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#50 of 2873 smart choice by pluto5 Jul 01, 2003 (3:57 pm)
The smartest choice is to buy a car that doesn't need an extended warranty.
#51 of 2873 warranty for a 99 cadillac deville by banks500 Jul 01, 2003 (3:58 pm)
i own a 99 cadillac deville with 33550 on the ododmeter, the factory warranty expired on Jan. 27, 2003. which after market warranty would be the best buy for that vechicle
#52 of 2873 pluto - great idea, in concept, by zueslewis Jul 01, 2003 (5:59 pm)
but even bulletproof cars break, and a Honda Accord tranny still costs $3,000.
#54 of 2873 extended warranties by pgr1940 Jul 02, 2003 (11:22 am)
What does TPA (type of plan) stand for?   I have a WG on my wife's 99 Monte, have yet to use it. WG is still advertising on the net.   Just bought a used 2000 Intrepid factory warranty just ran out,dealers extended costs too much for too little.   Was looking into a bumper/bumper extended from Certified Car Care. They're located in FLA. Anybody know of them or did business with them?
#55 of 2873 tzlegal by jratcliffe Jul 02, 2003 (11:24 am)
So, you complain about 1sourcewarranty.com spamming, and at the same time are spamming boards trying to drum up business for your law firm. Physician, heal thyself.
#56 of 2873 reply zueslewis by pluto5 Jul 03, 2003 (3:22 pm)
A Honda trans may cost $3000 but everything you buy can break or suffer a casualty loss--are you going to insure or buy a warranty on everything? Buying an extended warranty for over $1,000 to protect against a $3,000 loss is not a good bet IMO, except for the warranty company.
#57 of 2873 Too Much by dunkmydonut Jul 09, 2003 (1:01 pm)
C'mon guys, who do you think you're fooling with all this extended warranty bull. Dealers can't be counted on to honor their original 3/36. Anybody heard the "can't duplicate excuse". or how about the one about being "within specs" when your brake pedal sinks to the floor. This idea that dealers are so honorable, and just trying to make ends meet makes me want to hurl. The whole process of dealing with car people leaves a bad smell in the air. If a person doesn't realise what's going on at dealers, they just have been lucky with the product they bought. I hear and read stories at Edmunds and other sites about the problems of getting a warrantied item fixed, and they all sound too faniliar.
#58 of 2873 by q45man Jul 10, 2003 (5:32 am)
You should study the dealer sites and trade publications to see how many US new car manufacturers have been cheating the dealers and the technicans on warranty work......allowing only 60% of the book time to complete the warranty. Ford near bankruptcy seems to be the most notable. But all brands have been doing this to pay for the increased incentives. Technicans hate warranty work because it doesn't pay them enough to live as the reduced allowable time just get passed down to dealers who pass it down to techs. Worse the dealers don't get paid in full for sometimes 90 days and they are nickeled and dimed by regional manufactures agents.   When a warranty ticket is placed in the work box they [techs] all run for cover hoping against hope that some out of warranty [customer paid] job will show up. Some body finally picks it up, the guy that needs the money the most........the best techs are usually not subjected to this process unless the mortgage is due.

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