Well, I'm sitting in a main dealership, where I've come to apply for an extended Warranty for our 3 years and one month old D4. Despite it being here in this very dealership just over a month ago for it's third service, I'm having to pay £150 for an "examination" before it can be accepted as suitable for a one year Land Rover warranty. Now this vehicle has covered only 18,000 miles from new, and guess what? they've discovered several faults, one of which is a faulty handbrake. I'm being advised it should be attended to immediately, at my expense, as it could be a safety issue. Will Land Rover not pay I asked, "well sir, we'll have to see".
So, my advice would be to definitely have a Land Rover warranty BEFORE the magic three years is up, as faults are unlikely to be found until 3 years and 1 day have elapsed. To say I'm slightly miffed is an understatement !
5th Dec 2015 11:41 am
SHARKYSHARKS
Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954
I've had the LR extended warranty since the original one ran out nearly 3 years ago I know at £1060 it's expensive but not as expensive as if you get a major fault !
Also you get the added bonus of having LR assistance at the end of a phone and the guaranteed courtesy car which comes with it .
I have had much money's worth out of mine and shall be renewing again in Jan
I never had to have my D4 inspected before the extended warranty had been accepted just did it all online MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
MY12 Freelander SD4 HSE
44 Tonne 12 Litre 6x2 Scania T cab (Current)
Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
Ex V8 D2 GS
Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
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5th Dec 2015 12:59 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
Posts: 828
^^ only needs inspection if the existing warranty has elapsed (standard warranty, or extended warranty). When I rang this week, LR said that I have to renew the extended warranty before the existing one expires otherwise inspection is needed (didnt mention the £150 though! )
They are also offering 10 monthly payments by direct debit, which certainly helps with the budgeting.MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
5th Dec 2015 1:05 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
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SHARKYSHARKS wrote:
I've had the LR extended warranty since the original one ran out nearly 3 years ago I know at £1060 it's expensive but not as expensive as if you get a major fault !
With 2 vehicle extended warranty would cost me around £1.8k a year. There is just no way that I have £18k of repair bills in every 10 year period. It would take a major run of bad luck to produce bills that approached half that amount and to honest I just cannot afford to have so much money haemorrhaging out of my accounts over many decades.
With a warranty you are paying for marketing, salaries, corporation tax, national insurance, infrastructure and company profits. The actual average amount claimed is but a tiny fraction of the warranty price.
Warranties are good for those with no real discipline when it comes to saving. Having one big rainy-day account is better value than extended warranties on all your goods and vehicles.
Well, in my view anyway.
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Washwipe wrote:
My option isn't there, WD with Dealer rates.
Cover was quoted for £785 with Warranty Direct.D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
5th Dec 2015 5:26 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
DSL wrote:
No experience of running a D4 but with Tesco & WD for my D3 never had less out of a policy than I paid in. Will be on my own from end of next summer.
Taking yours as the extreme bad case senario D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
5th Dec 2015 5:30 pm
Sloss
Member Since: 18 Aug 2013
Location: Aberdeenish
Posts: 1691
The title of your Post is a joke.....
The answer is you can't Stew,
2010 D4 gone but I really loved it
Went back to Merc - C350 AMG
5th Dec 2015 6:36 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
you gotta to try though D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Mine started last week, £699 for 13 months cover with Dealer rates.
5th Dec 2015 7:59 pm
discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1477
Sloss wrote:
The title of your Post is a joke.....
The answer is you can't
Agree. But really it depends on the car, how much faith you have in it, how handy you are with the spanners and how much time you have to spend and inconvenience you are prepared to put with. All of those things are about you not the car.
Personally, had a 1 year LR warranty thrown in when I bought my used D4, it was faultless for a year so I didn't bother renewing. Had to do a few things myself in the second year of ownership but very happy to be warranty free at the moment and save the cash.
6th Dec 2015 1:27 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23368
I had a WD warranty on my D3 after it had clocked up too many miles for the LR warranties to cover it. I didn't like that you had to have a WD engineer inspect it prior to approval being given. This could mean a delay of a day or more before you even know if they'll pay for the work required.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
I have WD cover and I'm about breaking even over 3 years. but it is nice to have it just in case. Also, it covers wear and tear items, last year it had 2 new lower front arms which came in at £644 in a main dealer. No excess negotiated into my WD policy meant I didn't pay a penny. My policy that year cost less than that 1 bill.
To the OP, why are your factoring in AA/RAC cover to the WD calculation? WD give you £250 towards recovery per claim.
It is insurance and therefore there are winners and losers. Its up to you what works best for you. Dealer rates here are over £120per hour so its nice to be able to drop it in, tell them to fix it, and not worry about the bill.
7th Dec 2015 9:28 am
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Quote:
To the OP, why are your factoring in AA/RAC cover to the WD calculation? WD give you £250 towards recovery per claim.
was not aware of that, will have to see if they have included on my quote D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
7th Dec 2015 12:18 pm
SHARKYSHARKS
Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954
The Land Rover Extended warranty with assistance has now gone upto £1335 MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
MY12 Freelander SD4 HSE
44 Tonne 12 Litre 6x2 Scania T cab (Current)
Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
Ex V8 D2 GS
Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
Club skip ya lockers !!!
Club BAS remote heater !!
Club Duratrac
Club Phillips DRL
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 1
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 2
Club Sankey
Club RLD spare wheel protector
7th Dec 2015 12:24 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
May be too far for you, but Hunters LR @ Southampton are offering 4 years warranty & Creakdown with all used cars, of course you probably pay extra for the car, but decent deal IMO.....Here‘s one of their D4‘s on Autotrader
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv...;logcode=pIggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
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