Waranty or no warranty.
 

Hi all,

I know it could be a hard one to answer but got quoted £67/month on a £250 exess. £87 no exess.

Looking to use the car for few track days and runs to the lakes. The car as 38000 + miles.

I owned a Mustang 2005 supercharged that i played around with and Viper and i wouldn't have bothered with it as i knew they where very much bullet proof.

I have seen in this forum, changed Diff, changed engine, changed gear, funny vanos :smt085 .

How reliable are these cars and should i defenetly go for one with 38000 miles.

Thanks.

Eduardo.

Keep it - especially if you intend to track the car. ;)

Oh, and keep it on the monthly payments too!

i think its worth it for piece of mind. ive gone for zero excess this time at £80 a month. last year i had power steering pipes a diff and a couple of seals replaced. this year so far just a pair of springs. mines on 54k and use it very little at the mo + its better to have it come resale.

I would definitely say renew the BMW warranty.

Having owned a E46 M3 with BMW warranty and now the CSL without warranty, i've learnt my lesson on that one as the warranty would have saved me over £3k this year.

Thanks guys :thumbs:

The car doesn't have a warranty at the moment but will defenetly put my mind a rest.

Eduardo.

ANYONE USED THIS RAC?

seems like a bargain next door to BMW

http://www.rac.co.uk/uk-breakdown/warranty.html

Sounds interesting. Just worried that when things go wrong with the CSL we are talking £2000 +.

But I guess if the £2000 are covered its not bad for the amount.

Eduardo.

Let me know if you go through with it, looking for warranty too.

Eduardo.

Don't waste your money, it appears to be breakdown cover not a warranty.

£2k? £15k on mine this year, worth every penny ;)

£15k, pah!:smokin:

Get a warranty
Get a warranty
Get a warranty
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Get a warranty

And make it a BMW one.

Find a good dealer and you'll get looked after.

:smokin:

there's time yet :hahaha:

Thanks guys !!!!!

Eduardo.

Warrant doesn't cover track days (tracked) or modified car's. You may get away with it you may not - BMW not worth it IMO.

bang on :thumbs:

Yep, the words def say they dont cover track cars..............:smokin:

I seem to be doing ok with it mate.;)

yes agreed, dont track

Hi, also just bought csl and 2 diff seals have gone estimated £420+ vat will more than likely extend warranty and I only cover 3k a year .IMHO worrying about £67 a month is better than what a bmw repair could be ,for me think it's 38p a mile could be bad idea who knows. :smt120

I'd definitely go for the comprehensive warranty rather than the "named components" option (and definitely not "driveline" as the cover is insufficient). I had named components the first year, and had a bunch of things that weren't covered - diff seals being one of them :banghead: Comprehensive isn't that much more expensive for much better cover.

Warranty all the way.

Pick mine up from the dealers on Sat after having some sensors, the bonnet adjusted and the Diff replaced.

I have the named component cover and am on 67000miles.

Quite expensive for me due to the mileage but has to be done. :smokin:

strange cox Named covers drive system in full. I had a new diff on Named.

How odd :smt017 I'm on "Named Components" BMW cover and I got a shiny NEW Diff + New Fuel Pump last year, no problem :smokin: It's all down to the Dealership you use I guess :whistle: If I were U I'd have a word with your dealer who refused your diff seal claim. It's part of the drive train and should have been fix under "Named Componenets" cover :banghead:
BTW, what else did they refuse to fix ?

Named Components covers the Diff for sure... But it does not cover any oil seals on the car - says so clearly in the wording.

jees...
il go buy a warranty too then..

but will have to wait..

need new rear tyres and a servicce first!

facking hell these things aint cheap

Paul,

Is this the result of the Disco lights at the 'Ring?? ;)

Is that Grant, apparently the bonnet was not sitting right so was playing havoc with the micro switch.

Happy days :smokin:

Fair enough mate ;)

Luck You :thumbs: that's got to be one of the easiest fixes on the CSL, almost as simple as the stuck Carbon Airbox flap I had @ the Ring in April, robbing me of power and me thinking maybe the HD was on the way out :banghead:
I have since learned to think small ;) :hahaha:

No point in over complicating things!! ;)

Aye it's me! Glad they got to the bottom of it mate. :thumbs:

Absolutely :smokin: I wish I applied that kind of thinking at the time :banghead: ;)

At the time Matt I just drove around the problem but back over here things got a little worse and more lights started to pop up :bigcry: :bigcry:

Sorry Grant I meant to start that sentence "IT IS THAT GRANT" not "is that" :banghead:

You've got to play the BMW warranty game. If they say it's not covered, drive out without doing it and come back when the diffs blown up.:smokin:

I've got one hell of a warranty story but can't say anything at the moment until all legal aspects have been sorted.

When you say track not covered, is that only if something goes wrong on the track or if they know you have done track days they will not cover anything. :whistle:

Can you renew BMW warranty once lapsed?

Yes,
Providing the car is fully serviced up then it's possible.
I renewed mine this year after 2 1/2 yrs without.

Sweet, thanks.

Is there a "Buy back in" charge or can you just start the monthly payments?