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driver100 · April 2020

Usually you can buy extended warranties after you buy the car....up to 12 months after, on an MB you can buy it just before the warranty has expired...though it costs more. If I was to buy an EW, I would probably wait to make sure I will be keeping the car, and another factor is how reliable the car seems to be. Too many things can change between now and 150000 miles, and I bet odds of people keeping a car that long from new are pretty low.

jmonroe1 · April 2020

nyccarguy said:
Posted on CCBA. I had some time to myself this afternoon after work. I washed, compounded, & waxed my Prelude. Monday will be it’s 18th birthday with me.

Double dipper. :@

jmonroe

kyfdx · April 2020

benjaminh said:

jipster said:

Michaell said:
@jipster - understand, that if you decide to cancel, it will be credited against your loan balance, and not returned as a check to you.

Just means your last few payments will likely not need to be made.
Thx. Yeah, read that after I had posted. That would be fine, though not very sporting of Honda
World.
I think that's just a company-wide policy. My guess is that's not specific to Honda World.

If they refunded the cost directly to you, your LTV ratio would change on the loan, possibly putting you into a different credit tier. It's a finance thing.

suydam · April 2020

I think all extended warranties are like that. I got talked into one once — can’t even remember which car — I think Nissan. Cancelling worked the same way.

graphicguy · April 2020

jipster said:

graphicguy said:

jipster said:

benjaminh said:

jipster said:

jwm40517 said:
Is the $1600 extended warranty real Honda Care or some 3rd party plan? The last time I looked at Honda Care 8 years and 120,000 miles was the max coverage.
Yes, its a Honda Care extended warranty. The finance officer said it was "new" that Honda offered such an extended warranty. 9 years/150,000 miles bumper to bumper.
Interesting that Honda is apparently offering 150,000 mile warranties now, which means that they are trying to design their cars to last past that without having major repairs. I didn't know Honda went beyond 120k. Do GM, Ford, BMW, Audi, etc. offer in-house extended warranties for 150k? Does Toyota even offer an extended warranty that long?

Perhaps ironically, the fact that Honda offers a 150k warranty makes me think that it might be a good bet to "self insure" and go without one even while keeping the car to very high miles.
My brother just bought a 2020 Kia Sorrento. His warranty is only 7 years/100k miles bumper to bumper for 2 grand.
Did he get it used? I thought Hyundai was offering the same warranty I got on my Kia.....10yr/100K miles on power train and 5yr/60K miles bumper-to-bumper.
He bought the vehicle new. I thought is was for.7 years.

I believe Hyundai’s warranty is the same as my Kia’s.....5yr/60K miles bumper-to-bumper and 10yr/100K miles drivetrain.

explorerx4 · April 2020

You can even buy an extended warranty on a vehicle that is no longer under warranty.

abacomike · April 2020

Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.

oldfarmer50 · April 2020

explorerx4 said:
You can even buy an extended warranty on a vehicle that is no longer under warranty.

That, to me, would be the only time to buy an EW. Why buy one that overlaps your factory warranty?

explorerx4 · April 2020

@abacomike,
Isn't your son a personal trainer or something like that?
How is that going with the current business closures/distancing requirements?

oldfarmer50 · April 2020

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.

That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?

kyfdx · April 2020

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?

Have you seen Ozark?

28firefighter · April 2020

kyfdx said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?
Have you seen Ozark?

Just started season 2. Lol.

kyfdx · April 2020

28firefighter said:

kyfdx said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?
Have you seen Ozark?
Just started season 2. Lol.

Took me about three weeks, but I just finished all three seasons.

