I recently bought a 2011 E70 (sport, diesel, 3rd row) as a tow vehicle for my trailer. It was sold by, maintained at, and then traded back to the same BMW dealer (Peake in Kenner, LA). The dealer gave me the complete maint/repair records, and it has already had most of the notorious E70 issues repaired and SB updates applied (EGR system, driveshaft, CA system, HVAC control panel, SCR mixer, Idler pulley, SCR active tank, throttle body, air-springs, battery, passenger seat sensor, etc. ) There was a major repair once every 15k miles (all covered under orig/extended BMW warranty). No surprise that the PO traded it in immediately after the BMW extended warranty ended.
So, while most of the big failures have already happened, it does have high miles (72k), so I went shopping for an extended service plan:
- Route 66 - not available for us, as you guys already know. I had one on my E60, and it was excellent other than they refused to pay the local dealer's labor rate of $150/hour. Even using a good independent at $90/hour, R66 paid close to 3x what it cost to buy. No wonder they don't cover BMW's anymore.
- Carchex: $6800 for 3yr/45kmiles. Whew!
- CNA (via local Nissan dealer): $3800 for 3yrs/36kmiles. He told me he would skip the warranty and budget for 2 big repairs.
- Delta Auto Protect: $2500 for 5yrs/60kmiles
Despite their poor reputation, the Delta quote seems irresistably cheap and it covers more (excludes less) than anyone else. Seems too good to be true, right?
Has anyone had good experiences with Delta Auto Protect?
John
(Boston)
01-05-2017, 10:27 PM
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