Extended Warranties

[TaRD]

Hello, I've done a quick search but cant find anything on this topic so here I go.

I'm looking to buy something a bit more fun in the summer and I'm looking at getting either a 350z or a RX8, or at a push a TT. I want to look into getting a warranty as I guess any repairs will be more expensive than I'm use to, especially the RX8 and TT.

Does anyone have any advice or can you recommend a company to talk too?

Thanks

[andy-xr]

I've never seen value in any of them personally

[SWoll]

I've used WarrantyWise for the past couple of years on the wifes E61 5 Series.

We had some issues 12 months ago with cold starting/bad running that was eventually diagnosed as faulty ignition coils/injectors. Overall bill was quite expensive (£1k) and required a number of claims before it finnaly got resolved (2 main dealer visits and finally sorted by a local independent). WW didn't try and duck out of anything and were helpful throughout the process. I was very impressed with them.

[saaby93]

SWoll said:

I've used WarrantyWise for the past couple of years on the wifes E61 5 Series.

We had some issues 12 months ago with cold starting/bad running that was eventually diagnosed as faulty ignition coils/injectors. Overall bill was quite expensive (£1k) and required a number of claims before it finnaly got resolved (2 main dealer visits and finally sorted by a local independent). WW didn't try and duck out of anything and were helpful throughout the process. I was very impressed with them.

Who coughed in the end ? warranty wise or the dealer?

[lestershaw]

if you are in the aa you can take out a kind of guarantee.
its something like this.
if your car breaks down and they cant fix it then when it goes to the garage to be fixed they pay up to £500 towards the cost, not including diagnostic time, you pay an excess which i think is £50. and i think you can have up to 5 claims in a year. i have 3 cars on this scheme.

[TaRD]

Thanks for the replies, I'll check out the AA too as I am a member.

[SWoll]

saaby93 said:

SWoll said:

I've used WarrantyWise for the past couple of years on the wifes E61 5 Series.

We had some issues 12 months ago with cold starting/bad running that was eventually diagnosed as faulty ignition coils/injectors. Overall bill was quite expensive (£1k) and required a number of claims before it finnaly got resolved (2 main dealer visits and finally sorted by a local independent). WW didn't try and duck out of anything and were helpful throughout the process. I was very impressed with them.

Who coughed in the end ? warranty wise or the dealer?

WW. Car was approx 4 years old and <50K miles. WW were great, BMW UK were fking awful. Main dealers had the car twice and didn't sort the issue, finally took it to local independent out of sheer frustration who resolved it straight away with new injectors.

[davel*]

I've used the AA one before. Was very good when I was able to claim but one of the bits of fine print is that you need to be broken down at the side of the road in order to use it.

So if your engine goes pop, fine but if you develop rough running etc but the car is still drivable then it's up to you.

[lestershaw]

davel* said:

I've used the AA one before. Was very good when I was able to claim but one of the bits of fine print is that you need to be broken down at the side of the road in order to use it.

So if your engine goes pop, fine but if you develop rough running etc but the car is still drivable then it's up to you.

if that happens, cant you still call the aa? depending what the fault is it might end up being covered by the aa. also if you think you have a rough running problem and that you might break down, i think you can call the aa, then if they fix it great, if they cant, use their warranty

[Ali_T]

I got a quote for the Evo X for an extended 4th year. £1500. I nearly spat my tea at the screen. Time to get rid of the car. My RX8, form Mazda themselves, was only £700 for two years extension!

[jones325i]

I looked into a warranty for the 550i. Warranty Direct gave me the usual daft quote of several hundred pounds a year for their Extra Care cover (this is the only level of cover they would offer on a 550i. Plus they wanted to send out an assessor first at my expense (£70).

After several phone calls from them trying to persuede me to buy it and being told that I didn't want it, the sales guy told me about another of their products that is less advertised. It's called Extra Care Lite, and it offers ALL of the same cover, except that you have to had the car recovered to a garage before claiming. i.e. you need to have broken down. Also you need to have breakdown cover. I asked though: "what if I hear a noise I don't like and don't feel I should drive the car any further?" Was told that was fine too.