28firefighter · April 2020

We're on the same pace. Started last weekend.

stickguy · April 2020

explorerx4 said:
You can even buy an extended warranty on a vehicle that is no longer under warranty.

i know. I get robo calls almost every day from someone telling me my car is out of warranty, and this is my "last chance'" to get an extended one for it! Of course they seem to be talking about a car I no longer own, not that they actually know what I have or had.

stickguy · April 2020

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?

makes his payments I guess? would be interesting to see the terms. Possible that it is not worth that much on the open market, so instead of taking a loss on it, the real RoR on it could be higher than taking lower price and investing the money at negligible interest.

abacomike · April 2020

explorerx4 said:
@abacomike,
Isn't your son a personal trainer or something like that?
How is that going with the current business closures/distancing requirements?

He does in-home private client at the client's home. Heavy duty masks are used. Most of his clients are millionaires and live in huge estates and country clubs. He has done very well for himself these last 2 years, thank the Lord!

abacomike · April 2020

stickguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?
makes his payments I guess? would be interesting to see the terms. Possible that it is not worth that much on the open market, so instead of taking a loss on it, the real RoR on it could be higher than taking lower price and investing the money at negligible interest.

The client has taken my son under his wing, so-to-speak. Most of his clients are not only very wealthy, but are retired. Remember, he lives in the Palm Springs, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells area of the Coachella Valley in the low desert. Most Hollywood and Sports pros own winter homes in that area.

abacomike · April 2020

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?

Just doing a big favor for my son. He is well liked and respected in his profession in the low desert.

abacomike · April 2020

kyfdx said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?
Have you seen Ozark?

Actually, I love that series "Ozark"! As to whether the client is in some sort of salacious business dealings is unknown to me. But it sure was magnanimous of him go do that for my son. He's been one of my son's clients for over 10 years.

suydam · April 2020

My trainer has a mix of clients. We are doing FaceTime workouts at home. A few come to his garage/gym. He goes to some clients’ homes as your son’s clients do. It’s still a big disruption but he is making do. I imagine less established trainers are having a pretty rough time.

suydam · April 2020

On another topic, Instacart seems to have smoothed out its problems here. My last 2 deliveries were easy to schedule, shopping was pretty non-eventful and everything arrived in a timely manner.

explorerx4 · April 2020

Have watched a few of these off road recovery video's.
Really admiring the yellow Jeep Cherokee.
Mostly seems to be rescues of rookie off roaders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUD4mSvZms

driver100 · April 2020

suydam said:
On another topic, Instacart seems to have smoothed out its problems here. My last 2 deliveries were easy to schedule, shopping was pretty non-eventful and everything arrived in a timely manner.

Mrs D100 went for the $10 discount Instacart gave us for canceling our order. I wouldn't have gone back to them...figured we would lose another $150. However, they did come through....got a few items wrong but not too bad. My least favorite way to get groceries.

pensfan83 · April 2020

After trying a few times to get slots at our local grocer for curbside pickup and finding nothing we just go in. I have noticed shelves previously devoid of TP, soap, pasta etc are now mostly stocked albeit with limits still in place for TP.

stickguy · April 2020

I saw something yesterday (probably on the TV news) that Instacart was trying to hire some huge number of people. 100,000? something really big.

something for all the out of work Uber drivers maybe. they are used to driving around all day and finding people's houses!

houdini1 · April 2020

abacomike said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?
Just doing a big favor for my son. He is well liked and respected in his profession in the low desert.

Low desert...so he's got friends in "Low Places" !

venture · April 2020

stickguy said:

explorerx4 said:
You can even buy an extended warranty on a vehicle that is no longer under warranty.
i know. I get robo calls almost every day from someone telling me my car is out of warranty, and this is my "last chance'" to get an extended one for it! Of course they seem to be talking about a car I no longer own, not that they actually know what I have or had.

I answered one of those calls one day just to see what's up. I asked the guy which car he was talking about. He tried talking over me a few times, but I kept asking him what car.

He hung up.

sda · April 2020

I keep getting a mailed solicitation from the Honda dealer where I bought the Accord stating I am probably out of warranty (really??, the car is almost 7yrs old and they have all the service records showing the mileage at 97K) and I should consider an extended warranty. I can only imagine how much it would cost and how little it would cover.

driver100 · April 2020

stickguy said:
I saw something yesterday (probably on the TV news) that Instacart was trying to hire some huge number of people. 100,000? something really big.

something for all the out of work Uber drivers maybe. they are used to driving around all day and finding people's houses!

