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Originally Posted by dgcam55
not planning to modify at all. Planning to keep stock as is.
I bought a AAA extended warranty back in 2003 when the new Forester came out. It went to 100k. The car ran perfectly, until 96k at which point I developed an oil leak and had gasket issues. Cost of job over $2500 to fix. It paid to have the warranty in that case.
In another case, for my Outback, no warranty and it was fine..no issues to 150k.
I'm only concerned because my car is a first year production car, and so far, has experienced the chirping, the water in the tail lights (reported by the prior owner & fixed), and the rearview mirror falling off (which happenned to me).
I wonder long term if it isn't just worth it to pony it up given the risk being abit higher to start with that something will go wrong.
I was hoping to hear from people who have higher mileage BRZ's to help me decide...  |
Well, occasionally someone walks out of a casino with a pocket full of money, but most do not. Same with warranties...there are occasional winners, but all those other losers are paying for it.
And I assume you rolled the cost of the warrant into the payment, so you paid interest on top of the warranty cost. So I'll bet that even a $2500 bill was barely more than break even compared to the total cost of the warranty. If you would have just put about $25 in the bank each month, you would have done just as well, and that money would have been there, no matter what.
We always own 3 vehicles, a family grocery-getter (currently '14.5 Camry), my work truck, (currently '11 Tacoma), and my toy (currently '13 FRS). We drive approx 45k miles each year, and keep vehicles 5-7 years, or 100-120K miles.
I have not spent more than $1000 COMBINED TOTAL for repairs in the past 15 years.