Got to be worth spending more money for a comprehensive policy with value of vehicle upper limit? £2500 or £3k won't touch the sides if you have catastrophic gearbox or engine failure.

Had a call back from Warranty Direct to negotiate price. I'm concerned WD specify what they cover unlike Warranty Wise who have no exclusions. Sounds like WD have built in get-out clauses.

Why have the D3 boys had issues with WW? Comprehensive all inclusive policy should just cover everything?

Whatever, insurance companies suck

Warranty Direct quote: £620, franchised dealer, 13 months cover (if paying all up front, otherwise 4 interest free payments but 12 months cover), no betterment (saving 10% on parts as car has over 60k miles) - had to haggle for that.

Cover is Extra Care - they won't do Luxury Care policy for older cars.

Get "airbags & emissions" thrown in as well, covers EGRs. Otherwise bang on. Just renewed my D3's cover for £30 less, obviously they think RRS drivers are better rewarded.

Warranty Direct have quoted me £555 for Extracare, with ICE and airbags and emissions. The quote is for non-main dealer labour rates, but this suits me better as the Land Rover independent specialist I use is 1 mile from my house and the main dealer is 15 miles, might see what it is to have the main dealership cover then I can have the option of which garage to use

simon1233 wrote:

Warranty Direct have quoted me £555 for Extracare, with ICE and airbags and emissions. The quote is for non-main dealer labour rates, but this suits me better as the Land Rover independent specialist I use is 1 mile from my house and the main dealer is 15 miles, might see what it is to have the main dealership cover then I can have the option of which garage to use

WD stated my car must be serviced by LR approved dealer if I take out Franchise warranty. Even if there are specialist services in the book, from taking the warrany out, going forward it's LR servicing only... Can be quite costly if like me, you have used independents, particularly if you need timing belt replacement any day soon.

I think I'm going to stick with the cheaper independents warranty. WD say they will deal directly with your chosen garage, unlike the Franchise warranty where you have to pay and claim in most cases.

Thanks for the emissions, bags & ICE advice!

Snip

WD stated my car must be serviced by LR approved dealer if I take out Franchise warranty. Even if there are specialist services in the book, from taking the warrany out, going forward it's LR servicing only... Can be quite costly if like me, you have used independents, particularly if you need timing belt replacement any day soon.

Have a look at
http://www.whatcar.com/car-advice/running/...rs/3141786

You can now get your car serviced at a non-franchised garage without invalidating your warranty In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Frightened away from the Sports due to crank failures
Gone - A couple of RRS, A couple of Disco's. However thinking of another Sport.

SRE wrote:

You can now get your car serviced at a non-franchised garage without invalidating your warranty

if your car is less than 5 years old and less than 75,000 miles get the LR official extended warranty (the price difference with even the best independent ones appears to be around £200)

if your car is greater than 5 years old or greater than 75,000 miles then please buy a newer car rather than worrying about if your warranty is going to pay out when the inevitable happens  ============
2010 TDV8 HSE - ooo laa laaaaaaaaa
2007 TDV8 HSE - superb car and very reliable
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2012 - dearly departed, sadly missed.. to return in late 2013 with a new TDV8!

Last edited by rrsboy on Wed May 18 2011 6:30am. Edited 1 time in total

rrsboy wrote:

if your car is <5 years old and <75k>5 years old or >75k miles then please buy a new car

Interpreted: "If your car is less than 5 years old and less than 75,000 greater than 5 years old or greater than 75,000 miles then please buy a new car"

How much alcohol have you had tonight!!!

rrsboy wrote:

if your car is <5 years old and <75k>5 years old or >75k miles then please buy a new car

By this logic (and I use the term quite wrongly - to quote Stephen fry) everyone needs to buy a new car??

I think I will get possibly another year out of my 2005 before I need to sell it, of course I may want to sell it before then, but with only 44000 miles I think it has plenty of miles left to run

edited to make more sense, it appears too many "<" break the message board. ============
2010 TDV8 HSE - ooo laa laaaaaaaaa
2007 TDV8 HSE - superb car and very reliable
============
2012 - dearly departed, sadly missed.. to return in late 2013 with a new TDV8!

The LR warranty doesn't cover wear and tear. And who's worried?

rrsboy wrote:

if your car is less than 5 years old and less than 75,000 miles get the LR official extended warranty (the price difference with even the best independent ones appears to be around £200)

if your car is greater than 5 years old or greater than 75,000 miles then please buy a newer car rather than worrying about if your warranty is going to pay out when the inevitable happens

If you time it right you get the extension during a service or just when the original warranty is about to expire = no extra inspection cost. Then the £200 extra is perfectly justifiable for the peace of mind that it will pay out in the event of a normal claim as opposed to the inherent risk with any 3rd party warranty.

As for wear and tear I wouldn't expect anything to cover this. But it's also often mis-understood. Example - starter motor failed, for all intents and purposes because it was worn out. But at 46k miles that is a tad premature for normal expectations - so the warranty paid out (£530).

And as for why anyone should be worried? The complexity of the car + ludicrous labour cost of doing anything (try accessing the starter motor ) + holy moly cost of components (£5k gearbox, £2k suspension, £1k (!!!) Boot)...well that sums up why your should be! Coupled with LR reliability

Seriously for about £2.50 a day why wouldn't you make this bet! Then the question is which bookie do you place it with and I'm saying for the best odds choose LR official. ============
2010 TDV8 HSE - ooo laa laaaaaaaaa
2007 TDV8 HSE - superb car and very reliable
============
2012 - dearly departed, sadly missed.. to return in late 2013 with a new TDV8!

rrsboy wrote:

If you time it right you get the extension during a service or just when the original warranty is about to expire = no extra inspection cost. Then the £200 extra is perfectly justifiable for the peace of mind that it will pay out in the event of a normal claim as opposed to the inherent risk with any 3rd party warranty.

rrsboy wrote:

As for wear and tear I wouldn't expect anything to cover this. But it's also often mis-understood. Example - starter motor failed, for all intents and purposes because it was worn out. But at 46k miles that is a tad premature for normal expectations - so the warranty paid out (£530).

rrsboy wrote:

And as for why anyone should be worried? The complexity of the car + ludicrous labour cost of doing anything (try accessing the starter motor ) + holy moly cost of components (£5k gearbox, £2k suspension, £1k (!!!) Boot)...well that sums up why your should be! Coupled with LR reliability

Seriously for about £2.50 a day why wouldn't you make this bet! Then the question is which bookie do you place it with and I'm saying for the best odds choose LR official.