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Originally Posted by FirestormFRS
People buy these things for the same reason you buy life insurance, health insurance, auto insurance and any other kind of insurance. The $1200 cost ensures they don't get bit with a $5k plus repair on an engine that could blow. Do they pay off...nope not normally.
Piece of mind has a lot of value to many people.
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This was exactly what I was thinking. Good answer!
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HIGHLY recommend them to my customers that buy a high end vehicle. Ex: Limited Avalon with the driver technology package, 4Runner trail editions with the Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System, Limited Platinum Highlander, etc. Not only are part costs high for these type vehicles, but you have to include labor as well.
Let's say the part that failed is $100, which is being
very generous considering how expensive parts are these days, and it requires 4 hours to fix it. Our labor rate (and I'm sure most other dealerships rates are similar), is $90/hr. That's $460 out of pocket.
Hypothetically speaking, if that was the only thing to ever go wrong in 100k miles and you paid $1275, it's still worth $815, or $11 a month to me to have that piece of mind. You can't touch full coverage on your vehicle every month for that price!
However, I didn't buy one for my FR-S just because as other people have stated, it's a fairly easy vehicle to work on without a lot of technology thrown at it,
but I'm also mechanically inclined. I can fix (most) anything that would break on that car. It's also fair to say I have plans to heavily mod mine as well. (;
I'm just giving you a few examples. An ESC is not for everyone. If you have experience working on vehicles and you bought a basic FR-S that you just plan to DD, I would say no. If you bought a Monogram/10 series (one with heated seats, navigation, self leveling headlights, LED DRL's etc) and you've never really turned a wrench in your life, I absolutely would.
If you do decide to buy it, make sure to ask if it's transferable and refundable. If you sell your car, you can hold more resale value selling it to the next guy, or you can return to the dealership and get a refund depending on how many miles you've put on the vehicle. Ours is, so I would at least ask before you sign anything.
Hope this helps!
