Revo or Warranty

[RobM]

I'm having one of those pathetic dilemmas that goes against logic and common sense, but still is hard to work out.

My warranty runs out in the next month or so and to extend it for the next 2 years will cost just shy of £500. That's a lot of money, but then the potential hassle it could save makes it seem worthwhile.

But I want Revo. That's also around the £500 mark. It would make the car so much more fun and enjoyable and, well, you all know where I'm coming from.

The problem is I haven't got the money to do both. Got various other things happening this year that will strip me of money far too easily, so I have to decide.

Every ounce of common sense says go for the warranty, I know it's the sensible thing to do.... but I still can't help but think about Revo.

Am I mad? Do I just need to slap myself and say 'warranty'? Or is the lure of extra power something I should embrace?

 

[DPJ]

Clicky

 

[andih98uk]

I got an extended warranty on my old W reg Leon 1.8 SE before i upgraded to the Cupra and it was crap. My windscreen washers kept getting blocked up and it turned out it was because of a load of mould in the washer bottle. Apparently this wasn't covered because and i quote 'you could have put anything in there'. Like i'd pour a load of mud into my washer bottle, slack b*stards. Anyway spoke to parts and found out a new bottle was £12 and fitted it myself in 10 minutes.

When i took out the warranty i was told it was as good as the manufacturer's. Don't believe it, it's not. Your money's far better spent on Revo and to be honest if you have any mechanical problems the information on this site is better than any warranty. If you have a problem there's a very high chance of someone else already having it and solving it.

My 2p anyway...

 

[RobM]

Cheers for that

I have no concerns over the warranty cover itself, I know that's good as it will be the same as I have now. When my MAF failed I was allowed to take it to a garage of my choice (so no main dealers involved!!!) and they covered the parts and labour charges no problem at all. So from that point of view it's brilliant.

But my concern is what could go wrong if I don't have warranty? I was thinking about it this morning and most of the common Leon problems aren't toooo expensive to sort. Coil packs, coolant sensor, MAF etc are all fairly cheap (sub £100) and not too hard to do myself.

But what worrys me is if something bigger fails... like the turbo or something equally as important. But what are the chances of this happening?

 

[acidstrato]

chances of a turbo failing before 90,000miles is 50/50

however in my experience with the 1.8T motor, the most common things that fail get ironed out within the first 25k.

its a risk you take, my mate had the water pump fail on his 5 year old Golf GTi at 20k, nobody could have predicted that.

warranty is lovely, and at 100quid per year that aint bad. but tbh when the most common items that fail are cheap and DIY jobbies. im not sure its worth spunking 500 notes. especially if you dont keep it that long

revo on the other hand, you'll start enjoying that investment from the moment you've paid the money

 

[RobM]

The warranty work would out at nearly £250 per year, not £100, so looking at it from that point of view.... is there likely to be £250 worth of repairs each year? I can't see it to be honest. Not things that warranty would cover anyway.

I don't know. The more I think about it the more I think Revo is the best option, but there is still that nagging feeling....

 

[CupraUK]

Most warrantys get you to take your car to any garage for a quote then call them to get the go ahead to do the repairs, how on earth are they going to know you have revo?

PS: My repairer of choice is the place that installed my revo, they'd never tell anyone even if asked.

 

[RobM]

Most warrantys get you to take your car to any garage for a quote then call them to get the go ahead to do the repairs, how on earth are they going to know you have revo?

PS: My repairer of choice is the place that installed my revo, they'd never tell anyone even if asked.

That's not my concern, I'm not worried about the repair garage finding out about Revo. My question is do I buy the extended warranty or do I buy Revo?

 

[kez]

revo

 

[halo25]

Hard one mate - it has occured to me buying the new LCR that with a APR map and 72k miles I might have things to worry about in terms of reliability.

Its a common decision people have to make - would it be worth listing the potential problems and their costs (including fitting) to see which might crop up with a remap?

Whats your mileage?

For instance likely weak points may be:

• Turbo
• Clutch
• Coil Packs

For me I face a £300 bill everytime the Bimmer goes in so half of that stuff would be covered. The BMW has cost me 1,000 since buying it three months ago!!

I guess worst case the engine goes pop - but is there not a wide availability of good 2nd hand engines with the glut of VW conversions just now - so worst worst case??

Its reallydown to mileage - if its less than 50k then warranty might be better choice this yr. Over 50k most of the stuff likely to fail starts to come under the "wear and tear" get out of jail card free.

I had a subaru impreza import with no history and 67k on the clock - it was wound up to 310 bhp and never missed a beat no matter how hard it was driven.

I had a Skyline with bags of history mildly tuned by well known tuners and it went pop at 50k (big style).

I think VAG engines are much more solid than this...

 

[RobM]

The car is on 37k at the moment, so plenty of life in her yet I hope but at the same time, if any problems existed I'm sure they would have made themselves evident by now?

Things like clutches are rarely covered under warranty and to be honest, they are just part and parcel of running a high powered car. I put them in the same category as brakes. So it's really just a case of working out chances there are of big repair bills. It's tricky.

 

[halo25]

The car is on 37k at the moment, so plenty of life in her yet I hope but at the same time, if any problems existed I'm sure they would have made themselves evident by now?

Things like clutches are rarely covered under warranty and to be honest, they are just part and parcel of running a high powered car. I put them in the same category as brakes. So it's really just a case of working out chances there are of big repair bills. It's tricky.

I would of thought if anything was wrong it would of happened like you say.

I think your chances are low for anything major going wrong - just look at the number of S3's on ebay with 100k plus on them with remaps etc.

Since the warranty isnt covering wear and tear items - GO REMAP

 

[CupraUK]

Yeah, sorry, misread the start of the thread. Rac gold covers clutch and turbo. In the 2 years that i've had extended warranty i've never used it.

 

[acidstrato]

LOL excuse my bad math! for some reason i was thinking it was 500quid for 5years!

in that case id say def revo. i havent spent 250quid on repairs in 2 years!

 

[russbate]

I'd get the revo mate, and get the extra bit of kit so you can just switch it back to standard when you need to for warranty. Job done.

 

[RobM]

I'd get the revo mate, and get the extra bit of kit so you can just switch it back to standard when you need to for warranty. Job done.

That's not so much of an issue when your warranty has expired