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It does not look like curryhondacare.com restricts purchases to California residents---only to Florida residents.
On the prices I just checked, their rates are about $275 higher than myhondawarranty.com. However, when you request a quote, they immediately send you an email for another $90 off, so that equals $185 higher.
But if you can't get any actual California dealer to get that low, Curry Honda may provide California residents with the best online price. I purchased a Honda Care from them many years ago and they gave good service.
I'm kinda iffy about purchasing one online even with all of the success of everyone in the forum. I was going to send an email to all of the nearby dealers to see if any of them would match it, but I can't seem to find their email addresses on their websites! Am I missing something or is there somewhere else I should be looking!?
My dealer was in Schaumburg, IL.
Also, I was just reading on the Honda Care website and they offer something called the "Sentinel" which covers the cost of oil changes and if something happens to your tires. Anyone found any luck pricing that online?
For email addresses you can go to Honda's main website, hondacars.com and use the dealer locator to find dealers in your area. Then when you click the dealer, there is usually a link that says Visit Dealer Web Site. Each dealer's website is is different but usually they all have a Contact Us link somewhere on there.
However, there's nothing you should be concerned with as far as buying a Honda Care online from what of the dealers mentioned here such as myhondawarranty.com. Other dealers in your area probably won't match their prices or have any incentive to sell you the Honda Care especially since you didn't buy it from them because they won't make much money at that price.
The reason the online dealers can sell them at that rate, is they sell so many, that apparently Honda gives them a bonus and they can make a profit in that way. When you buy online, the Honda Care documentation still comes straight from the corporate office in California the same way as you receive it if you purchased it from a local dealer.
Yes, that is my understand as well for Honda Care. I would go to the dealer and see the extended warranty care in writing. Or have them fax you the terms and conditions so that you can review them at your leisure. Review carefully what is covered and what is not covered. It probably won't be bumper to bumper. Then you can decide if it is a good deal for you or not.
And if it is a true Honda Care warranty that is being offered for a 55,000 mile vehicle, please let us know that too.
Please give me your thoughts quickly, b/c I only have about another 800 miles to decide. Thanks for all advice.
Cheryl
Is the coveraged for an additional 5 year and an additional 60 miles? Or does it cover you to 5 years and up to 60k miles?
You better double check this. Usually its 5/60 from the date of purchase of the car. I have never seen a EW work as you stated. When the odometer hits 60,000 miles, coverage stops. Period.
Cut and copied from one of the online companies:
Coverage for a new auto begins when the vehicle is originally put into service and at zero miles. Coverage for a pre-owned plan(vehicles over 6,000 miles) begins on the service contract purchase date, and at the mileage on the odometer on that date.
Otherwise, everyone would wait until 35,999 miles and then buy a 8/120 warranty which would cover the car for a total of 11 years and 156,000 miles. No way.
That is certainly inconsistent with giving them a bonus. A better reason the dealer refused the lower price, is that word gets around. Better to pass on a small profit, and keep skimming the cream.
You are completely incorrect about this. What you cut and copied completely contradicts the statement you made.
Coverage for a new auto begins when the vehicle is originally put into service and at zero miles. Coverage for a pre-owned plan(vehicles over 6,000 miles) begins on the service contract purchase date, and at the mileage on the odometer on that date.
As the person's car has more than 6,000 miles the mileage begins at whatever the odometer is on the purchase date. In this case if they have 35,000 miles, they add 60,000 miles to that. Same way with the time.
As for people waiting until 35,999 miles to buy an 8/120 warranty, those aren't offered after 6,000 miles. A 5/60 is probably the best that is offered for a car that old.
Just go to myhondawarranty.com and you can see this for yourself by getting a quote for a 35,000 mile nearly 3 year old vehicle.
If you plan on purchasing do it ASAP.
Gardiner
Saccucci Honda
Is it worth almost $1300 to cover the car, bumper to bumper till 95000 miles?
