EOS warranty extension

[chirpychirpy]

a dear friend of mine has a VW Eos which will shortly come to the end of its 3-year warranty. VW sales rep has told her it'll cost £442 to extend for one year. And more if she delays much longer. that's higher than her insurance. She hasn't had an accident in over a decade and has had hardly any probs with her Eos. Do you think she should take the extended warranty or would she be bonkers to do so?

[TWR]

Hi Chirp, tell her not to entertain them, if she has a family KNOWN local garage she can ask them to look after her car to the Spec of VW at half the cost, provinding the car has it's service by a VAT reg garage & her serviced book stamped Genuine Velo parts " Oil/ filters etc the car will hold it's price, for people to pay the dealers service charges they are getting ripped off.

[buildersmate]

This is basically an insurance policy. Like all insurance policies some policyholders gain, others lose (when the cost of any breakdowns in the next 12 months is less than £440). One group of gainers are always those who sell the policy.
£440 'buys' quite a large breakdown repair. If the car has been reliable, she has looked after it, is relatively low mileage, the chance of spending more than £440 in the next 12 months seems unlikely.