WARRANTIES
WARRANTIES
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cerbielee

Original Poster:

344 posts

235 months

Friday 23rd February 2007
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Hi all,has anyone any info on warranties? are they any good? been told for around 1100 quid can get one that covers you for upto 5k? this may be the way to go for some people as a clutch is 2k
Cheers Lee

RUSSELLM

6,002 posts

276 months

Friday 23rd February 2007
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It's a case of checking out the small print though.

Wear & tear, Known manufacturing faults... etc etc

They're there to make money, not give you £5000's worth of repairs for £1100

touching cloth

11,706 posts

268 months

Friday 23rd February 2007
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Most wouldn't pay for clutches I am sure and a clutch shouldn't really be £2k.
I would rather underwrite my own costs than pay that sort of dough, to then feel screwed over when you try for a payout and fail (potentially). Who was the guy recently who had crank failure and was still unable to claim because it was deemed to be a known fault - or did they blame driver error,track day usage or something silly.


Edited by touching cloth on Friday 23 February 11:36

hugepiece

724 posts

256 months

Friday 23rd February 2007
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Or you could always take out the AA cover for £65, this gives you up to £500 (less £25 excess) for 5 claims per year. My local indy said that they are very good at paying up for most things! One thing of note though, this only covers you if you break down and need to be recovered by the AA......

cerbielee

Original Poster:

344 posts

235 months

Friday 23rd February 2007
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Hmmm that sounds well worth the money! cheersthumbup

John.s

130 posts

294 months

Saturday 24th February 2007
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recommend the AA one,

you read about a lot of grief with warranties which can be expensive to never claim on., and when you do its a fight

it may not cover the full bill but £500 a pop helps. Had no problem claiming when needed my clutch done last year.

always remember never take it to the garage then call the AA, you need to speak to them first. I was even recovered free of charge as well clap

cerbielee

Original Poster:

344 posts

235 months

Saturday 24th February 2007
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scratchchin would this be able to be extended to cover my 2nd car?
Sounds very good! anyone got the no? thumbup
Cheers Lee

Tangoed

924 posts

244 months

Saturday 24th February 2007
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sounds too good to be true, someone wake me up!

Cooky

4,955 posts

266 months

Saturday 24th February 2007
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also the RAC did a warranty, which covered upto 2.5k, but i think there are some exceptions as they had their pants pulled down a few times....i'll check it out

hugepiece

724 posts

256 months

Thursday 1st March 2007
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ive just had my clutch done as all the fingers snapped off and they have agreed to pay me the £475 towards it, its nice to hear a warrantly that actually pays out something! very very very nice AA man indeed....

Wilder

1,509 posts

238 months

Thursday 1st March 2007
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TVR gold warranties are offered from dealers on vehicles up to 5 yrs old. They are the best, but the limit on vehicle age cqan be the main factor of whether its for you or not.