Online source for Subaru extended warranties?

Subaruwarranty.com was a front for Subaru of Chicopee, MA. If I were in your shoes, I'd try phoning them and seeing if they'll best your local dealer.

While you're at it, see if you can't probe to see what led to the demise of subaruwarranty.com -- I'm curious if Subaru put the kabosh on it.

Also, groups.google.com my prior posts about extended warranties--I've got price specifics and some things to look out for that you may find helpful to ya.

Best Regards,

-- Todd H.

2001 Legacy Outback Wagon, 2.5L H-4 Chicago, Illinois USA

Ah ha--just found em again (googling subaru warranty chicopee). They appear to be reincarnated as:

Gold Plus is the far better plan by the way. The Classic is little more than a glorified power train warranty "we cover these things..." plan. Gold Plus on the other hand is exclusionary "cover everything but this list of stuff" coverage.

As a datapoint, I bought 100k/6yr/0deductible/GoldPlus plan for my

2001 from them for $1200 back in early 2003. The gamble (and extended warranties are a gamble) hasn't paid off for me yet, but I've got another 30k to drive though.

So you're happy to pay for a warranty to a company who was around for a couple of years, then suddenly sprung up under another name??? Just like dodgy retailers who charge you extra for a lifetime warranty and rebadge the business 2 yrs later so they don't have to pay up...

Cheers, Jason Folio:

Let me help you get your facts straight on this matter.

Curry Subaru of Chicopee did and still does sold the Subaru of America warranty, not their own. It's good at any Subaru dealer, centrally registered and backed by Subaru, not the individual dealer that sold it.

Their old web site subaruwarranty.com went away, they did not.

I don't know for sure, but I'm betting that Subaru strongarmed them into taking down that site because of branding and such. If I were Subaru, I wouldn't want an individual dealer making it look like they were the authoritative source for the subaru of america warranty because I'd have hundreds of other dealers whining to me about it because Curry's pricing was so much better. That's a guess, but I'd be surprised if that's not what happened.

So while they Curry Subaru didn't go away, their web presence simply went away and has recently reemerged as

I mean, I'm all for watchdog tendencies, but in this case, paranoia is unfounded.

Best Regards,

-- Todd H.

2001 Legacy Outback Wagon, 2.5L H-4 Chicago, Illinois USA

Curry also does the same thing with Honda's. They may do otheres as well.