Just curious as to what it says about tire coverage?

 

I am on the same boat. My CPO expires in May 2013.

Seems like the consensus is that Fidelity is approx $1000-1500 cheaper than Easycare. But do they cover the same parts, labor, same deductibles, years/miles?

 

I have Fidelity - an additional 3 year and 20000 miles on top of my factory 4 year 50,000 miles warranty. I bought it late into the life of my car at 20,000 plus miles, which made it expensive, about 4200 IIRC even after a good discount from the original quotes from 2 different dealers. Thought money wasted, but turns out it has paid for itself in my first post warranty service! (Long story short, coolant related but from metallic lines rubbing on each other.)

If you are going to get extended warranty, they recommend very highly that you get the highest level insurance (platinum IIRC for Fidelity) so you don't have to deal with the fine print bullsh** when it comes time for payback. That's what I did and boy am I glad.

As many have said, prices vary depending on many factors, so I am not sure that one company is that much cheaper than another. I would ask the local dealer that you are most likely to use which company they prefer or have been better for them. I also made a point of buying from my dealer so that if there is any charge that's contested, I will make dealer's agent call Fidelity itself.

I am 50/50 about +/- extended warranty, but for Porsche and ultra expensive cars, I think it's not a bad idea and in my case, it was a great lucky decision.

 

One other good feature about extended warranties. They keep Porsche dealer prices in check. This last time, my 997.1 engine needed to be pulled to replace coolant hose. I thought while the engine was out that I might as well replace all hoses, clutch and rear engine seal. When I went to use my PCA parts discount, noticed parts and labor by EasyCare were 'list and book prices,' but for 'my parts,' including engine pull, prices were kicked up 15% over list. When afforted Porsche dealer-service writer, he said it was small dealership so they charged more to give me my 10% PCA, but when I called other small dealerships for cost hoses, clutch parts and rear engine seal, they were at 'list' minus PCA discount.
I asked EasyCare and they said one of the reasons to keep warranty coverage is EasyCare will not allow dealers to overcharge on prices they pay for. I would never have caught this problem if I was not presented with warranty and non-warranty issues at the same time. In future I will always check at another dealer to be sure parts I pay for are at list and not above. Thinking back, this dealer was going to charge me what they wanted and the PCA discount made no difference.
Based on this behavior, the chances of a next generation porsche for me is not looking too good. This dealer seems OK about any costs while under Porsche warranty but not good when the driver must pay. Wonder how prevalent such price gouging is with customer service and maintenance costs? Seems like on different Forums I've haard of wide price ranges related to sparkplug changes, oil changes, tire balance, wheel alignment, etc and I guess this is just another instance of such price gouging going on at Porsche dealerships. Wonder who gives them that liberty to charge what they want?? I guess the only control of dealer pricing is Porsche warranty and extended warranty companies.

 

Does Fidelity Platinum warranty cover clutch slave problems? Heard Easy Care does, which might explain the higher cost for Easy Care.