The price was only £99/year or £252 for 3 years cover. Stupidly I sat on the quote for a few weeks and the prices went up quite a lot. But still they are not too bad.

http://www.warrantydirect.co.uk/bri.html

This page allows you to do a quote for a single year but if they contact you, you can ask for a longer duration quote. Currently £135 for one year for me.

[RSoovy4]

jones325i said:

I looked into a warranty for the 550i. Warranty Direct gave me the usual daft quote of several hundred pounds a year for their Extra Care cover (this is the only level of cover they would offer on a 550i. Plus they wanted to send out an assessor first at my expense (£70).

After several phone calls from them trying to persuede me to buy it and being told that I didn't want it, the sales guy told me about another of their products that is less advertised. It's called Extra Care Lite, and it offers ALL of the same cover, except that you have to had the car recovered to a garage before claiming. i.e. you need to have broken down. Also you need to have breakdown cover. I asked though: "what if I hear a noise I don't like and don't feel I should drive the car any further?" Was told that was fine too.

The price was only £99/year or £252 for 3 years cover. Stupidly I sat on the quote for a few weeks and the prices went up quite a lot. But still they are not too bad.

http://www.warrantydirect.co.uk/bri.html

This page allows you to do a quote for a single year but if they contact you, you can ask for a longer duration quote. Currently £135 for one year for me.

99 quid a year?

Have you read the contract?

Edited by RSoovy4 on Wednesday 20th March 12:17

[jones325i]

RSoovy4 said:

99 quid a year?

Have you read the contract?

Edited by RSoovy4 on Wednesday 20th March 12:17

I didn't say I'd bought one. But yes I have, and maybe when you've stopped literally ROFLing you could too:

http://www.warrantydirect.co.uk/pdfs/ExtraCareLite...

[RSoovy4]

jones325i said:

RSoovy4 said:

99 quid a year?

Have you read the contract?

Edited by RSoovy4 on Wednesday 20th March 12:17

I didn't say I'd bought one. But yes I have, and maybe when you've stopped literally ROFLing you could too:

http://www.warrantydirect.co.uk/pdfs/ExtraCareLite...

You have to pay towards the repairs - if they fit new parts you have to pay!

[jones325i]

RSoovy4 said:

You have to pay towards the repairs - if they fit new parts you have to pay!

Only for the parts, and they pay 70% if the car's less than 8 years and 80k miles...

All in all it seems fairly priced to me.

Edit - noticed their full priced (£800 a year) warranty also has the same 'betterment clause' on the parts cost.

Edited by jones325i on Wednesday 20th March 13:57

[RSoovy4]

jones325i said:

RSoovy4 said:

You have to pay towards the repairs - if they fit new parts you have to pay!

Only for the parts, and they pay 70% if the car's less than 8 years and 80k miles...

All in all it seems fairly suspiciously priced to me.

[Fox-]

jones325i said:

I didn't say I'd bought one. But yes I have, and maybe when you've stopped literally ROFLing you could too:

http://www.warrantydirect.co.uk/pdfs/ExtraCareLite...

Why didn't you just buy the AA Breakdown Repair cover instead if you only wanted that sort of cover?

[jones325i]

Fox- said:

Why didn't you just buy the AA Breakdown Repair cover instead if you only wanted that sort of cover?

Again, I haven't bought it.

[TaRD]

Thanks for the info guys, looks like I will have to really read the info before I do anything.

I guess it would be easier to put the same kind of money aside each month just in case.

[otolith]

Suspect that with the RX-8, you won't be able to get a warranty for anything that is likely to actually go wrong with it. The Mazda extended warranty was well worth having, and would replace low compression engines, but I seem to remember a lot of people who had been using third party warranties finding that they could no longer get worthwhile cover.