Extended warranties for the TT?

DatacomGuy wrote:
Dealership is pushing a 7 year extended warranty. Fully transferable, $100 deductible, full mobile coverage. Covers everything but wear and tear.

Roof is 12 yr from mfgr, 1yr for everything else.

What is everyone's thoughts on the extended warranty?

Save you money and bank it.
The appliances IE (air conditioner,furnace, fridge, water heater) have thier own warranty not covered by the rv manufacturer but covered by the factory that built them. most of them have longer warranty coverage than 1 year.
After that most (not all) repairs on a well maintained TT are fairly inexpensive and can be done by the owner. I had the extended warranty on my first travel trailer and never used it. I dont have it on my current trailer and never needed it.

I just turned 60, never bought an extended warranty on anything.

Even the WORSE car I ever owned, a 1974 FIAT...which you likely will NVER see being driven on a public road because it's true FIAT means "Fix It Again Tony"!

Our 4 current cars are all new KIA's with 100,000 mile warranties.

The #1 non-profit consumer advocate group says don't waste your money!

The odds are you’ll never need the coverage, and even if you do, the money you’ll save in repairs won’t come close to what you paid for the added warranty.

A recent Consumer Reports survey found that 55 percent of owners who purchased an extended warranty hadn’t used it for repairs during the lifetime of the policy, even though the median price paid for the coverage was just over $1,200. And, on average, those who did use it spent hundreds more for the coverage than they saved in repair costs.

And J.D. Powers says "keep your money in the bank rther than wasting it on a nebulous extended warranty!"

It comes very close to fraud and flim flam, smoke and mirrors. Especially when a extended warranty is rejected due the the tiny print on the contract AND legal language that heavily biased against you!

US World and News Reports also researched this subject and noted the poor value of extended warranties.

Instead..send that $3000.00 you would have spent on a useless warranty to...

Pay to the order of-
Mr. SooperDaddy
P.O. BOX 10167643
Time Square, New York 90919
Thanks in advance!

An extended warranty is not worth the outlay in my opinion. I paid $2500 for ext, on my F250 pickup and nothing ever went wrong. You may have heard of Clark Howard who is on an Atlanta Radio show, plus he has a quip every weekday on TV and he advises against almost any extension.
BTW He was a self made millionaire by age 30.

What kind of trailer do you have? If it's in the Forest River family they offer a 2nd year warranty for as little as $150. Other than that, I would bank the money and pay it out of pocket if needed.

How much up front is usually the deciding factor.