Well, I just called the local VW dealership and spoke to the service manager about this.
He was pretty cool about my apprehension...my main concerns were whether or not I had to get the work done at an "approved" dealership or not, he said yes, but all VW dealerships are approved. Next, do I end up with aftermarket parts or OEM? He told me OEM was the only way that they go, and that UUG agrees. He also said that they deal with them all the time, and not to worry. So, I feel much better about the whole thing. As long as I can bring it to a dealership where they have trained techs for MY CAR, and it'll get paid for, I'm happy. And, you're right, they roll it right into the loan, so it is no big deal, like an extra 15 bucks a month. And, I just found out it is transferrable, which is a nice thing when we go to sell it. Matthew Small wrote: > I always hear they are a scam, but it's like insurance - you don't need it > until you need it. And then you're really glad you have it. > > I had an extended warranty on my car and used it once. It saved me having > to shell out $400 at that time. Of course, you realize that the warranty > costs more than that, but it's factored into the finance costs which makes > it easier to deal with. > > > Matthew Small > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Entended warranties for used cars > > So...my wife bought a new car on Monday. We bought from a dealer, and > they are trying to get us to buy an extended warranty. The car is an > '04 VW with 25K miles on it. There is still a 50K / 4 yr. factory > warranty on the car, but obviously, that isn't going to last forever. > The extended warranty is good for just about everything, according to > the literature given to us, as long as it is a part that fails, and not > a normal wear and tear item like brakes, exhaust, etc. It really > doesn't add all that much to the purchase price, about $1400, and it > covers the car for up to 100K / 5 yr. > > I have been brainwashed into declining all extended warranties, but this > one seems like a no-brainer. I mean, $1400 isn't all that much if > something were to go wrong. > > Anybody got any opinions or experiences with this company? The name is > Universal Underwriter's Group. > > Ray -- ================================================================= Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services 603.433.9559 www.crystalvision.org ================================================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170913 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
