Update: CPO woes resolved :)

[wwu123]

I did research and realize the CPO "assurance" was basically bunk and the inspection rather cursory, but ended up buying CPO anyway for the value of the warranty, after pricing out third-party extended warranties. Also the salesperson claimed the CPO warranty was bumper-to-bumper, but I verified it is not but understood what I was getting and not.

I also made sure the car was still within the original warranty, and ended up having several issues fixed under the original warranty. They would've likely been covered under the CPO warranty as well, but just less potential hassle with the original warranty.

[ard]

Originally Posted by wwu123

I did research and realize the CPO "assurance" was basically bunk and the inspection rather cursory, but ended up buying CPO anyway for the value of the warranty, after pricing out third-party extended warranties. Also the salesperson claimed the CPO warranty was bumper-to-bumper, but I verified it is not but understood what I was getting and not.

I also made sure the car was still within the original warranty, and ended up having several issues fixed under the original warranty. They would've likely been covered under the CPO warranty as well, but just less potential hassle with the original warranty.

There you go! Good analysis.

Most disturbing to me is that people are acutally lulled into a sense that the dealer is doing the PPI they ought to have done... with some concept that "the dealer isn't going to risk their name if something is wrong"

The CPO equals the "Gold" exteneded warranty, Platinum is better, closer to new car warranty.

[BGM]

And ard--even though my degree is in Economics I did notice I am like 40 posts up on you but we are almost neck and neck. You'll never catch me !