Easy Care Platinum EXT WRRTY
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10-31-2009 | 03:28 PM
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Easy Care Platinum EXT WRRTY
For anyone looking for an ext wrty for their car, I would highly recommend the above one by Fidelity. I bought my CTT 05 last Aug 08 and paid 4k for the 3yr/36k mile plan.
My local shop in SA, Porsche Center said it is the only co they will take bc others have failed to pay so even though I bought the car elsewhere, I bought wrty from them. It has a $100 deduct.
In the first 12 mos, I had around 4k work done to the car so by that time it had pretty much paid for itself with the remaining 2 years left and 25k miles as gravy.
Noticed a small leak under car and turns out it was tranny fluid. Dealer said it would most likely be needing a new seal which would run around 2k for parts/labor. I have a good relationship with dealer and svc mgr and hence they said they would try to push for a new tranny since it had 71k miles.
That is exactly what I ended up with. New tranny with new software which would have cost some $6,400 for parts/labor. So the original wrty has now paid itself plus one and some extra change. I still have about 22 months left and 25k miles to go so naturally with all the new parts the car has on it, I will keep it until the wrty runs out and perhaps even longer.
New tranny shifts much better and keeps rpms where you need them prior to upshifting like the old one did. I think I will need to look into if the Rover dealer uses this wrty for when my Sport SC gets close to going out of wrty as I plan to keep that one for some time as well.
As much as I blow on mods for my cars which provide me with enjoyment but never provide me with any money back when I sell the cars, its nice to invest in something that pays you back
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My local shop in SA, Porsche Center said it is the only co they will take bc others have failed to pay so even though I bought the car elsewhere, I bought wrty from them. It has a $100 deduct.
In the first 12 mos, I had around 4k work done to the car so by that time it had pretty much paid for itself with the remaining 2 years left and 25k miles as gravy.
Noticed a small leak under car and turns out it was tranny fluid. Dealer said it would most likely be needing a new seal which would run around 2k for parts/labor. I have a good relationship with dealer and svc mgr and hence they said they would try to push for a new tranny since it had 71k miles.
That is exactly what I ended up with. New tranny with new software which would have cost some $6,400 for parts/labor. So the original wrty has now paid itself plus one and some extra change. I still have about 22 months left and 25k miles to go so naturally with all the new parts the car has on it, I will keep it until the wrty runs out and perhaps even longer.
New tranny shifts much better and keeps rpms where you need them prior to upshifting like the old one did. I think I will need to look into if the Rover dealer uses this wrty for when my Sport SC gets close to going out of wrty as I plan to keep that one for some time as well.
As much as I blow on mods for my cars which provide me with enjoyment but never provide me with any money back when I sell the cars, its nice to invest in something that pays you back
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10-31-2009 | 03:35 PM
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PS-When I bought the car it had 60k miles and I paid 38k for it. Due to the high miles, I felt it a good idea to get the wrty.
I guess this could be interpretid that these cars can become money pits once they get into the higher miles range, but the svc mgr says he has only seen 2 or 3 that needed all that mine did at that mileage.
My outlook is "who cares" as long as you have a good wrty. The car is an absolute dream to drive and I used to think my 07 Sport SC was a better suv to drive until I had some seat time in the CTT.
I guess this could be interpretid that these cars can become money pits once they get into the higher miles range, but the svc mgr says he has only seen 2 or 3 that needed all that mine did at that mileage.
My outlook is "who cares" as long as you have a good wrty. The car is an absolute dream to drive and I used to think my 07 Sport SC was a better suv to drive until I had some seat time in the CTT.
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