Boxster aftermarket warrenties,does anyone bother?
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I was wondering if anyone could help me decide whether or not to buy an expensive aftermarket warrenty for my 2005 987 2.7 Boxster,I bought the car in febuary this year from a garage and the car has been 100% reliable so far apart from having to fork out almost every month for expensive repairs.Stupidily I passed on the short 3 month warrenty offered to reduce the initial purchase cost,silly I know but I thought how many issues can a 37,000 mile Porsche have??!
In short I've had to spend over 2k so far on 2 aircon condensers,1 inboard track rod-end,2 rear wheel bearings,a failed drivers side door membrane,6 rotten exhaust bolts,5 leaking water hoses and pipes and a replacement steering rack due to it leaking badly.I love the driving experience and feel good factor but have too admit to being disappointed at the apparant lack of quality of some of the components these cars are put together with...
All this has got me paranoid about the dreaded issues these engines are supposed to suffer from so was looking to purchase a warrenty from the likes of Warrenty Direct to cover any more potential large bills,trouble is they want around 900 quid for the privilege which seems alot to me and they only pay out 50% of the parts cost on a car which is over 6 years old,so I guest my main question is do other Boxster owners think this amount is worth it?? or just go with the flow and hope the engine never fails....!
In short I've had to spend over 2k so far on 2 aircon condensers,1 inboard track rod-end,2 rear wheel bearings,a failed drivers side door membrane,6 rotten exhaust bolts,5 leaking water hoses and pipes and a replacement steering rack due to it leaking badly.I love the driving experience and feel good factor but have too admit to being disappointed at the apparant lack of quality of some of the components these cars are put together with...
All this has got me paranoid about the dreaded issues these engines are supposed to suffer from so was looking to purchase a warrenty from the likes of Warrenty Direct to cover any more potential large bills,trouble is they want around 900 quid for the privilege which seems alot to me and they only pay out 50% of the parts cost on a car which is over 6 years old,so I guest my main question is do other Boxster owners think this amount is worth it?? or just go with the flow and hope the engine never fails....!
They way I looked at it was that if the car is over 6 years old Warrenty Direct would pay 100% of the labour costs but only 50% of the parts costs,worse case senerio and you had total engine failure down to a failed IMS bearing you'd still need to fork out for half the price of the replacement engine..or am I reading this all wrong...?
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