Glad I bought a BMW warranty!!!!!!

pepsilol · 27 Jan 2012 at 00:06

Tute said:
Can I just take this opportunity to ask - do any of the other manufacturers offer a warranty service anywhere near as good as BMWs?

Lexus, good for the hybrid models.

dangermouse425 · 27 Jan 2012 at 00:08

This is good news for me. Hoping to get mine as soon as the warranty from the dealer I bought it from runs out. It's still under 60k, so hopefully won't be paying too much!

panthro · 27 Jan 2012 at 07:09

Mine is £113 per month full comp with no excess. I havent had to use it for anything yet. Might seem daft but I want something to go wrong so I can break even on the money I have spent so far!!

lookitsjonno · 27 Jan 2012 at 07:37

I pay about £400 a year to Warranty Direct on my E90 - not claimed yet so can't comment on the service.

Dandle · 27 Jan 2012 at 08:06

lookitsjonno said:
I pay about £400 a year to Warranty Direct on my E90 - not claimed yet so can't comment on the service.

I was paying 480 on my E61. The difference between WD an Modial isn't much for you I wouldn't risk it. I'm just glad my claim with WD wasn't for something a lot more, my car is now back under Mondial and lesson learnt.

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2012 at 08:07

Dandle you'll confuse everyone referring to the BMW warranty as Mondial

jaybee · 27 Jan 2012 at 08:13

Note to self, don't ever buy a car that throws up random 4 figure bills - I don't do car warranties.

-Mike- · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:13

[TW]Fox;21128696 said:
'Essentially'.

They are fine if the claim is 100% cut and dried. When it's not, and often things are not, well, good luck.

Indeed to this! They did pay out £850 for a slipped cambelt on my previous car though!

Over Clocker · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:15

[TW]Fox;21128078 said:
Do I win a cookie for totally predicting this when you bought it?

Ummm no, you predicted the SMG system would fail, which it hasn't, it's perfectly fine :-)

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:19

So what's the 2k for? I thought you said the slave cylinder for the clutch on your SMG box had gone :confused:

Muffin` · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:22

How much is a warranty on a 90k 1998 318is?

-Mike- · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:27

[TW]Fox;21132211 said:
So what's the 2k for? I thought you said the slave cylinder for the clutch on your SMG box had gone

For your attention sir

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18368123&page=2

dalin80 · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:37

After having dealt with warranty direct on a number of occasions for claims on customers cars I definitely couldn't recommend them, if they do pay its often only around 1/4-1/6th of the final bill.

AA warranty seems pretty good, they seem much more understanding about knock on effects etc.

Over Clocker · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:38

[TW]Fox;21132211 said:
So what's the 2k for? I thought you said the slave cylinder for the clutch on your SMG box had gone

It's part of the manual gearbox, not the SMG system!

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:43

Over Clocker said:
It's part of the manual gearbox, not the SMG system!

Of course its part of SMG?

Over Clocker · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:48

Umm no, it has a clutch, slave cylinder, master cylinder and gearbox just as a normal manual would, the SMG system sits seperately to it....

[TW]Fox · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:56

A slave cylinder on a normal manual doesn't cost 2k to fix.

what else has gone wrong? You said something about cooling?

The sMG has a different and much more expensive slave cylinder.

Over Clocker · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:12

Clutch, thermostat, radiator, rear lights cluster, something to do with an earthing point?

mick4545 · 30 Jan 2012 at 20:26

I've just paid £1870 to extend a one year Lexus warranty to three years on a 57 plate LS 600h L. Worth it to me for the peace of mind.

Covers everything except wear and tear items.

daveydave · 30 Jan 2012 at 20:33

mjt said:
I wish I could have a BMW warranty.

My driver's window hasn't been winding down for a while now, and then today when I tried to open it there was a bang, and now it opens and closes fine.
I'm dreading the day it gets stuck open

Mind you, that probably wouldn't have been covered anyway. Could've been hand regarding the £1500 of other costs though.
And the imending failure of the cooling system.

Window regulator....get it fixed man. I won't get stuck in the down position mind you, if it snaps the window will wind all the way up and stay up.