Extended car warranties are B.S.

[tallyho8]

I had the same combo, MFG 01/01/97. Ford warrantied the 96 for the same timing cover and intake manifold gaskets, but flat out refused to fix mine. It was an expensive repair, but at least I avoided hydro locking the engine.
My DW finally killed it last year by riding the clutch in traffic.

Why did wearing out the clutch disc kill it? Changing the clutch on an F150 is both fairly easy and cheap compared to something like a timing chain.

 

[RjCorazza]

The clutch was not the only problem, just pushed me over the edge. I had been driving it with a shot AC compressor for several years.

 

[Hay Dude]

Reading this closely. My wife and i are long overdue for new vehicles and we are mulling over extending warranties.
In a perfect world, we'd be able to turn them in after the warranty expires, but the temptation to run them 10 years is appealing, too.

 

[5030]

I have an E350 Mercedes, a K2500 4x4 Suburban, a 4x4 Jeep Wrangler, and the Corolla.
The Corolla is without question, the most trouble free of the bunch, though the Suburban is a close second.

Gee, you can only drive one at a time...

 

[dfkrug]

I had a weird situation happen when I bought my wife a new Toyota Highlander in 2013. The finance guy repeatedly kept working on my wife to persuade us to buy the extended warranty, but I don’t really believe they are a good gamble on a New car so I continually refused.

Finally, after several attempts failed, he says “ well ‘‘this is good news, Toyota says they will drop the price of your new car by $1000, if you purchase the 100k warranty at $1000. No purchase, no discount’ Now my wife really cranked up the pressure, so I gave in, not wanting to hear about it over the next several days.

The out the door price remained the same, the car has long since run out of warranty and we never used a penny of the extended warranty.
Not a salesman or finance guy, but I have to assume there was some extra profit in there somewhere, or maybe a spiff for the f and I guy.

Well, you beat me by a dollar. Sort of.

I bought a new car once, also a Toyota. I hope never to do so again. It was a cash deal, but it still took hours to get out of that dealership. The pressure was highest to buy the extended warranty. The price started at $1000, but I kept refusing as the price dropped. In frustration, he gave up and got me to buy it for....ONE DOLLAR.

The reason that they sold for that price had to do with sales targets and incentives for each salesman at that dealership.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm in farm country, mostly cattle operations. Rarely see a GM truck on the job. Very common to see them in the repair shops. One Son is a mechanic, works on GM more than other two combined. One Son works at a dealership parts counter. Sells more GM parts than others combined. Odd since the percentage of GMs on the road here is so small.

Just the opposite here, half the trucks I see are GMs, Dodge probably 2nd place with Ford close behind.

 

[ovrszd]

Just the opposite here, half the trucks I see are GMs, Dodge probably 2nd place with Ford close behind.

These situations always intrigue me. Wonder why that is?? I don't fall into the brand war crap. I just watch things around me with the most minimal prejudice I can.

 

[LouNY]

What I have seen around here is that you can get a RAM (Dodge) for $10,000 of list easily most of the time more some times,
price wise the Chevys and Fords are out of the ball park.
I have contemplated replacing my 2015 RAM but the cost is ridiculous and I'm not impressed with the competition.
I rented a Ford F250 for 3 days this year, I was not impressed, the ergonomics did not fit me worth a ****.
It just didn't feel good.
Then with Chevy going all squirrely with the transfer cases this year, computer controlled slip clutch and low range an optional add on,
what the heck thats even worse then the RAM fiasco in the 1500's.

 

[5030]

Fords are uncomfortable for me as well. I do not like the seats in the new 150's and I especially don't like the engine compartment. you cannot get to things like the dipsticks without climbing up on the bumper... very poor and the engines are stuffed in, nothing accessable easily. I much prefer the GM seats and the ease of getting to underhood stuff. Don't know about the RAM but I have a Ford and a Chevy so I can compare them. The chevy wins over the Ford hands down. The Ford looks are marginally better but in my view, none of the new trucks look good. They are all kind of fugly.

If Fords had a better idea, they lost it somewhere.

 

[5030]

Ford... Found On Road Dead.....:laughing: