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man, tell him to shove it, you can get the extended warranty until your 3 years/36000 miles are up

yes after carefully reading the brochure you have posted, i believe the correct answer is shove it

 

guidepoint is a transferrable version of lojack which uses gps and cellular phones to track the vehicle. if its a non theft incidint there is a service fee involved in the tracking. the car will need line of sight to the sky to be tracked.

the odds of actually getting your prius stolen is probably 1 in 75,000.

lojack would set you back about 699.00, it is not limited to line of sight, but you would have to be in a lo jack area. i don't think lojack
offers non theft vehicle tracking (like if your teenage son is out) like guidepoint


other options i would reccomend are:
1) the extended warranty from prius chat for 980 for 100,000 miles 7 years with a zero deductible. this also comes with 4 years of roadside assistance, i believe.
2) 3m invisible film for the paint for about 700.00 from any window tint shop
3) having your alarm activated ( u might be able to score this for free) in a package 2 or less, or having the glass breakage sensor installed (165.00) in a package 3 or more

the prius is more prone to vandelism and smash ins then actual vehicle theft
but there are still about 20 prius cars stolen each year

 

You did exactly the right thing: smile and say "no" until they go away. They wait until the last moment to spring this junk precisely because they don't want you to have much time to think about what worthless cr@p it is.

Note that prepaid maintenance is not the same thing as an extended warranty. They're both a waste of money, but they waste it in different ways :_>

 

if something happens then the extended warranty isnt a waste!

i think ill write a letter to toyota about the 1250 i paid for the prepaid maintenance
and see if i can score some more coupons


its proabably to late to refund it on a pro rated basis because of the amount of service i got already

 

Well, sure, *if* enough somethings happen. But extended warranties are insurance policies, so they are priced so that on average they make a profit for the seller. On average the buyer can expect to lose money. With a platinum extended warranty on a Prius the average buyer will get back less than $500 worth of repairs. Individuals may get more or less. It's more profitable for a prospective buyer to take the cost of an extended warranty and bank it, buy a CD, or invest it until it might be needed.

Considering the prepaid maintenance stories told in the forums it seems that the typical buyer gets about half the value of services the Prius actually needs. In 55 months and 31,000 miles I've spent $240 on all scheduled maintenance (not including new tires, but your prepaid maintenance doesn't include new tires either).

 

i got the extended warranty primary because it was really cheap here, but now knowing that the extended warranty covers the suspension system, i am more for it.

its my personal bet that the first thing to go out would be the MFD or the MFD's Backlight, so i figure i have a good chance of actually using it

 

Freedom, I got almost exactly the same treatment at Miller Toyota here in Anaheim, from the Finance Manager too, with no heads-up from the Sales guy either. The Sales guy was their Fleet manager, since I purchased my Prius through Costco's reference arrangement back in September 2007. I was lucky in that no waiting lists for the car existed then.
If I had taken all the crap the dealer was trying to push, the car would have cost me $6600 more. They use the fear-factor argument too, hoping your ignorance will push you into accepting. I declined all of it. This extended warranty schtick has become a favorite way for companies trying to maximize their profit, at your expense.

PS. I paid cash for the car too, which took them by surprise!

 

That's really tacky. I would have commented about the Toyota existing warranty, Toyota's reputation for high quality. And then I would have commented I realllllllly dislike pushy sales people, and he'd need to stop now.

My typical response to this type of approach is to take my toys and go home. If you've been waiting for a Prius that's harder, but it's a SALES GIMMICK. They make lots of markup on these 'Dealer add-ons'.

 

:rofl: at paint protection....we apply that at the body shop for free. Wax Your car and be done with it