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Originally Posted by kbliew
get an extended warranty, u wont regret it! i bought my car used (2002 C2) with 2 years of factory warranty left. **** always happens after the factory warranty expires and in my case, 3 months after the warranty expired (april 06), i had RMS, leaking coolant tank and engine case leak. the extended warranty cost me $2500 (0 deductable, 50k miles for 4 years, bumper to bumper warranty) and these repairs alone cost way more than what i paid for the warranty. i had another RMS leak last week and the extended warranty took care of it. i'm not trying to scare u but i have 3 RMS leaks in 1.5 years. and i'm so glad that i have my extended warranty till 2010 
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Originally Posted by kbliew
get an extended warranty, u wont regret it! i bought my car used (2002 C2) with 2 years of factory warranty left. **** always happens after the factory warranty expires and in my case, 3 months after the warranty expired (april 06), i had RMS, leaking coolant tank and engine case leak. the extended warranty cost me $2500 (0 deductable, 50k miles for 4 years, bumper to bumper warranty) and these repairs alone cost way more than what i paid for the warranty. i had another RMS leak last week and the extended warranty took care of it. i'm not trying to scare u but i have 3 RMS leaks in 1.5 years. and i'm so glad that i have my extended warranty till 2010
ive been reading that i can buy a porsche, bring it in for a full 100pt inspection and get my used porsche certified for 2yrs/100k. however if i buy from a dealer cpo its 6yrs/100k.
so basically in 2 years id have to either try to extend or move on to something else (which isnt a bad idea).
anyone happen to know the cost of getting a cpo warranty for a car bought outside the dealer?
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Originally Posted by kbliew
get an extended warranty, u wont regret it! i bought my car used (2002 C2) with 2 years of factory warranty left. **** always happens after the factory warranty expires and in my case, 3 months after the warranty expired (april 06), i had RMS, leaking coolant tank and engine case leak. the extended warranty cost me $2500 (0 deductable, 50k miles for 4 years, bumper to bumper warranty) and these repairs alone cost way more than what i paid for the warranty. i had another RMS leak last week and the extended warranty took care of it. i'm not trying to scare u but i have 3 RMS leaks in 1.5 years. and i'm so glad that i have my extended warranty till 2010
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for those who are interested, i got it from warranty direct. however, they dont cover 99-01 911's. if u have 02 or newer you should be fine. The one i bought is called california MBI, it's equivalent to factory bumper to bumper warranty. Make sure u still have at least 2 months of factory warranty (it could be 3 months, i forgot, check their webiste for more info) left before you buy the extended warranty or else they'll ask you to do a PPI.
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