Great story, although I predict that dealer will be out of business by the end of the year.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 2:53 PM Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I imagine most people on here wouldn’t buy an extended warranty. And I > have never bought one before. But, back in September I decided I needed an > SUV. We went on a family vacation and taking the dog, kids, stuff, etc we > didn’t have much room in my car. > > I bought a 2014 Lexus GX 460. It’s not the biggest SUV, but it is still > full size and three rows. I bought it with only 39,000 miles from the > local BMW dealer. They offered to sell me an extended warranty and I > immediately said no. Then, I wondered what crazy number they were going to > quote me. They said $2000 for 4 years and 48,000 miles — on top of the > miles it already had. I started thinking with an 8 year old vehicle things > like an alternator or a starter or power window motors are going to fail. > None of those are outrageous, but a few repairs here and there and it’s not > hard to get to $2000. This is the zero deductible top of the line coverage. > > I got an oil change last week and they called me and said the timing cover > is leaking oil and said $3000 to fix. BUT, I had the warranty. They > covered it. I watched the video on how to do it. ALL the stuff in front has > to come off. It’s a huge job. > > I picked up my car at lunch and it’s all done and it cost me nothing. I > only mention this because it is so rare that a car extended warranty (other > than CPO) actually works out. > > Donald H. Snook > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
