Got mine through today too, as you say if you don't renew it something is bound to go wrong I know £410 is steep but hey if you have to have some work done your be pleased you took it out.
Cheers
Colin

[Edited by Scoob99 - 11/5/2003 4:14:19 PM]

 

Bought my (MY99) Scooby last November from Subaru dealer , just had my letter from them telling me I can extend it for 1 year for £410 , does this seem a bit steep ? If this was for 2 years I would take them up on it .Any of you had different prices .
Thanks in advance
Dave

 

Look on the bright side - if you have one claim, you are likely to break even, possibly be in profit. Only you can decide if the risk vs cost is VFM.

Matt

 

Sounds a bit steep to me. With a rising stock market it might be better sense to put the £410 into a tracker fund for two years. At the end of that time if nothing has gone wrong then you'll probably have made a few quid. As with all insurance you have to weigh up the risks. If you have an aftermarket air filter or other work on the induction side then perhaps £410 isn't so much :-)

 

Yep after two years you're likely to be the proud owner of about £439

 

Thanks for the replys guys ,I get what your saying , it's always going to be a 'sods law' situation I guess .I just wonder if this is a bit steep or is it like insurance and they make it up as they go along ?

 

I got reciepts for something like £7.5k, paid for by IM/Subaru UK, after my engine smoked itself a couple years back. I didn't begrudge paying for the extra 2 years after that LOL
Cman

 

I extended my warranty in march - using the unlimitted one as i was over 60k miles. It cost about what you said.

Since then i've had:
MAF sensor - £220
ABS controller - £200 + a lot of labour to diagnose etc
Alarm bracket - £not much ;-)
Alarm aerial shielding - ~£30

Today my car is in for gearbox seal leak, and rear main seal leak. This is going to take 2 days so I hazard to think how many hours labour. My clutch is being changed while it's in, just for cost of parts, as engine already apart.

I reckon the £400 odd was worth it !!!

Andy

 

i decided not to renew it on my my99. since then have replaced:-

- maf, £75
- plug leads, £114

still a healthy coupla hundred quid in profit. manufacturing defects happen early on in a products life. if its not a defect, then its wear and tear and wont be replaced by warranty anyway...

 

Old fart - did they put a Porsche turbo engine back in for you for the inconveniance? 7.5 k - Holy moly! Lol,

Cal

 

If only I had taken the extended warranty

ie. new engine, gearbox, wheel bearings, 3 mafs

Hindsights a great thing eh?

 

SiPie....
OOOOOuch !

 

i was offered an after market warranty for £380 all in....

Sy

 

If you look at this i think it is £440 for 2 years and not one.

http://www.subaru-insured.co.uk/warranty.asp

 

£408 for me, but i ain't going for it. had a center diff, fifth gear and maf all done in the warranty so should be ok for a wee while at least...TOUCH WOOD!!!

 

I think Price differences for "Extended" Warranty and a "1 year" Warranty

If you have a Full service and extend at the end of the 3 Year Warranty period, £440 ish for 2years. If the Car has a break in service's records or have taken up 'after' the end of the 3 year Period, then £410 for 1 year.

IMHO AFAIR etc.

 

No - just a "Prodrive Special" engine only 16 people had the option on....

Matt

 

I was vacillating over whether to fork out for the extended warranty on my MY99. Thankfully I did as since then I've had a new rear diff (£1000ish), new wheel bearing, new maf and lambda sensor and a new alarm bracket! I'd do it if I were you.

 

CharlieBoy
Have you had your Scoob from new?? cos i just phoned Subaru assit and they told me you can only have the 2 year one at £440 if you have owed the car from new.
Cheers
Colin

 

ahhh, that would be why I have those prices on an invitation to buy an extended warranty from Subaru. Shame the car was written off in January!