Extended warranty's?

[Mullen, Shaun]

> Andrew Sitzer wrote:
> > I cant believe I am asking this, as I always though extended warranties
> > were for suckers.
> 
	Brad's advice that  
	[Mullen, Shaun]  

> My friend kicks himself every time he thinks about not buying the extended
> warranty on his car. He had some decently expensive work go wrong about 4
> or
> 5 days after his eligibility to buy the warranty expired. :(
> 
> Extended warranties on electronics are, IMO, a sucker's bet. Consumer
> electronics by and large will fail nearly immediately (<1 year) or last
> nearly forever. I don't put cars in that category, though. I can easily
> imagine $1200 worth of work needing to be done to nearly ANY car over a
> period of 7 years, even if it was all small work. IMO, this seems like
> something you should seriously consider. (Besides, when small things go on
> a
> non-warrantied car, we'd tend to just let them go and live with there,
> where
> if I had a warranty, I'd make sure the car stayed in 110% shape).
> 
> Best regards,
> Brad
> 
> 2000 A6 2.7 biturbo quattro   http://www.quality.nu/bradw/audi/
> 1 driver, 2 turbos ... no limits
>