should I invest in extended maintenance plan
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I have a 2008 528xi with 35,000 miles. My wife now drives it 3,000 to 5,000 a year.
When the warranty expired, I purchased the extended warranty.
I was thinking about getting extended maintenace plan. My concern is that the maintenance is miliage based and I'd be paying thousands of dollars for minimal scheduled maintence because not many miles are being put on the car.
Anyone have n opinion?
When the warranty expired, I purchased the extended warranty.
I was thinking about getting extended maintenace plan. My concern is that the maintenance is miliage based and I'd be paying thousands of dollars for minimal scheduled maintence because not many miles are being put on the car.
Anyone have n opinion?
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My opinion on this is that extended warranty is a good idea, but the extended maintenance is less important.
You could probably get your maintenance items done more affordably at an independent shop.
You could probably get your maintenance items done more affordably at an independent shop.
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As with all insurance, extended warranties make lots of $$$ for the companies selling them, so unless you absolutely cannot tolerate an occasional cost spike when something breaks, you're better off without them.
Extended maintenance is even more nuts. You can predict exactly what it's going to cost over the next 50,000 miles, or whatever the coverage is. Why prepay it? Plus it will only cover factory-recommended maintenance, which is not anywhere near enough. The notion of "lifetime fill" for the cooling system, transmission and differential is pure fantasy. And in your climate, you ought to change the brake fluid every year.
Extended maintenance is even more nuts. You can predict exactly what it's going to cost over the next 50,000 miles, or whatever the coverage is. Why prepay it? Plus it will only cover factory-recommended maintenance, which is not anywhere near enough. The notion of "lifetime fill" for the cooling system, transmission and differential is pure fantasy. And in your climate, you ought to change the brake fluid every year.
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As with all insurance, extended warranties make lots of $$$ for the companies selling them, so unless you absolutely cannot tolerate an occasional cost spike when something breaks, you're better off without them.
Extended maintenance is even more nuts. You can predict exactly what it's going to cost over the next 50,000 miles, or whatever the coverage is. Why prepay it? Plus it will only cover factory-recommended maintenance, which is not anywhere near enough. The notion of "lifetime fill" for the cooling system, transmission and differential is pure fantasy. And in your climate, you ought to change the brake fluid every year.
Extended maintenance is even more nuts. You can predict exactly what it's going to cost over the next 50,000 miles, or whatever the coverage is. Why prepay it? Plus it will only cover factory-recommended maintenance, which is not anywhere near enough. The notion of "lifetime fill" for the cooling system, transmission and differential is pure fantasy. And in your climate, you ought to change the brake fluid every year.
***Again I'm still debating every single day.
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