One More Extended Warranty Story (NAC)

[Lawrence C Leung]

Yeah, but I'd bet the GLHT was FAST..... 
(Kinda like Neons, go fast, handle very, very well (FWD or NOT), and blow
up at the end of the warrantee).

LL - NY

On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:16:44 -0500 "Steve Jensen"
<sjensen at mindspring.com> writes:
>Kent said:
>> Of course, if his suggestion to "keep an eye on the rack" had 
>raised
>> the proper red flag, you could have said, "Fix it before I buy it," 
>and
>> saved yourself $500.
>
>Yup, but the fault is not always evident at purchase.  I once bought a 
>low
>mileage Dodge, er, Egdod Omni GLH Turbo and my wife wanted to get the
>extended warranty.  I was dead set against it as I had paid for a few 
>and
>had never made a claim.  The dealer finally sweetened the deal and we 
>ended
>up getting the warranty.
>
>Lo and behold the 5 spd. transmission started making noise 3 months 
>later.
>Diagnosis was a seizing tranny, plus the fuel pump was getting noisy 
>and
>they replaced that as well.  Cost of the ext. warranty was $450, total 
>cost
>of the repairs (after the dealer successfully argued for a _new_, not
>rebuilt, tranny) was $2400.
>
>It's a coin toss, and many of them aren't worth the paper they are 
>printed
>on.
>
>-Steve Jensen
>87 5kcstq
>87 5kcstqw
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