Extended Warranty or not
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Extended Warranty or not
I have an offer from the dealer for a 7 year/100k mile warranty (really only extends 5 years since my car is now almost 2 years old and has only 11k miles). These warranties start when you buy them so this one would augment the Audi warranty only for its balance.
The company is SGI Services out of Texas and can't be bought if the car has exceeded 12k miles. It's $2174 ($100 deductible).
I've never had a vehicle extended warranty but then I've never had a car this complex and expensive to fix. Your comments will be appreciated.
The company is SGI Services out of Texas and can't be bought if the car has exceeded 12k miles. It's $2174 ($100 deductible).
I've never had a vehicle extended warranty but then I've never had a car this complex and expensive to fix. Your comments will be appreciated.
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Price is in line for the term, but check out the Audi-branded Pure Protection plan from the dealer.
Or does Carlsen not offer it?
$ for $ about the same, but again it's Audi-branded although underwritten and administered by another company. They offer different levels of protection, also up to 7 years. There's no current requirement for mileage other than you must still be under factory warranty, so (again, per today's rules) you could hedge for a couple of more years.
Personally, given your driving frequency/pattern, I'd think you're not a good candidate for extended warranty. You simply don't drive enough for many things to go wrong or wear out. 4 years from now, you'll still be around 30k.
From what I can recall of your posts, you've had a lot of questions and had things checked out, but not many actual failures, right?
$ for $ about the same, but again it's Audi-branded although underwritten and administered by another company. They offer different levels of protection, also up to 7 years. There's no current requirement for mileage other than you must still be under factory warranty, so (again, per today's rules) you could hedge for a couple of more years.
Personally, given your driving frequency/pattern, I'd think you're not a good candidate for extended warranty. You simply don't drive enough for many things to go wrong or wear out. 4 years from now, you'll still be around 30k.
From what I can recall of your posts, you've had a lot of questions and had things checked out, but not many actual failures, right?
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Not familiar with that Co but the price is about right for that coverage. As for the Audi warranty,
its only OK, and you have to bring it to an Audi dealer. The SGI plan you can take anywhere, including the dealer if you have to.
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Re: Extended Warranty or not
I bought my extended warranty from autowarrantybroker.com at 49K miles for about the same price.
By the way, many of these warranty sellers are *not* the warranty providers, so you have to find out who's providing the coverage on the backend and whether they're financially solvent.
Mine has been great...they've put about $4K into my car without flinching.
By the way, many of these warranty sellers are *not* the warranty providers, so you have to find out who's providing the coverage on the backend and whether they're financially solvent.
Mine has been great...they've put about $4K into my car without flinching.
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Re: Extended Warranty or not
Yes, Yes and Yes, a warranty is worthwhile.
I purchased a zero deductible warranty from Warranty direct. It was a 5 year or 150,000 bumper to bumper coverage for about $2,500.
So far they have paid around $6,000 in repairs. (Are all Audi's as bad as mine?)
The dealer loves it because I go in for service and tell them to fix whatever it is because it doesn't cost me a dime!
And the Warranty Direct people have paid every time!
I purchased a zero deductible warranty from Warranty direct. It was a 5 year or 150,000 bumper to bumper coverage for about $2,500.
So far they have paid around $6,000 in repairs. (Are all Audi's as bad as mine?)
The dealer loves it because I go in for service and tell them to fix whatever it is because it doesn't cost me a dime!
And the Warranty Direct people have paid every time!
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