From: Mike P on
Is it just coincidence that they use a Rover 75 as the car in their advert
for extended warranties, warning you that "cars that are now out of
warranty could cost you a fortune if they break down?".

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Mike P

From: Gio on

"Mike P" <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:i3mg7g$mq4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Is it just coincidence that they use a Rover 75 as the car in their advert
> for extended warranties, warning you that "cars that are now out of
> warranty could cost you a fortune if they break down?".
>
> --
> Mike P

Not seen the advert myself but know from personal experience of making a
claim and getting it turned down, not to touch Warranty Direct with a barge
pole.

Gio


From: John on
Gio wrote:
> "Mike P" <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:i3mg7g$mq4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> Is it just coincidence that they use a Rover 75 as the car in their
>> advert for extended warranties, warning you that "cars that are now
>> out of warranty could cost you a fortune if they break down?".
>>
>> --
>> Mike P
>
> Not seen the advert myself but know from personal experience of
> making a claim and getting it turned down, not to touch Warranty
> Direct with a barge pole.
>
> Gio

And yet just two days ago Warranty Direct paid for a new brake caliper for
me at �220 (wouldn't pay for the disc that warped though).


From: Gio on

"John" <go(a)way.com> wrote in message
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> Gio wrote:
>> "Mike P" <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:i3mg7g$mq4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Is it just coincidence that they use a Rover 75 as the car in their
>>> advert for extended warranties, warning you that "cars that are now
>>> out of warranty could cost you a fortune if they break down?".
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike P
>>
>> Not seen the advert myself but know from personal experience of
>> making a claim and getting it turned down, not to touch Warranty
>> Direct with a barge pole.
>>
>> Gio
>
> And yet just two days ago Warranty Direct paid for a new brake caliper for
> me at �220 (wouldn't pay for the disc that warped though).
>
We had the air conditioner rapidly fail. The failure either caused the
mounting bolts to shear through the vibration coming from the compressor or
the sheared mounting bolts caused the compressor to fail. Either way the
compressor failed. We had what was known as the Platinum policy and had to
be taken out within 12 months of the original car purchase date -top of the
pops cover supposedly. Alas the policy did not cover 'mountings' so
Warranty Direct wriggled out of the claim because they said the fault was
down to the compressor mounting securing screws failing.
The policy was marketed as being as good as the manufacturers warranty, and
took over when the Vauxhall warranty expired. They claim in their bumf that
if one component causes another to fail they will cover all components but
not if they say the fault is down to an excluded item and a simple mounting
bracket / securing screws is one such exclusion.
From my experience, if your calliper had failed because of the mounting
bracket holding the calliper was to blame, then they would not have paid.


From: Dave Plowman (News) on
In article <i3q1ao$j61$1(a)news.datemas.de>,
Gio <x(a)x.co.uk> wrote:
> > And yet just two days ago Warranty Direct paid for a new brake caliper for
> > me at �220 (wouldn't pay for the disc that warped though).
> >
> We had the air conditioner rapidly fail. The failure either caused the
> mounting bolts to shear through the vibration coming from the compressor
> or the sheared mounting bolts caused the compressor to fail. Either way
> the compressor failed. We had what was known as the Platinum policy and
> had to be taken out within 12 months of the original car purchase date
> -top of the pops cover supposedly. Alas the policy did not cover
> 'mountings' so Warranty Direct wriggled out of the claim because they
> said the fault was down to the compressor mounting securing screws
> failing. The policy was marketed as being as good as the manufacturers
> warranty, and took over when the Vauxhall warranty expired. They claim
> in their bumf that if one component causes another to fail they will
> cover all components but not if they say the fault is down to an
> excluded item and a simple mounting bracket / securing screws is one
> such exclusion. From my experience, if your calliper had failed because
> of the mounting bracket holding the calliper was to blame, then they
> would not have paid.

I've only once used one of these insurance 'warranties' on my old Rover.
The power steering started leaking badly from the rack.
The warranty company insisted I used one of their approved suppliers
which involved me paying for the car to be transported there.
They fitted an 'exchange' unit of a different make to the original. Rover
used three makers over the car's life, and they are sort of
interchangeable. But the early unit that they fitted had much poorer
steering 'feel'. They also charged extra for the new hoses to fit the
'wrong' unit. And damaged the bonnet so it wouldn't close. Needed new
hinges to sort it - I think it must have fouled something above it when
the car was being raised on their ramp while it was open. Or something.

I actually paid out far more than it would have cost me to have it fixed
at a local place properly.

Basically, unless a car maker's warranty, they're a con.

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