I've never used my standard warranty on the three vehicles I have bought in the last few years. No reason for an extended. I usually have way over the miles long before the date expiration.
Wife had one on her car she got before we met. She used it once and it had a 200 dollar copay on all repairs. Was pretty pointless.
When I bought my 4Runner in September, the finance guy was pushing the warranty hard. After telling him no several times, he said okay, but I may end up buying you one of the lower tier ones myself. This started a conversation that they have a quota to make every month. If they beat it, they got a nice "bonus" in addition to the normal commission on the warranty sale.
ETA: About 10 years ago when I worked as a mechanic, I dealt a couple times with third party warranties. Those ripped people off. I remember them waiting several days for approval, then they would search salvage yards in like a 500 mile radius for the cheapest used part. I remember swapping a transmission twice on a car a couple weeks apart due to the junk parts they want to use.
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Wife had one on her car she got before we met. She used it once and it had a 200 dollar copay on all repairs. Was pretty pointless.
When I bought my 4Runner in September, the finance guy was pushing the warranty hard. After telling him no several times, he said okay, but I may end up buying you one of the lower tier ones myself. This started a conversation that they have a quota to make every month. If they beat it, they got a nice "bonus" in addition to the normal commission on the warranty sale.
ETA: About 10 years ago when I worked as a mechanic, I dealt a couple times with third party warranties. Those ripped people off. I remember them waiting several days for approval, then they would search salvage yards in like a 500 mile radius for the cheapest used part. I remember swapping a transmission twice on a car a couple weeks apart due to the junk parts they want to use.
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