Extended Warranty....Is it really worth it?

[Rob_]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Rob_,
Does that mean "run with the ext warr" or run away from it?!
BR, Ol'UncMtr

md,
Run with the extended warranty that pays the BMW Center or Indy shop electronically via credit card. The last thing that a customer wants is to have to pay for major repairs and then have to wait on the reimbursement check from their extended warranty company. Not a good way of doing business IMO.

Rob_

[motordavid]

Rob_, Now I understand...
Do you think the Lake Pirates take Ext Warranty work?! ;>)
BR, md

[Rob_]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Rob_, Now I understand...
Do you think the Lake Pirates take Ext Warranty work?! ;>)
BR, md

md,
Not if the damage is caused by muskrats
Rob_

[alpac]

Originally Posted by JVZ104

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I have the CarMax Max Care warranty on my '01 X5. I had some problems with getting them to cover work the first time I threw a claim on them, and it seemed they were going to try and screw me over, but I have a secret weapon for such instances that most people do not, so they take extra good care of me now, even write me letters after my claims are processed.....
JV

I do too have the CarMax Max Care. So far so good, they took care of every single problem I had. All together I had about $6500 of work done on mine ($5000k for the cooling problem and about $1500k of minor things like windows regulator, oil sensor, central armrest replaced, etc...). I paid $1800 for a 3 years 36k.

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by Rob_

md,
Not if the damage is caused by muskrats
Rob_

I had forgotten about those communist Lake muskrats that climb on boats and eat the wiring and props,

BR,md

muskratlove.org

[Quicksilver]

What about BMW warranties?

[JV]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

What about BMW warranties?

Only available to the original owner, so that nixed me.

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

What about BMW warranties?

QuickAG...
Very pricey, imo.

[vinuneuro]

I can vouch for WarrantyDirect as well. We have made 4 claims with two different BMW dealers. Each time they paid over the phone no quesitons asked. The dealer didn't have a problem either. Very smooth.

[footsurg]

Originally Posted by JVZ104

I have the CarMax Max Care warranty on my '01 X5. I had some problems with getting them to cover work the first time I threw a claim on them, and it seemed they were going to try and screw me over, but I have a secret weapon for such instances that most people do not, so they take extra good care of me now, even write me letters after my claims are processed.

I've so far had nearly $2,000 in work done through the warranty on my X. I'd recommend you get an extended warranty, but get a SOLID one.

Good luck,

JV

JV,

Can you give us any idea what this "secret weapon" is?