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Old 08-26-2013, 07:45 PM
 
Location: Prosper
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For that inexpensive of a car, pass.
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Old 08-26-2013, 07:47 PM
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Location: The Sand Hills of NC
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No. Don't get it. Keep a high yield savings account open for car repairs.
Not wanting to hi jack this thread but where do you get one of those high yield savings accounts?
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Old 08-26-2013, 08:34 PM
 
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Not wanting to hi jack this thread but where do you get one of those high yield savings accounts?

Lol.....to do that, we have to "Welcome Back, Carter". And I don't EVER want to go back there again. Chances are if you're making 17% on your CDs, something's up.
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Old 08-26-2013, 08:35 PM
 
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Definitely pass on the warranty, but like others have mentioned, have a THOROUGH inspection done. And hopefully the owner can produce receipts for any work he did -- that would be a huge plus.
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Old 08-27-2013, 12:29 AM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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No---many of those warranties are full of loopholes, and those extended warranties are nothing more than a perk for the firm marketing them as well as the auto dealership pushing them, complete with a profit margin approaching 75%.
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Old 08-27-2013, 11:31 AM
 
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I alway's pass on warranties and have never been bitten by not having one on a used vehicle. That is until last year, I have to put a $3000 transmission in a used vehicle that we had only owned for a year. Although with some of the luck I've had this past year, it probably wouldn't have covered the trans anyways.
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Old 08-27-2013, 11:57 AM
 
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We bought one for a 1981 Cadillac Eldorado for $600.

Over a period of four years it saved us about $10k in repairs. Car was a piece of crap.

I doubt the coverage in new plans is as good as the one we bought.
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Old 08-27-2013, 01:56 PM
 
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No. You'll never find someone who will actually write the check to cover the repair. It will always be 'not my fault; go see so and so'.
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Old 08-27-2013, 05:00 PM
 
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If insurance companies were not making money on insurance, they would not sell the policy to you
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Old 08-27-2013, 05:54 PM
 
Location: La Mesa Aka The Table
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I would get a extended warranty just not from them.I got a extended warranty from my credit union and it was only 600.00 dollars.It was for and additional 60,000 miles after the manufacture warranty ended.That warranty ended up saving me $4200 dollars on my POS Dodge Durango
Call your Bank or local credit union.
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