Are Warranties Essential?

bluestreak56 said:
Let us know how you do I'd be very interested especially with the springs and HVA issue looming.
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Phoned Mondial (BMW Insured warranty today) They do not insist on a vehicle inspection at point of sale. They simply ask you has the vehicle got a full service history. This means serviced at a BMW dealership or serviced to BMW standards using only genuine parts at an Independent. They take your word on this but if you make a warranty claim and it turns out this is untrue your warranty is void.

They then also insist the vehicle is serviced by a BMW dealership or BMW Approved workshop whilst the warranty is in force. They will ask for the current mileage on commencement of cover and the warranty will only begin after a month.

The warranty does not cover wear and tear parts such as hoses, brake linings, friction parts etc.
 
Interesting I will have to check if the previous service (by an indi) on the car Im looking at qualifies.

Im wondering if its worth going for the M now just to avoid the HVA issue..
 
I have just gone past the first full year with no warranty so £1000 plus the £400 saved on a non dealer inspection II up. Not counting chickens but it's all about your willingness to accept the risk of not having the warranty.
 
I'm considering cancelling mine...I pay about a grand a year and i've only had minor things go wrong! hasn't covered the cost of warranty! And tbh, the big things; clutch and gbox aren't covered so....is it really worth me keeping it on! I also have Insp2 in 4k miles and not sure what to do on that front...May just go indi and bin the warranty.
 
w1phil said:
Thought I would update this having started the thread when I was looking and subsequently have brought an M.

I finally managed to find one with the balance of the BMW extended warranty on the monthly scheme and i renewed the annual warranty one purchasing the car. Due to age and mileage the warranty cost me just shy of £950 for the year...

Within one month of owning the car the sat nav screen started sticking and I took it to BMW Thames Ditton who said as the car wasn't recording a fault they wouldn't fix under warranty. For the next three weeks I filmed the screen every time I shut it down and then went to Heathrow BMW with the footage and they were great and replaced the whole system under warranty to the tune of over £2000. So for all those posters out there who convinced me warranties are essential a big thanks as they really are !!!
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I had the same issue - they replaced something at a crazy cost as well. But at least the end customer was happy! :)
 
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