[effone]

Hi all,

Picking up a 335d msport tomorrow... (more on that in a later post!!)

Have a quote for around £480 for comprehensive insurance on the car for a year which seems pretty damn good. Obviously you have to keep it serviced by BMW. (Note, i'm not buying the car via a 'main dealer' BMW showroom)

Is it any good? Anyone had any good or bad experiences?

Any info would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Ian

[NFS]

It's a lot better than the alternatives.

You may be able to reduce the cost by dropping the emergency service bolt on.

[Captain Chaos]

Yeah lose the bolt-on and you drop a chunk of cash. Think mine ended up around £360ish with a £100 excess, which isn't bad peace of mind for a year when you look at it as a nugget a day.

That said, like any insurance it depends what they're like come pay-out time, but having tried Warranty Direct with the Golf they were pretty average with the one claim I made and BMW are cheaper!

[Animalfreeride]

Originally Posted by effone

Hi all,

Picking up a 335d msport tomorrow... (more on that in a later post!!)

Have a quote for around £480 for comprehensive insurance on the car for a year which seems pretty damn good. Obviously you have to keep it serviced by BMW. (Note, i'm not buying the car via a 'main dealer' BMW showroom)

Is it any good? Anyone had any good or bad experiences?

Any info would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Ian

I am faced with a decision to extend warranty in August. So do you have to take it to a main dealer or can you have the vehicle serviced at any garage providing genuine BMW parts are used?

[briers]

I took out an extended warranty on my 335d with emergency cover fully comp with a 250 excess for 340 for the year. Thought that was good. Wonder why that's cheaper than your quote.

Also with BMW extended warranty services.

[Boyd1963]

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

Yeah lose the bolt-on and you drop a chunk of cash. Think mine ended up around £360ish with a £100 excess, which isn't bad peace of mind for a year when you look at it as a nugget a day.

That said, like any insurance it depends what they're like come pay-out time, but having tried Warranty Direct with the Golf they were pretty average with the one claim I made and BMW are cheaper!

I had a Warranty Direct warranty with my old Saab and they would only cover £35 per hour for labour and expected everything to be done in under 1.5 hours.

A complete waste of time since I needed a new water pump after I had it for a month. 8 hours labour!

Just fighting with Tesco Warranty at the minute to pay up for a legitimate claim on my Touran. I'll be using BMW for my 320.

[cdb]

think it's well worth it, just had my first warranty claim today, rear high level brake light became detached - and required rear windscreen replacing to fix.. cost of around £700 ish...

The way i see it if anything goes wrong it's not going to be the cheapest thing in the world to fix

[Hairyarse]

Defo worth it from my experience. Had an old E36 some years back and kept extending the warranty until it was about a grand then sold it. Every year it paid for itself when things like the aircon panel in the car went. They even covered a new battery as it was the original factory fitted one that had gone

[Captain Chaos]

Briers - Your excess will make it cheaper than mine, I took a view that I'd rather drop the full emergency cover than get rinsed for an extra £150 on every job I needed doing. YMMV, but as you say it's pretty good either way.

Boyd - Spot on the same experience that I found, which is why I was fairly non-plussed about the whole experience with them.

[m1bjr]

Whats the outfit that Quentin Wilson advertises again?
Sliding scale and assorted options, looked decent when I got a quote last.
And if you hang out for a month or two they started emailing me better offers and discounts!