Instacart hiring 300000, business up 400%. We didn't know whether to tip or not. Just read an article, should give larger tips for grocery and take out food than normal, delivery people are putting their lives in harms way...and saving us from being exposed. Instacart people actually go to the store, gather the items, go through a cash register and deliver the items. Not many washrooms available these days....some saying they make about $5 an hour. They really deserve a tip!

driver100 · April 2020

venture said:

stickguy said:

explorerx4 said:
You can even buy an extended warranty on a vehicle that is no longer under warranty.
i know. I get robo calls almost every day from someone telling me my car is out of warranty, and this is my "last chance'" to get an extended one for it! Of course they seem to be talking about a car I no longer own, not that they actually know what I have or had.
I answered one of those calls one day just to see what's up. I asked the guy which car he was talking about. He tried talking over me a few times, but I kept asking him what car.

He hung up.

I get the phone calls for EWs but I also get these official looking letters in the mail. They try to make it look like it comes from the manufacturer. It says something like, "the warranty on your 2013 Passat is expired, please call immediately to extend the warranty on your car". Like I am going to trust these scam guys...I can imagine what I would have to go through to make a claim.

tjc78 · April 2020

We’ve tipped everyone a bit more these days. Just seemed like the right thing to do.

explorerx4 · April 2020

All those warranty solicitations mean is someone sold your name to some company for marketing purposes.

oldfarmer50 · April 2020

kyfdx said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:
Just got a text from my son in CA. He just bought a house in Indian Springs on the west side of Indio CA. 3 bedrooms with club amenities. One of his clients holds the mortgage at 0% interest. $350,000. I am so proud of him - remember 5 years ago he had a malignant brain tumor - proton radiation finally was successful in getting it. My heart is filled with joy for him.
That’s a sweet deal. How does the client make out at 0%?
Have you seen Ozark?

No, I haven’t. I assume that’s a show on some streaming service that I don’t have.

fintail · April 2020

Lexus jumped on that road 5-7 years ago. Now another home to anime styling with Nike swooshes and creases, a reaction to being called "boring" 20 years ago.

Lease new, buy CPO lease return used.

houdini1 said:

My idea of how a car should look. That may be a classic someday. Very odd how some car makers lose their way over the years. Nissan for example. I also think that Lexus may be on that road.

stickguy · April 2020

wife drove her new car today to take a run to Target. First time in 5 weeks she drove. Apparently (according to the princess who went with her) she pretty much forgot how it works already.

driver100 · April 2020

explorerx4 said:
All those warranty solicitations mean is someone sold your name to some company for marketing purposes.

I think they get the names from the license bureaus or something. They have too much information about kind of car and they know when the warranty is up.

stickguy · April 2020

the DMV does happily take money from people that want to target you with sales pitches.

suydam · April 2020

To be fair, there’s a tech learning curve with new vehicles nowadays. I went back to our Buick dealer 2 or 3 times because the phone pairing was not intuitive and I kept forgetting the steps.

oldfarmer50 · April 2020

explorerx4 said:
Have watched a few of these off road recovery video's.
Really admiring the yellow Jeep Cherokee.
Mostly seems to be rescues of rookie off roaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUD4mSvZms

Why in the world would you take a non 4 wheel drive down there?

driver100 · April 2020

We go for a drive about 3 times a week, just to get out but still be able to self isolate. A friend said you shouldn't be doing that. btw, the fine for being too close to someone, strolling in a park or on a golf course, being on a public trail, playing basketball, etc is $830. I checked and technically there is no rule against driving around, but, they are hoping you only drive to pick up groceries, or to a drug store...just essentials. For one thing, if you are in an accident, there will be emergency workers exposed, hospital facilities being used, cops coming to do paperwork etc. Can't even take the car out to charge the battery and blow some carbon out of it!

tjc78 · April 2020

My wife hasn’t driven since 3/15!

