[goodhart]

So what about certified used car "extended" warranties?

I bought one of those from Subaru for ~$1.5k when I got my WRX and it was the single biggest waste of money in my entire life and I will never suggest one to anyone for as long as I live. About 4-5 months after purchase, I had a plastic A/C pulley melt when the car was still bone stock. I had to fight tooth and nail to get them to waive the diagnostic fee, then still had to pay the cost for them to fix it. The warranty was supposed to cover 100% of the power train. You would think a pulley connected to part of the engine would be part of the powertrain no?

I think the extended warranties are just a money maker for the manufacturers, they can weasel out of them pretty easily. This was not one of those cheesy aftermarket warranties either, it was straight through Subaru.