2 year AUC warranty

[Matt99man]

Is this still available? I have asked a dealer and they know nothing about it apparently!

[ManiacGT]

Never heard of it. All BMWs ive bought in last 8 years have had 1 year AUC warranty.

[Fox-]

I have had it on every AUC BMW I've bought. The first time the dealer didn't know about it, went away to check, then found out they could do it. Second time they seemed to already know it was possible.

It costs them considerably less to buy than it costs us so frankly even if you pay them at cost price for it you've done well.

[Matt99man]

Fox- said:

I have had it on every AUC BMW I've bought. The first time the dealer didn't know about it, went away to check, then found out they could do it. Second time they seemed to already know it was possible.

It costs them considerably less to buy than it costs us so frankly even if you pay them at cost price for it you've done well.

Any ideas on the cost Fox?

[Mustard]

Matt99man said:

Fox- said:

I have had it on every AUC BMW I've bought. The first time the dealer didn't know about it, went away to check, then found out they could do it. Second time they seemed to already know it was possible.

It costs them considerably less to buy than it costs us so frankly even if you pay them at cost price for it you've done well.

Any ideas on the cost Fox?

It can't be charged for, but can be negotiated into the deal

[nickrex]

I just bought a AUC car. I opted to extend the 1 year warranty to 2 years and was charged an additional £400.

[67Eleanor]

I looked at a BMW AUC car recently in JKC BMW in Northern Ireland and it had a 2 year warranty as standard.

[rassi]

67Eleanor said:

I looked at a BMW AUC car recently in JKC BMW in Northern Ireland and it had a 2 year warranty as standard.

Apologies for the somewhat OT, but same here in Belgium: AUC (called "Premium Selection") always 2 years warranty, and sometimes with a specific campaign they do 4 years warranty too.

[pointedstarman]

After negotiating what I thought was a reasonable deal on both of my last 2 AUC cars (520d Touring and 730d E65) I asked for a 2 year warranty to get me to sign and in both cases (with different dealers) the answer was yes. It makes buying a AUC car almost as risk free as buying new.

[Riggie]

I bought an AUC three weeks ago and specifically asked about an additional year. Even offered to pay but they said it wasn't possible.

[Riggie]

I bought an AUC three weeks ago and specifically asked about an additional year. Even offered to pay but they said it wasn't possible.

[Googie]

As above it needs to be negotiated unless they are running this as a promotion which they do from time to time-I think they cost the extra year at c£400. Invaluable on an AUC and if they wont accommodate it go to a dealer who will!

[pointedstarman]

Riggie said:

I bought an AUC three weeks ago and specifically asked about an additional year. Even offered to pay but they said it wasn't possible.

They lied....

[nickrex]

Riggie said:

I bought an AUC three weeks ago and specifically asked about an additional year. Even offered to pay but they said it wasn't possible.

I was offered the extra year, didn't have to ask??

[a4cabrio]

I negotiated a 2nd year into the deal when I bought my AUC in February

[Andehh]

a4cabrio said:

I negotiated a 2nd year into the deal when I bought my AUC in February

Me too, first point i made when we started negotiating. Worth about £400 as said above.

[nickfrog]

If they had enough margin to give it away it probably because the negociator hadn't done a very good job so far... Swings and roundabouts...

[Matt99man]

It's amazing how may dealers do not know about this, stratstone lost a sale because of it, they said it was not possible even when checking with Sm's and admin. Strange how coopers and dick Lovett do!

[Fox-]

nickfrog said:

If they had enough margin to give it away it probably because the negociator hadn't done a very good job so far... Swings and roundabouts...

Actually it means the negotiator did a good job - I made a specific point of making sure I negotiated it into the deal on mine simply because it gets both parties a better deal - for them to offer it, it cost them £500 and saved me £1000 on warranty renewal, so for both parties it was more beneficial *and* cheaper than offering a further say £700 off the price.

[Welshbeef]

Had it twice now once Stratstone the other Cooper - it was the final part of the negotiation I'll put down the deposit today if you throw in a second years AUC warranty over and above the 1 year.

Both did it without issue - so maybe I didn't negotiate as hard as I could have (had a screaming child with me and needed to close it out ASAP).

But it does make buying a used BMW >3 years old totally risk free/same risk as a brand new car.