Volvo Dilemma.

That seems like a rather silly thing to do, have you considered how much having a warranty is costing you? If your dad kept the cars twice as long, or even longer, he could afford to pay a reputable mechanic to repair any little thing that breaks during that time and probably still come out ahead.

Sell the V40, buy the S60, buy a bike, give me the S60. ;-)

don't bother with the warranty, just have the car serviced yearly according to the schedule with a 6 monthly oil and filter change cos of the extremely small mileage covered and have an extra holiay per year.

Make sure you give it a hard fast run every fortnight or so once at operating temperature to drive out the moisture that will have acculmulated. (15miles +)

Tim..

Yeah. Do the maths. ;-)

Buy the extension on the warranty and save £6500. Do all the scheduled maintenance prescribed in the owner's manual. The car will be hassle-free for the rest of your father's life and much of yours.

Actually it is peanuts compared to the depreciation you will suffer if you buy a new car. The current car has lost around £9000 ($16000) in 3 years, but depreciation will be gentler from now on, why on earth would you want to buy new again and be back to losing 3 grand a year when the car you have now is practically in new condition anyway?

There is another option, though. Before it goes out of warranty, get it extended as long as humanly possible - out another 5-8 years if you can.

Yes, it's a lot of money, but compared to a new car every three years, it's a no-brainer.

Do they offer a longer warranty extention for a lower per-year rate? Might make it a better deal.

In any case, even without a warranty, I think it'd be a better deal than a new car.

Gary

Thanks for your eplies...Plenty of food for thought there. If I could get it warrantied in advance for another few years I would but they only sell the extensions on a 12 month term.

I'll let you know what I decide and how I get on.

Thanks again,

JD

Hi,

A volvo does not need warranty: do without it. If you ever need repairs, go to a good volvo garage. Assuming that you loose when buy another car every 3 years, about (I think in Euro) 3000 to 4000 Euro a year, you can do an incredible amount of repairs. But Volvo is very good and needs no repairs: We have a '95 Volvo 440 1.8i, ran 230.000 km now, and is still like new. We had only one repair: had to exchange the waterpump, costs only 125 Euro. And every couple of years a set of tyres.

Don't be afraid. For that price you pay for warranty, you can replace the whole motor every 3 years!

The Volvo is my wife's car, I drive a peugeot: 300.000 km now. And I know somebody with a citroen (turbodiesel) with almost 400.000 km!

We bought the Volvo secondhand, aged 5 years, from somebody who knew the waterpump had to be replaced and was afraid: "o no, we're getting costs". So he bought a $$$$$$$ new car, and we bought his for the price that was equal to the value he lost every year.

Volvo lets the motors run at low rpm's, ours only does 4000 rpm when we drive 160 km/hour. That is why they do not wear out quickly.

Pieter Hoeben

I wouldn't go so far as to say it'll need *no* repairs, but you could certainly pay for any feasible repair it might need for much less than buying a new car every few years. My roommate was into the warranty thing for a while, took several years of seeing how much money he dumped into that before he realized how pointless it was.

Why do they sell Warranties? Because they make a profit. Why? Because the warranty costs more than it is worth.

DUH!!!

Had 79 245 D, 81 240 D, 86 240 320,000mi and running fine when traded 94 944 Green 257,503 mi CRUNCH Parted out Have 94 944 White 149,000 The New one 94 944 Maroon 135,000 mi