You are correct. I had researched this for my sister a few weeks ago who purchased a NEW 09. What I stated is correct for new cars under 6000 miles. For older cars, what you stated is correct. Apparently the contracts are handled differently and priced accordingly.
Coverage for a new auto begins when the vehicle is originally put into service and at zero miles. Coverage for a pre-owned plan(vehicles over 6,000 miles) begins on the service contract purchase date, and at the mileage on the odometer on that date.
This statement seems misleading to me and should be worded differently. Further clarification is needed regarding exactly when the coverage ends. I am sure others have made the same mistake that I made.
I agree. It gets especially confusing because they chose to call it a pre-owned plan, when the car may or may not be pre-owned.
It took me a good bit of "googling" before I was willing to admit "defeat."
Finally I found this at officialhondacare-at-delrayacura.com and was able to see that you were 100% correct:
Do you have a 2006-2007 Honda with less than 6000 miles?
If your Honda was placed in service Jan-2006 & you buy 8Yr/100k mi extended warranty in 2007, your 8/100 warranty would expire in Jan-2014 or at 100k miles ...whichever occurs 1st (even though it's a 2007 warranty purchase) .
. . . O R . . . for ALL other eligible Hondas?
An example: If your Honda has 34000 miles and you buy the 4 yr / 48k miles Plan on a "certain day" 2007. You will be covered until you either reach 82000 miles or until "certain day" 2011. Whichever occurs first, mileage or date
What if my Honda has over 36,000 miles or is over 36 months?
Under either of those 2 conditions, American Honda will only accept Honda Care applications if they are purchased at the time the Honda is purchased. Therefore, unfortunately, our site cannot help you purchase a Honda Care extended warranty.
It took me a good bit of "googling" before I was willing to admit "defeat."
No big deal. I only knew how they worked because I have been posting on this thread for some time now. The examples you found at Delray Acura definitely cleared up the matter. Nice find.
I am considering purchasing an Accord or TL this summer, amongst others, but this really ticks me off and makes me lean towards a competing model. I'd love to say it more graphically but I will leave it at "shame on American Honda." :mad:
Internet sales was the only thing that I heard that they were trying to ban. Pretty much any dealer will sell you one by phone, so they weren't trying to ban that.
However, without being able to advertise and sell over the internet, its doubtful they would have the quantity of sales that they had previously and they may not be able to offer such low prices.
"I am considering purchasing an Accord or TL this summer, amongst others, but this really ticks me off and makes me lean towards a competing model. I'd love to say it more graphically but I will leave it at "shame on American Honda."
I echo your sentiments. jet 10000 is correct in his assertations. In a dark, deep past this forum was once oriented to why consumers should not purchase a HCEW. Non purchasers ruled the forum and it was not consumer oriented.To that it may return, justified this time if the online dealers are forced out. Honda makes a helluva vehicle but crap doth happen. Whether you buy or not is a function of price. At retail prices I may turn to a negative postion. Shame shame shame.
Is there any other place that I can get it lower ?
Not likely. They usually have the lowest prices in the business. Honda is trying to stop them from selling them online, so buy soon.
If you are going to purchase a Honda Care Contract please support us if you can. We are the dealership that stood up to Honda's internet guidelines which would have banned internet sales last year.
As you most likely know from posts on this board that online dealers sell at cost, and work for bonus money from Honda. My site currently sells at cost, but some dealers are now selling $25 below cost. With our case going to trial we cannot start to sell below cost. It would only make our current situation more difficult.
My dealership is the lone dealer funding this litigation. All the other Honda warranty sites still operating during our injunction have not offered us a single penny, or even a simple thank you. We have spent more money fighting for the right to sell online than profit we have made.
Last week Judge Lisi overturned our injunction. Honda Can now pull the plug on all the Honda Care sites at anytime. The only thing that stands in the way online sales disappearing for good is our trial.
