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01-05-2013, 09:43 AM | #1 |
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Warranty up March 1, no need to extend?
My 2009 135i only has 19,000 miles on it and I have never had any problems with it, just routine maintenance. I don't foresee myself driving more than 6-7000 miles per year for the next two years. I'm pretty sure it would be a waste of money to get either an extended BMW warranty or extended maintenance package.
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01-05-2013, 12:22 PM | #2 |
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Waste, if your car has shown itself to he reliable so far, its just not worth the several K bmw asks for extended. Plus you put very few miles on it. Id take my chances.
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My 128 has been a maintenance hog ever since the warranty ran out.
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01-05-2013, 01:54 PM | #4 |
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Our 08 135 has over 100,000 on it now, and after 50,000 the only repairs was the replacement of a couple of sensors, so the extended would not have been worth it. We did extend the service to get the oil changes and brakes, that was pretty much a break even as the brakes lasted far longer than we expected (I think 88 for the front and 92,000 for the rear).
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01-05-2013, 02:37 PM | #6 |
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this. the dealer service prices are so inflated, and the chance of things not happening is there, so it really is a better route. not a good value imo. the only reasonably possible things that would make it worthwhile would be like catastrophic transmission failure or injector failure imo, which are rare. def just set aside 1-2k for repairs. if they don't happen, keep the money.
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01-05-2013, 04:07 PM | #8 |
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Sounds good, with my car having such low miles I don't foresee any major problems anytime soon. Should I try to get the dealer to replace spark plugs before my warranty is up?
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01-07-2013, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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My turbos took a crap at 49,930 so I was very lucky. I only extended the maintenance warranty and I think that was a waste, but nice to know no maint. dollars will be spent until after July 15, 2014.
I'll be passing 60K next week. |
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01-08-2013, 08:17 AM | #11 |
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Good question...power train warantee? May be worth it? Turbos are expensive.
But other than that if you have a trusted mechanic all other parts and issues can be taken care of outside fo BMW. |
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