Should I buy extended warranty? please help chime in.

[HKz]

Originally Posted by Yoniyama

It depends on:

(1) The reliability of the vehicle;
(2) The application of the vehicle; and
(3) The cost and coverage of the extended warranty policy.

The Toybaru is not as reliable as a Toyota Camry or Subaru Imprezza. On the contrary, the Toybaru has probably the worst in reliability of all current Toyota and Subaru models.

Do you only drive the Toybaru 9,000 miles a year and 99% on highway, or going to weekend races 52 times a year?

How much is the extended warranty and what coverage?

Do you drive a manual or automatic transmission? (The manual transmission tends to have more problems.)

Answer to the three questions above may yield different conclusions. Therefore, the right answer may be different for different people.

If you drive the Toybaru really hard, you may want to see if there is a cheap and good extended warranty available.

how did "Toybaru" make #2 in CR's list? rigged??

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-...reliable-cars/

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Yoniyama

It depends on:

(1) The reliability of the vehicle;
(2) The application of the vehicle; and
(3) The cost and coverage of the extended warranty policy.

The Toybaru is not as reliable as a Toyota Camry or Subaru Imprezza. On the contrary, the Toybaru has probably the worst in reliability of all current Toyota and Subaru models.

Do you only drive the Toybaru 9,000 miles a year and 99% on highway, or going to weekend races 52 times a year?

How much is the extended warranty and what coverage?

Do you drive a manual or automatic transmission? (The manual transmission tends to have more problems.)

Answer to the three questions above may yield different conclusions. Therefore, the right answer may be different for different people.

If you drive the Toybaru really hard, you may want to see if there is a cheap and good extended warranty available.

Please link references. This is news.

[tomm.brz]

Hasn't the BRZ/GT86 nominated one of the most reliable car in the world like last year or even few months ago?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by tomm.brz

Hasn't the BRZ/GT86 nominated one of the most reliable car in the world like last year or even few months ago?

Yep. That was why I wondered what data the dude was using. Back in 2014 they got a bad rating based on the 2013 data which was a very small sample size. The main "reliability" complaints back then were crickets, deck squeak and moisture in the tail lights. All really have nothing to do with how reliable the car was.
From 2015 onward they have placed in the top 10 best reliability lists with the 2017 list placing them at number two. This is partially due to the fact that there was a much greater sample size for data but also because they eliminated those early issues. Unfortunately the internet never forgets so if you just pull up those early ratings and stop there it appears totally different than current.




2017
"The Subaru BRZ / Toyota 86 twins are rated the #2 10 Most Reliable Cars on the road today by Consumer Reports (CR). In their annual Auto Survey based on data collected from 640,000 vehicles, CR says the new BRZ/86 sports coupe is ranked number two on their list least likely to give owners problems. The Kia Niro was the only car ranked more reliable for consumers."






https://www.torquenews.com/1084/10-m...ta-86-ranked-2


In fact contrary to the statements made they are rated the top for both companies!

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yep. That was why I wondered what data the dude was using. Back in 2014 they got a bad rating based on the 2013 data which was a very small sample size. The main "reliability" complaints back then were crickets, deck squeak and moisture in the tail lights. All really have nothing to do with how reliable the car was.
From 2015 onward they have placed in the top 10 best reliability lists with the 2017 list placing them at number two. This is partially due to the fact that there was a much greater sample size for data but also because they eliminated those early issues. Unfortunately the internet never forgets so if you just pull up those early ratings and stop there it appears totally different than current.




2017
"The Subaru BRZ / Toyota 86 twins are rated the #2 10 Most Reliable Cars on the road today by Consumer Reports (CR). In their annual Auto Survey based on data collected from 640,000 vehicles, CR says the new BRZ/86 sports coupe is ranked number two on their list least likely to give owners problems. The Kia Niro was the only car ranked more reliable for consumers."






https://www.torquenews.com/1084/10-m...ta-86-ranked-2


In fact contrary to the statements made they are rated the top for both companies!

Nope, it's only 205 hp, not reliable at all. 0-62 in 15 minutes.