I am putting together a site that will explains the current legal situation. I will add more content and finish it up tomorrow. Honda Care Status
Your support of our site, shows you support our fight for online sales.
hopefully I could get my warranty files soon
Try curryhondacare.com. Last I checked they still sell to California. Should be cheaper then what you got it for at the dealer.
After you get your quote from them, check your email inbox---usually they send you a coupon for an additional $75 in savings toward the warranty.
Just finished making a warranty purchase a few minutes ago. When I bought my '09 Element on Friday the dealership was trying to steer me to a warranty by "Olympus(?)" which had a cost of some 1,700 to 1,800 dollars :P .....didn't do it! This was an excellent opportunity! Thanks :shades:
Greed constitutes partial fault for this nation's current woes.........................
Case in point: 6yrs80k(100) was $584 for my 6M coupe.
I trust that Saccucci Honda in Rhode Island prevails.......................
best, ez....
Thanks
Has anyone purchased Honda Care Extended Warranty from any SoCal Honda Dealers? Where is the cheapest place to go? My dealer wants to charge me $1750 for 7yrs/100K/0 deductible which I thought was too expensive.
I looked around on the internet at out of state dealers but I guess right now nobody is selling to California.
Thanks.
Michael
I also live in SoCal, but I'm in the military with home of record as Washington State, I got my extended warranty from Bernardi Honda via the internet, which saved me about $400. I had them mail my warranty to my address in Washington. You can do it that way, if you catch my drift......when the warranty is sold, American Honda will have to honor it - it does not matter where it came from.
If you don't want to go that route - try Honda World in Downey, Ca.. Good Luck.
Rod :shades:
As the sample contract says Section D & E only applies to Sentinel Services. I don't know exactly what Sentinel is, but it is not apart of the typical Honda Care and so oil changes would not be covered.
Yes, see section A of the sample contract on myhondawarranty.com.
http://www.myhondawarranty.com/Honda_Care_Warranty_Sample.pdf
It mentions computers, electronics and navigation devices (of which I think is used to display the video from the rear camera.)
Did you check curryhondacare.com? I believe they only restrict sales to Florida.
Also, when you get an online quote, be sure to check your email for a promo code that is another $95 less than the quoted price.
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef0eeb7/807
Good luck.
When I give them the VIN, won't they know that the car was sold in California and registered to my home address even if I give them an out of state mailing address?
Michael
The law in California applies to residents of California. Not cars sold in California. If you have a legal mailing address in another state, then the selling dealer can sell to you regardless of where you bought the car.
As far as they know, you recently moved there, or you just went to California to buy the car because you got a good deal.
As I said, yesterday, if you check curryhondacare.com, you may be able to buy as a California resident without having to worry about a different address.
It does not matter where you bought the car....
You might want to buy the EW soon....Honda is about to shut down all internet EW sale.
A full refund if unused is not part of the standard Honda Care package. They will give you a prorated refund (whether used or not) depending on time or mileage.
The dealer you're looking at charges you extra up front in order to pay for the option to refund 100%. Read the fine print carefully. To collect, you may have to keep your car for the entire 6 years. In other words, if you sell before then, you get no refund either.
Honda Care pro-rated refund is more flexible. If I sell it, I get some money back. Or the person I'm selling to can pay a small fee and have the balance of the Honda Care put in their name.
Also, the 100% refund discourages you from ever using the warranty. With standard Honda Care, I use it on any covered repair with no hesitation. In your case, you'd probably want a repair to be near $1,185 in value or you'd just pay for the repair in hopes you could get the money back.
First of all, I thought I was getting a Honda Care extended warranty, but after reading the contract I signed, I noticed that it is called CAREGARD. Has anyone heard of this? On top of that I was "tricked" to also supplement this with the Honda Care Sentinel plan that covers oils changes and tire warranty for 3 years for an additional $495.
I am thinking of cancelling this with the dealer and getting the Honda Care plan through one of the internet dealers mentioned in this forum.
Any suggestions?