Mechanical Warranty

[BB]

I can also strongly recommend a mechancial warranty on the euro cars full stop. In 10 year of taking them out, i've always made on it, sometimes by a factor of 10x plus returns (my A4 did a turbo, manifold and a number of small but expensive things).
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 See that's what I'm talking about......just how do they make any money on these euro nightmares?

[slowmo]

See that's what I'm talking about......just how do they make any money on these euro nightmares?

i'm sure all the jappas with mechanical warranties are subsidising all the euros with a warranty that break down

[BB]

Yes, that's exactly what I said a few post ago.

 But no no no its just me being negative eh

[beeker]

I can also strongly recommend a mechanical warranty on the euro cars full stop. In 10 year of taking them out, I've always made on it, sometimes by a factor of 10x plus returns (my A4 did a turbo, manifold and a number of small but expensive things).


 See that's what I'm talking about......just how do they make any money on these euro nightmares?

One way is the volume of people who dont keep their cars for the insurance term. ie sell them.
Alternatively, if you dont keep your service intervals up, you'll face a voided insurance at time of claim.
They also negotiate allot harder with the garages on labour, plus they grey importing their own parts and avoiding the fat EMD margins.

[B5Passat]

My last two passats had transmission issues and thank goodness they both had a mechanical warranty. Excess was only few hundred dollars, alot better than paying thousands.

[jared18t]

I think people are more scared off by Euro cars due to cost of parts when they should be considering how much better built they are.  One large payment for one thing going wrong is less inconvenient than twelve small things on a jappa.  Although there was a phase where vag let down on quality, but as far as my v8 goes its more mechanically sound than my mates 09 primera and in the period I have owned my golf and v8 he has spent more fixing his than I have on both mine together.

[BB]

I think people are more scared off by Euro cars due to cost of parts when they should be considering how much better built they are.  One large payment for one thing going wrong is less inconvenient than twelve small things on a jappa.  Although there was a phase where vag let down on quality, but as far as my v8 goes its more mechanically sound than my mates 09 primera and in the period I have owned my golf and v8 he has spent more fixing his than I have on both mine together.

Those 09 primeras must have been a bloody bad model then as a Nissan Primera would piss over nearly any VAG product for reliability by miles.