WJM

Does anyone have experience with the Alpha Full Coverage plan from AAAutoWarranty.com?

http://aaautowarranty.com/alphabumper.asp

Pls advice.

Thx

WJM

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No experience, but I am also looking at 3rd party warranties as well as the bmw warranty. It looks like alpha is in Utah and has a satisfactory Better Business Bureau rating, but they said it was insured by Prime ins which was just UPGRADED to B+++, so I'm not too sure. I also looked at a company that had the Summit MBPI Platinum policy, and their BBB rating was horrible.

I saw a report of someone with a Zurich ext warr on M5 board, and they were happy, except that their labor rate wasn't high enough and they said they had to pay 10-15% of the labor even though they had a $0 deductible plan. Someone else said they had a GE warranty and were happy.

My only concern with the bmw warranty is that I'm not sure if the i-drive is covered. You also have to be the original owner to get the bmw warranty.

I asked a question about ext warranties to Mike Miller in the Roundel magazine, and he said to skip the warranty and go with better and more frequent maintenance. I see that helping with mechanicals, but not the electricals, especially i-drive.

I'll keep looking, too.

Mark

WJM

I found this Top Ten Listing from Auto Warranty Reviews Online?. It list AAauto as one of the top ten.

http://www.autowarrantyreviews.org/top_ten.htm

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The site clearly says "AWReviews recieves a referral for a warranty bought from this link."
Sounds fishy to me.

WJM

I found this link that recommends WarrantyDirect.com and Nation Warranty Corporation.

How To Buy An Auto Extended Warranty & Avoid Scams
http://www.carbuyingtips.com/warranty.htm


Still doing my research....

THX 4 comments.

WJM

I am probably going to make a decision within a week of so. AA Auto has my attention because of the price and duration(125k miles).

I will be calling Fidelity and some others to check their prices and coverage for my newly purchased '06 530xiT with 57k miles.

Pls share any lead that you have.

THX

z06bigbird

AA is an inclusionary warranty. You really want an exclusionary warranty. Google those terms and "problems with AA.."

When you are ready to pick a warr, have a service mgr at ANY dealership read it for you. He/she can tell in 30 seconds if it is junk.

Do a search on a variety of forums for warr info.

jagbagri

I don't think you will find any company genuinely covering the electrical stuff specially the iDrive. Even if they claim it is covered you will pay a hefty price and will still have problem getting coverage work approved for the idrive issues.

z06bigbird

Exclusionary warranties (Fidelity, GMPP, Toyota, Mastertech, etc) all cover the IDrive. Take a look at their contracts.

What do you mean by hefty price? Price depends on deductible, miles covered, and months/years covered.

Just curious. And I don't sell warranties.

jagbagri

The reason I said that because I did not know anybody explicitly put iDrive coverage in writing, the best you can get is electrical is covered BUT when it comes to idrive, they refuse to cover it, like BMW's own CPO coverage. At least that's what I have gathered here, no direct experience. And if you can find some company put out idrive coverage in writing it is bound to be more expensive than others. The question is do you really want to have your idrive covered that badly?

Having said all that. I do NOT have any direct or indirect experience with any of the 3rd party or BMW warranties.
As a matter of fact I will be looking for getting coverage for myself. Warranty is expiring in August of this year and want to get one before that happens.

NOW, drawing from your experience, which one of the few you mentioned above, would you rate better than other and still being reasonably priced. How do you get the Toyota to extend the BMW warranty. Where do you get one. I have a family member work for Toyota plant, so I might be able to get some discount from Toyota if they sell it. Who do you contact?

Thanks.