Extended Warranty?? - Follow up

[Grant Lenahan]

It depends on the warranty of course. Most companies offer several 
levels from drivetrain only to bumper to bumper.

I recall a long list of exclusions on, for example, Audi's own warranty 
with CPO cars. As i recall CVs were not covered, nor were bushings, but 
ball joints were.

Water pump was covered, as was the T-stat ( mine siezed under warranty)

So to my way of thinking, unless you plan to lose a tranny or a motor, 
or if the car is a problem car ( deferred maint, just plain badly 
treated, etc.)  its a bad deal.

Many companies have the fine print on line if you wish to search and 
read. Audi does.

Grant

On 7/9/2010 11:24 AM, Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
> About extended warranties : what is covered, generally ? I mean, I know wear
> stuff is not (t-belt, brakes, exhaust, clutch, etc.) but would a water pump,
> a control arm or those CV be covered ?
>
> Louis-Alain
>
>    
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De
>> la part de Grant Lenahan
>> Envoyé : 9 juillet 2010 9:06
>> À : Eliot Sennett
>> Cc : quattro at audifans.com
>> Objet : Re: Extended Warranty?? - Follow up
>>
>> Glad to help.
>>
>> Two points jump out at me:
>>
>> 1."I'm confident in the car,"
>>
>> -->  Since insurance is abotu averages, that point is key. Its YOUR car.
>> YOU know how its been treated.  great point.
>>
>> 2. "should i take it to the dealer?"
>>
>> -->  Hell No! Unless you have a very unusual dealer, find thyself a good,
>> well equipped, indie and mate for life.
>> Nearly all dealers are very expensive, but worse, work on the flat rate
>> plan which pays techs to cut corners. And they do.
>> Inspections, uh, yep. Check.
>>
>> Oh, and get thyself a set of tools too :-)
>>
>> Unless you really enjoy working on cars, you will need an indie for the
>> bigger stuff- Timing Belts, CVs (they will go), control arms.
>>
>> But you can certainly do the fluid changes if you want. Adn thsoe
>> inspections that i find the dealer never actually performs.
>> You may not wish to. You may not have the time. But you should at least
>> consider it.
>>
>> Grant
>>
>>
>>
>>    On 7/9/2010 8:15 AM, Eliot Sennett wrote:
>>      
>>> Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to my post, and thanks for
>>> providing such thorough and useful feedback. Based on that feedback and
>>>        
>> some
>>      
>>> additional conversations, I've decided to self-insure. I'm confident in
>>>        
>> the
>>      
>>> car, and am going to take the risk that over the next four years it'll
>>>        
>> cost
>>      
>>> me less than $5,400. Now all I have to do is determine whether to have
>>>        
>> the
>>      
>>> dealer perform all the x5,000 mile checks or just go to a qualified Audi
>>> mechanic to do the important stuff - which seems to be oil/fluid changes
>>>        
>> and
>>      
>>> a lot of inspections - presumably for less than an average of $700 per
>>> visit.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again. This is a great group.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Eliot
>>>
>>>
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