VW Golf TDi High Warranty

As it was a long day, I bought the extended warranty for a new 2015 Gulf TDI to go to 8yrs 96k miles. I have never bought the extended warranties in the past and am leaning towards cancelling as I am in the free cancellation period. Any thoughts on the reliability of these cars?

Cancel it. Extended warranties are a huge money maker. Your car has a great emissions warranty for 11 years, and odds are you won't recover the warranty costs for repairs made outside the bumper-to-bumper warranty.

As an aside, it's a Golf, not a Gulf.

Your full fuel and emissions systems are covered for 11 yrs/162k mi. Drop it like a hot potato.

Ditto...
The $$$ stuff...the motor, HP fuel pump, and the emissions stuff is covered.
Unless you gets lots of transmission and electrical stuff fixed, maybe suspension (not covered) you will never get your $$ back. Save the $$, and use it for repairs.

I may not know until 2024 if the $2k I spent covering my GSW SE for the five years beyond VW's CPO warranty will pay back in real dollars, though it pays back with peace of mind in the meantime. Panoramic roof comes to mind.

Also pays back in resale value, if applicable.

What was the cost of that extender? I am picking up my SE this week and was debating this.

giuseppe_b said:

What was the cost of that extender? I am picking up my SE this week and was debating this.

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$2k, discounted from $3.5k due to added emissions warranty.

vee-uu said:

I may not know until 2024 if the $2k I spent covering my GSW SE for the five years beyond VW's CPO warranty will pay back in real dollars, though it pays back with peace of mind in the meantime. Panoramic roof comes to mind.

Also pays back in resale value, if applicable.

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Best of luck, don't let anyone tell you what to do with your hard earned money, if it makes you worry less than totally worth it.

Same could be said for my AAA account seeing I've only used it once in the past 5 years, its totally not worth it, I could have saved all that the money and just paid for that jump that one time.

740GLE said:

Best of luck, don't let anyone tell you what to do with your hard earned money, if it makes you worry less than totally worth it.
Same could be said for my AAA account seeing I've only used it once in the past 5 years, its totally not worth it, I could have saved all that the money and just paid for that jump that one time.

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Warrantees are simply insurance against loss. Don't buy a warranty in hopes that you have to use it in order to prove you made the right decision. Instead, buy one to eliminate concerns and add enjoyment for the term of the policy. You're buying peace of mind. Then, at the end, it doesn't matter if you actually had to use it.

In my situation, with technology advancing as it is, I'll likely sell my GSW within seven years and regain every penny of the warranty cost in resale value.