How B***** much?

That's a lot - but I do remember when I had a 318i many years ago that it was £499 to extend it for a year, so it's probably about right.

It's identical to the factory BMW warranty though - so it does cover everything that your current one does.

It sounds a lot....but it doesn't take much to rack up that kind of bill if something goes more than just a little wrong.

Cheers guys, got some thinking to do

Coasting wrote: Praktisk wrote:  will be investing in a Kia. It's quicker and easier just to bundle the cash up and set it alight! A lot more fun too. I can't imagine anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances, seriously wanting to invest hard earned cash into one of these. Top Gear, What Car, Car Magazine and Driven have all demonstrated that they are a total false economy and that over 2-5 years you are much better off buying virtually ANYTHING else!

 The subaru style bonnet scoop must its number 1 selling point then.

Nigel,

The answer is simple - don't buy a New Vectra Estate and you don't lose that much money!

The programmes/magazines all took the alternative view to that which you use as an example.

That is, don't buy a New South Korean car (or similar ilk).

Buy a used European car for the same money.

320ci wrote: I recieved an invitation to extend my warranty this year. So I phoned Mills and spoke to a chap who said the computers were down could I hang on. He came back and said £720 and that does not include wear and tear. Does that sound about right?

hi there

asking that amount of the green suff seems pretty high in my eyes....... i hate to say it but bmw [own] schemes on looking after  ownership tends to be on the high side.and the "wear and tear" policys seem to look as if there not worth the paper there written on...to me they are just another part of th fian nice arm of the marque that wants us to spend money were its not needed

however if peace of mind previals .then it shouldnt be too much of a price to pay for ...peace of mind as the other warrenty chaps out there will /could only fleece you more and they tend to be awfull in respect of claims payouts .. i think bmw s own wouldnt be the case

Sods law, the EMC will go down a day after the warranty ends, its just my luck.

Keep em fingures crossed for me

Peter Fenwick wrote: Either way this kind of thing would really put me off buying a new BMW

dont let that it put you off buying a new bmw ..just dont get sucked in to the hype of the aftersales managers speel .

Aren't you forgetting that we are talking of a warranty beyond 60,000 miles or 3 years.

To say a Honda would provide trouble free motoring is simply ridiculous for the same period.

In the past I have owned both a Civic and an Accord.

At 28,000 miles the Civic needed new rear suspension - completely, and a new gearbox at 31,000.

The Accord was a runaround that was 38 months old.  I bought it for the reasons you've raised - supposedly trouble free motoring.

I spent £2,000 on that car in 18 months.  Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong.

Honda are very good are highlighting no VTEC recalls in 3 years of warranty - but I'm afraid lots of other things did go wrong in my experience.

If you're buying a premium car like a BMW you're not buying life long trouble free motoring.  After 3 years or 60,000 miles things WILL go wrong.  That's the same with every car and to suggest it isn't and that BMW have issues isn't looking at the bigger picture.

The warranty offered for £720 is acknowledged as the ONLY true extension of a full factory warranty - every other car maker offers extended warranties but they are not a direct extention of the new warranty.

Dave could have a four figure gearbox bill in his BMW just as he could in a Honda, Toyota, Audi or anything else.  It happens.

The warranty, in my personal opinion and nothing more, just buys you peace of mind for costs you can't anticipate.

No marque and no manufacturer can claim the sort of long term reliability and cost free motoring that you're inferring exists.

i've just found a companyt who will provide a waranty with £1000 cover limit (per claim) for my car with 105,000 miles on clock for a 24 month period for £330.75 Pretty good i would say check it out at link below

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