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| Thread ID: 107729 | 2010-02-27 21:08:00 | vehicle Pre-purchase Inspection | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 862210 | 2010-02-27 21:08:00 | Have paid a deposit for my Nissan Wingroad and the AA Pre-purchase report says: "Medium to low risk of unplanned maintenance and repair" Should I or should I not take up the Mechanical Warranty Insurance which will cost $1,395 for 3 years? To what extent can I trust the AA report? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 862211 | 2010-02-27 21:10:00 | I would buy a manual and some tools with the money. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 862212 | 2010-02-27 21:37:00 | Is it manual or auto? If auto then I would. | plod (107) | ||
| 862213 | 2010-02-27 22:08:00 | Re: "Medium to low risk of unplanned maintenance and repair" Surely that's meaningless crap to cover someone's arse. It could be said of every car and motorbike I have owned over sixty years, including the occasional new one. Ignore it. :cool: |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 862214 | 2010-02-27 22:11:00 | Is it manual or auto? If auto then I would. It's auto. Can AA be trusted? I have the feeling that AA & the car dealer have certain 'under-table' arrangements! Remembered vaguely that sometime ago either TV3 or TVNZ ran a report on the creditability of this AA pre-purchase inspection. prefect: thanks for your view, of course, if I think I am capable of doing all those repair works myself, I wouldn't have raised this issue. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 862215 | 2010-02-27 22:38:00 | So what does the CGA give you? It's another form of insurance. You are taking a bet. You are betting on the vehicle either having or not having repair problems over the next three years that will or not cost more that the $1395 outlay. Note also that most of these policies do not cover fair wear and tear and usually require you to take the vehicle in for regular maintenance and have receipts to ensure you have done so. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 862216 | 2010-02-27 23:24:00 | A condition of the Insurance will almost certainly stipulate that all scheduled servicing and maintenance will be done by a duly qualified and approved service provider, and further motre such servicing will be strictly done on time - ie 4000km late for a routine service ( say oil and filter changes) could invalidate the warranty. The scheduled servicing by approved service providers is not cheap - say $60 per hour. This condition can give the insurer a fairly safe let out on major claims. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 862217 | 2010-02-27 23:34:00 | Plod is right maybe a warranty is called for with auto they are unreliable and costly to repair. I have seen 70 year old Model A gearboxes done over a million miles and still fine. you wont get that with an auto they are like a grenade. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 862218 | 2010-02-27 23:48:00 | I have seen transmission repairs declined because an engine service has been late, their will do anything to void a warranty payment. But the choice is yours to take the gamble with. Save $1300 now, or maybe pay $3000 later.The chances are you will have no problems |
plod (107) | ||
| 862219 | 2010-02-28 00:37:00 | To what extent can I trust the AA report? Not at all. Too many cases of them missing the screamingly obvious. Get a real mechanic to check it out instead. |
pctek (84) | ||
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