38 minutes ago, ahenners said:

 

I looked in to it and avoided because it's horrendously expensive. It seems to be ok a par with the Approved Used cover (which as I found wasn't quite as comprehensive as it sounds) and not as comprehensive as the Manufacturer's warranty.

Thanks, May I ask if you were able to find similar warranty elsewhere and if so could you please provide a link.  

4 minutes ago, alladin1616 said:

Thanks, May I ask if you were able to find similar warranty elsewhere and if so could you please provide a link.  

 

No I didn't find an alternative that's as comprehensive. I like the idea of warranty and the piece of mind, but wasn't prepared to pay £800 ish per year for the privilege.

 

I'm tempted to go with AA; they do a breakdown repair cover for around £100 which covers the first £500 following a breakdown if parts & labour needed. Excess is only £35 and seems well reviewed on pistonheads forum. Not as comprehensive, but likely covers the most concerning and likely issues; turbo gone, water pump, injectors etc. It's also cheap too.

 

There's probably nothing aftermarket as comprehensive as the Manufacturer's backed one which you mentioned. 

Edited 25 October, 20178 yr by ahenners

9 minutes ago, ahenners said:

 

No I didn't find an alternative that's as comprehensive. I like the idea of warranty and the piece of mind, but wasn't prepared to pay £800 ish per year for the privilege.

 

I'm tempted to go with AA; they do a breakdown repair cover for around £100 which covers the first £500 following a breakdown if parts & labour needed. Excess is only £35 and seems well reviewed on pistonheads forum. Not as comprehensive, but likely covers the most concerning and likely issues; turbo gone, water pump, injectors etc. It's also cheap too.

 

There's probably nothing aftermarket as comprehensive as the Manufacturer's backed one which you mentioned. 

ok. Maybe the vRS makes the difference (mine is non-vrs). Most of the quotes from skoda extended warranty were in between £300-400 per year which I think is justifiable if I did get a faulty waterpump or something similar. 

9 minutes ago, ahenners said:

 

No I didn't find an alternative that's as comprehensive. I like the idea of warranty and the piece of mind, but wasn't prepared to pay £800 ish per year for the privilege.

 

I'm tempted to go with AA; they do a breakdown repair cover for around £100 which covers the first £500 following a breakdown if parts & labour needed. Excess is only £35 and seems well reviewed on pistonheads forum. Not as comprehensive, but likely covers the most concerning and likely issues; turbo gone, water pump, injectors etc. It's also cheap too.

 

There's probably nothing aftermarket as comprehensive as the Manufacturer's backed one which you mentioned. 

ok. Maybe the vRS makes the difference (mine is non-vrs). Most of the quotes from skoda website for extended warranty were in between £300-400 per year which I think is justifiable if I did get a faulty waterpump or something similar. 

1 minute ago, alladin1616 said:

ok. Maybe the vRS makes the difference (mine is non-vrs). Most of the quotes from skoda website for extended warranty were in between £300-400 per year which I think is justifiable if I did get a faulty waterpump or something similar. 

 

I'd have happily paid around £400, agreed it must be a "VRS" tax because there's nothing inherently more complicated than an L & K or other trim levels. In fact depending on spec it could be less complex...

My vRS at 3 1/2 years old is today in having a new turbo fitted. Happily that more than pays for the extended factory warranty.

7 hours ago, Mr Statto said:

 

When you say adding on to the factory order, do you mean I should have taken it when I first placed the order at the dealer, or can it be included at any point before I pick up the car? We weren't particularly given the option to include it at the point of sale yesterday, but are definitely considering it

Should have ordered when placing the order.

Depending on your build status you may be able to get it added on, but about 6 weeks before your expected delivery date your order will be locked and you can't make any further changes. The only person who can advise is your dealer.

Some salespeople / dealerships find no difficulty on adding Warranty 2 year extension to the vehicle before the First Registration. 

Warranty, typing onto a keyboard, not as though it is a skill needing pre warning, and has to be applied at time of building.

 

Not as though the Factory builds them better because there is a 5 year warranty, goes on a different production line, 

or requires additional parts.

ok guys rehashing this one, my VRS  diesel is out of standard warrenty in january, they want £270 quid for year with 250 excess or 357 with 100excess, covering all parts. Is it worth the call. I do 30k a year so probably answering my own question but all thougths are worth listening to please

Edited 7 December, 20178 yr by DaveG1962

36 minutes ago, DaveG1962 said:

ok guys rehashing this one, my VRS  diesel is out of standard warrenty in january, they want £270 quid for year with 250 excess or 357 with 100excess, covering all parts. Is it worth the call. I do 30k a year so probably answering my own question but all thougths are worth listening to please

 

Is this the insurewithskoda extended warranty for all component cover? If so, that seems like very good value on the £100 excess - even more so if you do 30k a year.

I've got a !.5TSi DSG the extended 5 year manufacturer's warranty has got to be worth it for the peace of mind at least - let alone a new engine type for Skoda.

On 8/19/2014 at 09:25, Mence said:

I guess this has been covered but I'm gonna ask again anyway.

Project 'dream vRS' will get underway in the next 6 weeks or so and while I spend way to long on the configurator, one thing I haven't really considered too much is the possibility of an extended warranty.

Now, this car will be a keeper, expected life with me is 5+ years and of course the standard warranty is 3 years.

Is the extension on the warranty worth it? You do hear quite a lot of stories about vehicles (not necessarily Skoda) failing big time just outside of warranty!

Or, is one of these third party extended warranty deals an option?

S*ds law says that if I buy it she will run sweetly forever and if I don't, it will go bang soon after!

Thoughts please.

 

I have come to this thread late but do you intend to do significant mods on your 'Project dream VRS' because if so you could easily find that Skoda will claim that any breakdown is the result of your mods and not honour the warranty anyway negating the value of an extended warranty.

^^^ That OP post you quoted was 38 months ago.

I hope all has been well since then!

I would strongly suggest people extend their warranty, this week the Haldex clutch on my October 2013 registered Superb disintigrated with about 10 minutes of quiet drone noise before hand, i hadnt even a had a chance to stop to check anything.

This has just cost me £3800 my 4th year warranty ran out in October. Skoda were not interested in helping, i feel like driving the car through their UK headquaters at the moment. 

Cant deciede wether to keep the car or not but if i do i will be definetly doing another year of waranty.

On 25/10/2017 at 11:46, Mr Statto said:

 

When you say adding on to the factory order, do you mean I should have taken it when I first placed the order at the dealer, or can it be included at any point before I pick up the car? We weren't particularly given the option to include it at the point of sale yesterday, but are definitely considering it

Think you have to do it before the 4 car leaves the factory , so it can be added as an option , definetly before it arrives at dealers .Thats what i did on mine when i wanted to change some options before the car went into the build stage