I have 48,500 miles on my car. I know to get the Volvo extended warranty I have to buy it in 500 miles..as you need to do it before 49,000 miles. My car is an 04. I bought it used, and I don't honestly know when it went into service...but I'm guessing it was either mid-late 03 or early 04. I bought it in May 04 wtih 14k on it.
I have priced extended warranties and saw the redbank volvo pricing online. (my local volvo dealer quoted me higher prices - but I wonder if they may match the prices redbank advertised???)
The question is this:
1) on a modded car like mine - ECU/dp/exhaust/springs/sways/E slot rotors...blue coolant hoses... am I just asking to get screwed by volvo if/when I have a major failure like my motor or tranny or turbo? will they just laugh and say you have mods, so you are denied?
given the other little parts that will break off/on over the next 50k miles...the stuff that nickel and dimes you to death - that has no relation to my mods - maybe even considering that stuff alone, I'd be wise to get the warranty.
Or just save the money and figure I'll save it now, and jus tpay later as I go and figure I'll take the risk.
2) Assuming I do buy an extended warranty - here are theprices.
All of thse are for 7 yr, 100k miles. 7 yrs from teh date it went into service, and 100k total miles.
$0 deductible - $3239
$50 deductible - $2646
$100 deductible - $2350
$200 deductible - $1699
I figure half the stuff I go in for is gonna be $50-100, so if I go with a high deductible, I get nickel and dimed along the way anyway as I can't use the coverage on small dollar items - gas filler door hinges, and other random crap that breaks. that stuff may pop up a lot or not that much. the MORE of those little $50-100 items that pop up from 50k - 100k - the better off I may be to spend more for 0 deductible.
those of you who have owned S60s before and driven them to 100k..what were your experiences in terms of warranty related items that are liekly to break/fail over the life of the warranty. and does it make sense to pay fo9r the 0 deductible to get those "nickel and dime" items coverd or not.
For example, a $100 deductible is about $1000 cheaper than the $0 deductible. It would take about 10 visits for $100 items to make that up...or 5 small items and 5 big items....since the 5 "small" $100 fixes would be "free" with 0 deductible and the 5 "big" items would have NO deductible...those 10 visit would be 1000 bucks less out of pocket over the warranty..
what do you think....
buy it, don't buy it
and if so, what deductible.
I have priced extended warranties and saw the redbank volvo pricing online. (my local volvo dealer quoted me higher prices - but I wonder if they may match the prices redbank advertised???)
The question is this:
1) on a modded car like mine - ECU/dp/exhaust/springs/sways/E slot rotors...blue coolant hoses... am I just asking to get screwed by volvo if/when I have a major failure like my motor or tranny or turbo? will they just laugh and say you have mods, so you are denied?
given the other little parts that will break off/on over the next 50k miles...the stuff that nickel and dimes you to death - that has no relation to my mods - maybe even considering that stuff alone, I'd be wise to get the warranty.
Or just save the money and figure I'll save it now, and jus tpay later as I go and figure I'll take the risk.
2) Assuming I do buy an extended warranty - here are theprices.
All of thse are for 7 yr, 100k miles. 7 yrs from teh date it went into service, and 100k total miles.
$0 deductible - $3239
$50 deductible - $2646
$100 deductible - $2350
$200 deductible - $1699
I figure half the stuff I go in for is gonna be $50-100, so if I go with a high deductible, I get nickel and dimed along the way anyway as I can't use the coverage on small dollar items - gas filler door hinges, and other random crap that breaks. that stuff may pop up a lot or not that much. the MORE of those little $50-100 items that pop up from 50k - 100k - the better off I may be to spend more for 0 deductible.
those of you who have owned S60s before and driven them to 100k..what were your experiences in terms of warranty related items that are liekly to break/fail over the life of the warranty. and does it make sense to pay fo9r the 0 deductible to get those "nickel and dime" items coverd or not.
For example, a $100 deductible is about $1000 cheaper than the $0 deductible. It would take about 10 visits for $100 items to make that up...or 5 small items and 5 big items....since the 5 "small" $100 fixes would be "free" with 0 deductible and the 5 "big" items would have NO deductible...those 10 visit would be 1000 bucks less out of pocket over the warranty..
what do you think....
buy it, don't buy it
and if so, what deductible.