Has anyone hacked an extended warranty to own a traditionally unreliable car for less than it would typically cost?
For instance Doug Demuro bought his Range Rover from CarMax, opting to purchase $3k in max care warranty to protect it bumper to bumper. It ended up paying out close to the cars purchase price in repairs.
Has anyone else had experience or success with similar products?
I wouldnât do that purposely but buying an extended warranty from Ziegler on a Pacifica Hybrid was the only way I was going to buy it vs an Odyssey. Not sure if it will pay for itself but the PacHy is at the dealer now for a clicking in the wheels. They replaced some ball bearings but that didnât fix it - now they are saying the cause may be the axle is shifting and I might need a new transmission lol wth
For one, I didnât ask for your opinion on whether you think itâs a good idea or not. I asked if anyone had attempted to recreate this saga of events that was documented over the course of 6 years, and whether they were successful.
Thatâs the definition of a Jeep Product.
Just Enough Engine PartsâŚlol
So I guess this is a âpost your best stick it to the warranty company postâ? I read it as, lets buy a car that will save me money on the warranty repairs. Demuro did mention he loves Range Rovers but knows how crappy they were so he cost Carmax so much money they stopped offering warranties for it.
Thats like saying leasehacking is a âstick it to the banksâ group. Itâs not. Itâs about owning cars that youâll enjoy for the cheapest amount possible.
If I wanted to live a little, and someday own a high end performance car like a 760li or S63, would getting a warranty be about âsticking it to the warranty companyâ or ensuring that Iâm running the lowest TCO numbers?
Thatâs exactly what Iâm getting at here. Market is about to plummet hard. Fun cars will be available. Whatâs the cheapest and most intelligent way to safeguard potential failure?
Carmax still sells a pretty competitive warranty, they just stopped selling super high risk vehicles (or sell them for a higher price). Anecdotally, a 6 yr/+60k mile warranty on a off-warranty 2017 Panamera 4S was $3350 back in May. It was equivalent to the factory warranty, underwritten by fidelity.
Speaking of Fidelity, the Fidelity Platinum warranties are top notch factory equivalents. The hack is buying one when the car has <9,999 miles (any age). Folks have paid $3000 to cover 6 year old 911s for 8 years longer.
I purchased a Ford PremiumCARE Warranty (six additional years) for under $800 (or was it just over $600?) directly from FMC. I extended my lease and did not want to chance anything happening after the three-year factory warranty expired. I have no deductible, and it includes car rental. I am not a Reddit member, but I got fortunate to find great information on the site via a simple Google search.
Generic breakdown from CarMax below. Doesnât appear they give breakdowns immediately while browsing through cars. Just saw a pretty V8 6 series with 50k miles in the 20âs. Doug said on a currently used Carmax Range Rover a warranty would run 9k. Using that as a worst case scenario, you get a used 6 figure luxury car with peace of mind for the same price as an optioned Honda Accord. And the market will only grow softer on these high end beasts from here.
CarMax did, but they might still even be a bargain on Range Rovers at the jacked up prices.
Did they jack up prices on other fun cars too, is a M6 warranty proportionally jacked up?
How bout AutoNation warranties? Other dealer chains or 3rd parties? Carvana, Shift, Driveway, people that are new to the game without great SOPâs in place?
Just remember, all warranties arenât equal. Look for exclusionary ones with high claim limits - if itâs not on the excluded list, itâs covered. Most of the real cheap warranties provided out there are non-exclusionary, so only covers the few listed components.
I am very sexy and fun, so I really need to be driving a car that is also very sexy and fun.
I want a car that makes me and other people both go every time they see it.
I want an unreliable turd. I want it to scream nouveau rich. I want it to be obnoxious yet sinister like a bad guy chase car in a Bond film or the main antagonistâs car in a teen show airing on the CW.
I bought a 750 from carmax recently.
Within their 90 days warranty period(came free with any carmax purchase), they probably put in 6-7k worth of repair if I was bring the car to dealerâŚ
And at this point, my MaxCare warranty havenât kick in yetâŚ
I was window shopping a CPO XC90 and was surprised by how reasonably priced a Certified by Volvo warranty extension costs.
About $3K to go from 5/50K to 10/100K bumper-to-bumper on a low-mileage XC90 with $100 deductible, from Steingold, a dealer in New England. The warranty is an exclusionary policy and can only be added to cars purchased as CPO. Almost seems like a no-brainer given how unreliable these SPA vehicles are.