640d - do I renew my warranty
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Blown2CV said:
i don't think he can afford it either, hence the thread.
Slightly harsh as you don't have any idea of my disposal income, and I'm not saying this in a knobby way, but I can afford the cost of the warranty. The underlying question in my thread is more, do I spend the money on a warranty or pay for any repairs from my
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Blown2CV said:
instead of buying the warranty why not save some money away. At least then you might never need to spend it, in which case you still have it. Not rocket science but the concept seems lost on many warranty-o-philes
This would be my choice. It is, after all, what the insurance company is doing; taking the money and hoping not to pay out.Big bills happen, but you'd have to be very unlucky for them to keep happening regularly. If they do, it's nature's way of telling you to offload the lemon.
T16OLE said:
Blown2CV said:
i don't think he can afford it either, hence the thread.
Slightly harsh as you don't have any idea of my disposal income, and I'm not saying this in a knobby way, but I can afford the cost of the warranty. The underlying question in my thread is more, do I spend the money on a warranty or pay for any repairs from my
Pot
T16OLE said:
It's a complex car and plenty that could potentially ruin me
swisstoni said:
Blown2CV said:
instead of buying the warranty why not save some money away. At least then you might never need to spend it, in which case you still have it. Not rocket science but the concept seems lost on many warranty-o-philes
This would be my choice. It is, after all, what the insurance company is doing; taking the money and hoping not to pay out.Big bills happen, but you'd have to be very unlucky for them to keep happening regularly. If they do, it's nature's way of telling you to offload the lemon.
Blown2CV said:
T16OLE said:
Blown2CV said:
i don't think he can afford it either, hence the thread.
Slightly harsh as you don't have any idea of my disposal income, and I'm not saying this in a knobby way, but I can afford the cost of the warranty. The underlying question in my thread is more, do I spend the money on a warranty or pay for any repairs from my
Pot
T16OLE said:
It's a complex car and plenty that could potentially ruin me
gizlaroc said:
Welshbeef said:
Love this OPs car only bought 9 months ago now it's basically too old so go buy another new one.
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One thing I wish was possible let's say you buy a car from AUC BMW why can you not get a 3 year BMW warranty most people keep a car 3years so a logical frequency.
They can do it, 2 years is easier for them, but they can do 3. But even many of the sales guys don't know they can, so can be a bit of a battle. . One thing I wish was possible let's say you buy a car from AUC BMW why can you not get a 3 year BMW warranty most people keep a car 3years so a logical frequency.
It costs them around 50% of what it costs us too.
T16OLE said:
Blown2CV said:
T16OLE said:
Blown2CV said:
i don't think he can afford it either, hence the thread.
Slightly harsh as you don't have any idea of my disposal income, and I'm not saying this in a knobby way, but I can afford the cost of the warranty. The underlying question in my thread is more, do I spend the money on a warranty or pay for any repairs from my
Pot
T16OLE said:
It's a complex car and plenty that could potentially ruin me
gizlaroc said:
They will not deviate from their terms and conditions, they are incredibly strict in this regard.
No point at all telling them you will be over by March, they will not bend the rules and they certainly won't rejig the price either.
Best bet apply 30 days before, this is allowed, and put down 56k miles or something, but consider if you need to go to the dealer before for any reason, if you do your mileage will be logged on BMWs system, so if you are due a service or something, maybe get it done early?
As far as I can see I can log on, apply for a quote and accept onlineNo point at all telling them you will be over by March, they will not bend the rules and they certainly won't rejig the price either.
Best bet apply 30 days before, this is allowed, and put down 56k miles or something, but consider if you need to go to the dealer before for any reason, if you do your mileage will be logged on BMWs system, so if you are due a service or something, maybe get it done early?
I also can't see anything in the terms to say you cannot have an existing AUC warranty
Fox- said:
It will not generate a quote for a car with an existing warranty in force on it, so it's not possible to buy a policy before the AUC one is ready to renew.
Ahh I have a personally plate, the old reg will not allow the quote. That said, it brings up all the correct details of my car as it's live with the DVLA.
Bit of an oversight there by BMW
T16OLE said:
Ahh I have a personally plate, the old reg will not allow the quote.
That said, it brings up all the correct details of my car as it's live with the DVLA.
Bit of an oversight there by BMW
Yes - you should get an error message if you run a quote on a car with a warranty, I just tried mine:That said, it brings up all the correct details of my car as it's live with the DVLA.
Bit of an oversight there by BMW
BMW said:
We have found an existing warranty for your car and would like to discuss what Insured Warranty options are available to you.
Muddypaws said:
Hi mate, im having the same problem of headlights misting on my 640d. Did you manage to sort yours out? What was the issue and cost?
They are vented. No further issue.
On a further note with the warranty, just had my diff seals, prop donut & lots of bushes done under warranty.
Money well spent in my case, I’ll hopefully never own a car without warranty again.
I’ve probbaly had £12k’s worth of repairs done - just keeps it niggle free
Coley88 said:
Muddypaws said:
Hi mate, im having the same problem of headlights misting on my 640d. Did you manage to sort yours out? What was the issue and cost?
They are vented. No further issue.
On a further note with the warranty, just had my diff seals, prop donut & lots of bushes done under warranty.
Money well spent in my case, I’ll hopefully never own a car without warranty again.
I’ve probbaly had £12k’s worth of repairs done - just keeps it niggle free
They don't seem to build them very well.
£12k “worth” of repairs.
Like BMW who replaced entire windscreens on the Z4 to fix rain sensor wipers, £650 “worth” of repair.
Or you could fit a new gel pad for 80p and 30mins of work.
If these warranties were such good value BMW would have gone bust, and BMWs so expensive to fix and so unreliable, they’d be worthless as used cars.
Like BMW who replaced entire windscreens on the Z4 to fix rain sensor wipers, £650 “worth” of repair.
Or you could fit a new gel pad for 80p and 30mins of work.
If these warranties were such good value BMW would have gone bust, and BMWs so expensive to fix and so unreliable, they’d be worthless as used cars.
funkyrobot said:
Coley88 said:
Muddypaws said:
Hi mate, im having the same problem of headlights misting on my 640d. Did you manage to sort yours out? What was the issue and cost?
They are vented. No further issue.
On a further note with the warranty, just had my diff seals, prop donut & lots of bushes done under warranty.
Money well spent in my case, I’ll hopefully never own a car without warranty again.
I’ve probbaly had £12k’s worth of repairs done - just keeps it niggle free
They don't seem to build them very well.
OP; all the work you had done, has it been preventative or a case of "it's already failed so needs repaired"? I'm guessing the latter as preventative probably wouldn't be covered under warranty.
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