscreen (heating element failure), heated seat failure, 3x O2 sensors failures, door inner mechanism failure, headlight washer pump failure, front nearside road spring failure, thermostat failure.......and there are a few more besides.
I am one of those that likes the piece of mind, some don't bother and are prepared to pay the odd bill now and again and save the warranty money. Or they put the warranty money away and pay the bill/s out of it. If there are no issues, they have saved their money. It depends on how you want to look at it? However, I have had a few things go wrong, and wasn't prepared to take the risk when my warranty from purchase ran out.
Just my thoughts on the subject.
By the way, the top level warranty is around £1835
Try these...
http://lifeonunleaded.com/resources/warranties
i did an online quote with them when i had my E92 M3. It came out at around £900. I didnt take it out as was selling the car but they called me up and offered it to me cheaper and were willing to negotiate.
Could well be worth a look as i expect any official Aston warranty will be top dollar and wont necessarily offer more components covered.
Check out the cover levels and let us know how you get on.
http://lifeonunleaded.com/resources/warranties
i did an online quote with them when i had my E92 M3. It came out at around £900. I didnt take it out as was selling the car but they called me up and offered it to me cheaper and were willing to negotiate.
Could well be worth a look as i expect any official Aston warranty will be top dollar and wont necessarily offer more components covered.
Check out the cover levels and let us know how you get on.
I did mine through RAC Garage Parts & Labour, added about £70 to my breakdown cover. Gives you up to £750 a claim, no excess. Mine went to Grange in Welwyn as they were RAC approved and the RAC still argued the toss! Got a hire car for 3 days to boot. Not bad value but fingers crossed any breakdowns are not too expensive.
huggy1 said:
I did mine through RAC Garage Parts & Labour, added about £70 to my breakdown cover. Gives you up to £750 a claim, no excess. Mine went to Grange in Welwyn as they were RAC approved and the RAC still argued the toss! Got a hire car for 3 days to boot. Not bad value but fingers crossed any breakdowns are not too expensive.
I had similar with the AA on an older Range Rover i ran for a few years. It did pay for itself with 3 x £500 bills paid for over a 2 year period. Its not as comprehensive as a "real" extended warranty on the whole car but good VFM if you are running something of an age where component failure is likely (versus wear and tear)as always, these things are a pure insurance gamble, and for every person whos been unlucky, had a few grand of unexpected bills, posts on the forums etc, there are another 20 people driving around without issue. The insurers are not doing it to lose money...its just luck really as to how many issues you get during your ownership period
For many, if you are handy with the spanners, have an OBDII reader and the workshop manual. You can deal with most common issues for the cost of components off ebay
If you want a hassle free experience and take your car to the dealer every time something squeaks, then you need the extended warranty to cover all the potential big labour bills .....
oh, my 2006 Vantage has done over 70K miles with just a few issues since I bought it in 2007. Probably around £1k of non routine maintenance. So im one of the lucky ones as the warranty expired over 5 years ago....I could say ive saved about £6k in extended warranty costs .....
I am in the same position at the end of the month with my V12V. I suspect I will get the annual service done beforehand and ask them to give me their view on anything they have spotted that may be a pending issue. At least that will be a bit of emotional leverage if something does go wrong although no issues to date.
However I have had the car from new - it's been garaged and only done 3k miles
so suspect I will not extend and take the risk myself.
However I have had the car from new - it's been garaged and only done 3k miles
so suspect I will not extend and take the risk myself.Check Warranty Direct's Luxury Care cover and haggle.
They recently also offered me a good deal on cover for my DD and I dug into my repairs pot to buy it at £550. Two days later the dashboard lit up with self levelling suspension errors. I worried it would look suspicious (although a diagnostic printout would prove otherwise). This policy (brilliantly) covers most of the cost of parts for wear and tear even though its quite miley now - my Aston one covers everything (inc 100% of wear and tear - other than consumables) and except cat's I think and no excess.
Like anything its a pain to check the small-print as most of them have more clauses than Lapland at Xmas (overheating exemption in some!) and there may be several different levels of cover. Just be really clear - Warranty Wise don't cover 'known issues' like Nikasil or Swirl Flaps for e.g on Beemers - had this from Wilson himself!!! I told him I'd removed the swirl flaps (they break and fall in and kill the turbos and engine...) but that was not even an allowed mod with them (as is removing a DPF). Rather glad I checked...
They recently also offered me a good deal on cover for my DD and I dug into my repairs pot to buy it at £550. Two days later the dashboard lit up with self levelling suspension errors. I worried it would look suspicious (although a diagnostic printout would prove otherwise). This policy (brilliantly) covers most of the cost of parts for wear and tear even though its quite miley now - my Aston one covers everything (inc 100% of wear and tear - other than consumables) and except cat's I think and no excess.
Like anything its a pain to check the small-print as most of them have more clauses than Lapland at Xmas (overheating exemption in some!) and there may be several different levels of cover. Just be really clear - Warranty Wise don't cover 'known issues' like Nikasil or Swirl Flaps for e.g on Beemers - had this from Wilson himself!!! I told him I'd removed the swirl flaps (they break and fall in and kill the turbos and engine...) but that was not even an allowed mod with them (as is removing a DPF). Rather glad I checked...
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