Garym2000
Member Since: 17 Apr 2012
Location: Carlisle, Cumbria
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dangerdave wrote:I have to be honest and say, unless you have a Friday afternoon car, forget the warranty. The firms make a good profit and pay for Quentin's endorsement out of people insuring against their insecurities. I accept there are those who claim on a regular basis, if you're not one, then why are you chipping in for someone else's problem car? Especially if youve had the car from new and not much hassle, there's no reason on earth to believe it will screw up in the next 12, 24 or more months. Okay, things happen, but then either put the money into an ISA or have sufficient on the Visa for a repair bill, worse case scenario.
I believe I have a Friday afternoon car, 10 times to the dealers in 9 months, lots replaced, all under dealers 1 year warranty. Would not be without one.
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dangerdave
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| 15th Dec 2012 5:21 pm |
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Garym2000
Member Since: 17 Apr 2012
Location: Carlisle, Cumbria
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Totally agree Dave, if I'd had the car from new, I would know its history and would know the care I would have lavished upon it. Unfortunately the car had one previous owner, who must have used it to pull 10 ton trucks, and a full service history from the dealers, which I can only presume dealt in drugs and not in car maintenance. 
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| 15th Dec 2012 5:29 pm |
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dangerdave
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| 15th Dec 2012 5:42 pm |
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ckra1000
Member Since: 16 Aug 2010
Location: Sheffield
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I get your point Dave. I bought my D3 second hand so looked at the J D Power survey for car reliability before deciding on a warranty. Discovery's come 90th out of the 118 cars surveyed so I decided a warranty would manage the risk better.
I wish I could afford to buy a new car and maintain it properly from new ... but i guess I'd still be faced with some design faults (e.g. EPB) Chris
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| 15th Dec 2012 5:55 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
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Haggle it is then, So is extra care for 12 months all i can get for my 37k 55 plate disco 3
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| 15th Dec 2012 6:20 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
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Anyone else had a renewal yet  they won't budge on mine so I'll be canceling my warrenty 
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