Have you ever bought a new computer or appliance or car? Were you offered to purchase an extended warranty, 'an extra few years peace of mind' the salesperson would have told you.
I don't usually go for this. It's usually fairly expensive and everything we own is covered by our contents insurance which we have opted to pay only a small excess, so it's not a drama to replace if need be.
However when we bought our new car in April this year I thought 'why not' in the grand scheme of things it didn't cost too much and it was added onto our loan, it made such a small difference to the repayment cost we thought stuff it.
Well I can say I am SOOOOOO glad I listened to my head and added on the extra three years warranty. 8 months later and our front shocks have completely had it. While in for a service yesterday we got the news that 'the front shocks are leaking badly' and need replacing ASAP. Lucky for us it IS covered by warranty....only catch is we have to drive to Karratha to get it fixed. Driving down a gravel road it's a three hour trip, however because our shocks are dead we have to take the sealed road-6 HOURS DRIVE!! Argh!!!
All I can say is-thank goodness for the person that invented 'extra years' of new car warranty!!!
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