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I bought the extended warranty for $1500. I probably could have gotten it for less, but I have no regrets buying it.
My last vehicle came with a 100K mile warranty, back when the auto manufacturers were using warranties to compete. I had to have several repairs under that warranty that easily would have exceeded what I paid for this one. The head work alone done on that truck would have cost more than $1500.
So to me, it's worth it. I need reliable transportation for my job, and let's face it, these cars are still too new to be able to make any assumptions about their long term reliability. All it will take is ONE medium-sized repair job for the warranty on the BRZ to have paid for itself. A bad synchronizer. A leaking heater core. A blown head gasket.
Sure, in most of these cases I have the skill and tools to do the work myself for significantly less money than what the dealership shop would charge, but I simply do not have the personal time to spend on it nor the luxury of the associated out-of-service time for the vehicle. Sure, I could take that $1500 and put it in the bank instead, but I'll hit 100K miles within three years. It's not going to earn enough to make up the difference on a medium-sized repair job.
So I think it's a relatively inexpensive hedge against the potential economic consequences of repairs that I consider fairly likely to be needed. If I get to the end of the 100K miles and haven't needed the warranty, that's okay too, because that $1500 bought me peace of mind.
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