I just wanted to share my own reasons and experience for adding the extended warranty. I know that it is something a lot of people have a hard time deciding. I don’t intend this to be a debate on it being worth it or not, plenty of threads for that.
My 2021 just hit 34k miles, not a single problem(knock on wood). I am more of a DIY’er than letting anyone else work on my cars, I have done all maintenance sofar on the crosstrek(keeping in mind receipts for proof of service). With the very high miles I rack up combined with an up coming cross country road trip, I bought the extended warranty.
In the end for me it came down to the idea of a major break down out of state really. I feel better pulling into a dealer for repairs with some warranty in hand vs nothing.
i opted for the classic plan direct from subaru, 80k miles for I think $980. I weighed the gold plan which covers a lot more for about double the cost but in the end, for me, I’d rather fix minor stuff myself vs using a gold warranty. Also, the Gold plan seemed only available through dealers and not direct from subaru. I inquired a few times to my local dealer and was not pleased with the responses. Usually they disregarded my warranty request and went right into trying to get me to trade in for a new model. Or the pricing was so all over the place and not consistent it left me uncomfortable. I am hoping to have major problems covered while honestly hoping to never need the warranty and will fix minor stuff myself.
I still feel it is a $980 gamble no doubt, however being 2,500 miles from home limping into a dealer would get expensive Fast. In the end, I feel that I got a good enough price on the car and nearly 1.5 years later an additional $980 isn’t to big of deal for me for a little peace of mind. I always said that I would never pay for the extended warranty and just wanted to share that I flipped at the very last second 🫣.
If I remember at 80k miles I will post a follow up on how I feel about the $980 purchase at that point.
My 2021 just hit 34k miles, not a single problem(knock on wood). I am more of a DIY’er than letting anyone else work on my cars, I have done all maintenance sofar on the crosstrek(keeping in mind receipts for proof of service). With the very high miles I rack up combined with an up coming cross country road trip, I bought the extended warranty.
In the end for me it came down to the idea of a major break down out of state really. I feel better pulling into a dealer for repairs with some warranty in hand vs nothing.
i opted for the classic plan direct from subaru, 80k miles for I think $980. I weighed the gold plan which covers a lot more for about double the cost but in the end, for me, I’d rather fix minor stuff myself vs using a gold warranty. Also, the Gold plan seemed only available through dealers and not direct from subaru. I inquired a few times to my local dealer and was not pleased with the responses. Usually they disregarded my warranty request and went right into trying to get me to trade in for a new model. Or the pricing was so all over the place and not consistent it left me uncomfortable. I am hoping to have major problems covered while honestly hoping to never need the warranty and will fix minor stuff myself.
I still feel it is a $980 gamble no doubt, however being 2,500 miles from home limping into a dealer would get expensive Fast. In the end, I feel that I got a good enough price on the car and nearly 1.5 years later an additional $980 isn’t to big of deal for me for a little peace of mind. I always said that I would never pay for the extended warranty and just wanted to share that I flipped at the very last second 🫣.
If I remember at 80k miles I will post a follow up on how I feel about the $980 purchase at that point.