I go out once or twice a week for various items.

oldfarmer50 · April 2020

driver100 said:
We go for a drive about 3 times a week, just to get out but still be able to self isolate. A friend said you shouldn't be doing that. btw, the fine for being too close to someone, strolling in a park or on a golf course, being on a public trail, playing basketball, etc is $830. I checked and technically there is no rule against driving around, but, they are hoping you only drive to pick up groceries, or to a drug store...just essentials. For one thing, if you are in an accident, there will be emergency workers exposed, hospital facilities being used, cops coming to do paperwork etc. Can't even take the car out to charge the battery and blow some carbon out of it!

I saw a Canadian news story where they fined an old guy $880 for taking his dog out to the parking lot alone behind his apartment house so she could do her business. The story implied that some nosey neighbor was ratting everybody out.

driver100 · April 2020

Just got an email from Edmunds saying it was a good time to buy a 2019 model.
BEST BUYS 2019 MODELS
They list cars that you can probably get a good deal on, as these are models that have a lot still on hand...some cases a 50 day supply. They chose cars that didn't change much between 2019 and 2020. The list includes;
Audi Q7, Chrysler 300 (I always wondered why we have never had someone at C&C who has owned one - you would think it would make a good used car at least) , F-150, Honda Fit, HRV and Ridgeline (surprised 3 Hondas in a row), Sonata, RAM 2500, Hylander Hybrid, and Golf GTI (cost of a new one went up and the warranty was decreased).
No Honda Accords thank goodness

stickguy · April 2020

this was her first time since 3/20. I mostly go out for the weekly chores, and if she goes it was with me and I always drive when we are together.

We really need a nice road trip at this point. Get the car a run, and get the heck out of this house! we are going up to Albany in mid-June to help our son with his new house before he has to move in. Hopefully the restrictions are lifted by then, but I don't really care since we are going anyway. But I really want to tag a run up to Vermont onto the trip if possible. That is 2 months from now so crossing my fingers we are allowed to leave the house by then. Just have to remember to pack coolers with all the food and drink we can possibly need. Might not be able to stop along the way. Bathroom breaks could be a bit dicey these days too! Really need to plan ahead now.

driver100 · April 2020

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:
We go for a drive about 3 times a week, just to get out but still be able to self isolate. A friend said you shouldn't be doing that. btw, the fine for being too close to someone, strolling in a park or on a golf course, being on a public trail, playing basketball, etc is $830. I checked and technically there is no rule against driving around, but, they are hoping you only drive to pick up groceries, or to a drug store...just essentials. For one thing, if you are in an accident, there will be emergency workers exposed, hospital facilities being used, cops coming to do paperwork etc. Can't even take the car out to charge the battery and blow some carbon out of it!
I saw a Canadian news story where they fined an old guy $880 for taking his dog out to the parking lot alone behind his apartment house so she could do her business. The story implied that some nosey neighbor was ratting everybody out.

I saw that too....and a lady in our city took her dog to an empty golf course across the street from her house. She got the same fine. Those should be at most warnings....with an explanation for the guy with a dog in the apartment...you can't keep a dog isolated!

stickguy · April 2020

send the city a bill for the carpet that got ruined when the dog peed'd on it.

I would fight that ticket big time, just on principle.

driver100 · April 2020

A good chance we will be wearing masks for awhile when things start to return to normal. How do you wear a mask and go to a restaurant? Maybe a small slit in the mask.......only tiny morsels of food served.

explorerx4 · April 2020

@oldfarmer50,
A lot of comments thought it could be a rental.

kyfdx · April 2020

stickguy said:
send the city a bill for the carpet that got ruined when the dog peed'd on it.

I would fight that ticket big time, just on principle.

It's Canada.. they would just put you in jail, depreciate your currency and give you an appendectomy.

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