htra024 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 Bros, I wonder it is worth to buy Mechanical Warranties offered by car dealer for fresh import? Should i go ahead for 1 year or 3 years as I plan to drive the car long. Ta K. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2312 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 If you get one of those, it means the car has to be serviced by a specific shop, you can't do it yourself. I also recall the car has to be stock, but I maybe wrong on that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2078 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 Check the fine print too, I had one on my skyline and it turned out to be a bad joke of a warranty, cant remember exactly what they charged me for but a rooted gearbox, under warranty, cost me $600. Lumley might have been the warranty provider? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt45 1 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 Autosure, lumley, vero are the good ones. Worth Getting if your getting a bmw of reasonable value. all warranty's have excesses. Some EG. Autosure exclude 7 series, m3/m5/m6 cars. Dont touch the small companys eg. jensens they arnt worth the paper they are printed on. Both Glenn and BMWorkshop can do stuff for autosure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sp8s 1 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 Had Vero on mine. Was worth it. $100 excess Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 Autosure=Vero. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JaseNZ 53 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) I have used lumley on both of mine and are worth every dime. Never had a single problem with lumley getting things done. As long as the car is serviced by every km's as per spec'ed in the policy. Edited January 6, 2011 by M-Spec Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wom 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2011 I was quite lucky with my warranty and I got it with no excess (I think they actually stuffed that up because the standard policy document says it should have an excess for BMW's) my car overheated and that one claim was worth more than the warranty cost well worth it, but like mentioned above, you have to have an authorised workshop doing regular maintenance and the car must be kept fully stock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avenged.SSE 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2011 Purchased one for my S class as everyone told me how high maintenance it is, I've owned it for 2 years so far - haven't claimed once on it. Excess is $350, so haven't really had anything costing more than $350 in one go. Maximum claim is $5000 (from memory). I guess it depends on the car you buy, I'm thinking I won't get it again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318Touring 40 Report post Posted January 9, 2011 Which warranty company are you with? So far what I've seen that a lot of them don't want to insure S-classes, AMGs etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avenged.SSE 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2011 Which warranty company are you with? So far what I've seen that a lot of them don't want to insure S-classes, AMGs etc. Am with Autosure, they cover S class mercs. Looks like 7 series are more of a problem to get cover for. I haven't come across anyone that covers them yet, I've just purchased one and I'm still unsure on whether I want to get it insured. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
318Touring 40 Report post Posted January 10, 2011 Am with Autosure, they cover S class mercs. Looks like 7 series are more of a problem to get cover for. I haven't come across anyone that covers them yet, I've just purchased one and I'm still unsure on whether I want to get it insured. Wonder why. They should have the same complexity, apart from the dreaded iDrive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
