3rd party Warranties

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Just bought a cheap 2000 Focus and looking for someone who'll do a warranty on it.. most of them seem to not want to touch a 10 yr old car.. anyone know of any that will? or anyone got experience of these warranty companies?

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Si. said:
Just bought a cheap 2000 Focus and looking for someone who'll do a warranty on it.. most of them seem to not want to touch a 10 yr old car.. anyone know of any that will? or anyone got experience of these warranty companies?

Ta.
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Most stop covering at 10 years at the oldest, and those that do cover will only cover a small amount of parts. I think Tesco's cover had one of the best ranges available but wouldn't know what to shove into Google to find it!
 
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Most stop covering at 10 years at the oldest, and those that do cover will only cover a small amount of parts. I think Tesco's cover had one of the best ranges available but wouldn't know what to shove into Google to find it!
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having had a very quick poke at Google: http://www.tescofinance.com/personal/finance/motoring/car-warranty-plan/policy-summary.jsp

'Value – Section A

(for cars up to 10 years old/ 100,000 miles, £1,500 claim limit per claim¹, £50 excess)'
 
The other thing to keep in mind is the small print, it's not in there interests to keep pay outs to a min, to be honest i would only bother on more specialist cars were a blown engine for example can cost thousands of pounds to fix, and thats assuming you use your savy and go to a cheap indi and source the parts from breakers yards, Ebay, second hand etc

Thats were it's worth it IMO, i had a greenflag one thrown in for free a few years ago when i bought my first car an Escort, no they didn't pay out when i needed it, but the dmg was relatively cheap to fix and really the whole waranty was a waste of time on it
 
When you can change an engine, gearbox and clutch with change from a grand, is it really worth having a warranty on such a car?
 
Well, it wasn't going going to be brand new parts fitted from a dealer ;)

Saying that, you can buy a new engine for less than £500. Find yourself a decent local garage and you can have a brand new engine in your car for less than a Grand :)

As for having a warranty on the car, it's pointless. The main things that money will be spent on, will be classed as 'wear and tear' items and will not be covered.
 
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after more thought I agree with you all.. I'll just stick some cash every month into a "car fund" and hope nothing goes wrong with it.. from what I've read the Focus is fairly bomb proof and parts are cheap.
 
Si. said:
after more thought I agree with you all.. I'll just stick some cash every month into a "car fund" and hope nothing goes wrong with it.. from what I've read the Focus is fairly bomb proof and parts are cheap.
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Best way unless it's something exotic - that way if nothing goes wrong you've got a nice holiday paid for!
 
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