Volkswagen Bora (1999 - 2006) - Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000

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Tue 4 Mar 2008 20:57
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - Car
Are looking at purchasing a 2nd car and are considering purchasing a warranty.

The car will have just under 120,000 miles at time of purchase which will be a private purchase, and I will be doing 10,000 miles per year.

Have found click for warranty will cover cars up to 150,000 miles see tinyurl.com/244lny or warranty wise who will take cars on with up to 120,000, their cost being £232 for 12 months cover includes main dealer rate of £95.00, but the cover appears to be very basic see tinyurl.com/2sjkb7

Does anyone know of any other warranty companies that are prepared to cover vehicles that have in excess of 100,000 miles

Thanks
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:01
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - rtj70
No experience but on a such high mileage cars there must be get outs. At £232 for 12 months warranty it might take 3 hours work without parts to be at a loss.

Can you not buy a little newer or lower mileage? Car must be very cheap I guess and therefore warranty maybe irrelevant - bangernomics. It breaks and you get another?
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:03
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - TimOrridge
The AA do a warranty for over 100K which I was quoted 10 per month seems to be fairly comprehensive but doens include all consumables inc exhaust and cluth IIRC. Downside you have to be a menber
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:12
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - Car
The AA do a warranty for over 100K which I was quoted 10 per month
Downside you have to be a menber


Thanks, will take a look, and will try my own breakdown co as well
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:04
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - Car
Car is valued at £3,000.
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:10
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - TimOrridge
So that will be a V W or X reg. or avearge mileage. Some people will say thats a funny amount to spend

How much is the car costing you if you dont mind?

Personally 250 would seem like peace of mind but the warranty people will find some way out. I probable would if I had 3k tied up in a car but it your call
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:14
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - TimOrridge
www.theaa.com/breakdownrepaircover/index.html
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:21
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - Car

Not sure why £3,000 is a funny amount, wifes car cost £2,600 less £600 trade last summer and only one problem in that time - failure of coil packs that was covered under warranty. On the other hand my previous car was purchased from a main dealer at a cost of £6,000 but was the most unreliable car I had.

Car is costing just over £3,200 and is a Bora 1.9 TDI Sport 6 speed and is from a member of the family, so I Know the car has been looked after and is in very good condtion.

Edited by Car on 04/03/2008 at 21:23

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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:24
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - TimOrridge
No doubt it is a lovely car, I like the boras. I was just stating the views I have gathered whilst on the forums. But I think they were refering to turbo diesels
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Tue 4 Mar 2008 21:34
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - Car
No doubt it is a lovely car I like the boras. I was just stating
the views I have gathered whilst on the forums. But I think they were refering
to turbo diesels

Appologies if I missunderstood.
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Wed 5 Mar 2008 07:51
Warranty for Car With Mileage in excess of 100,000 - SuperBuyer
I'd considered a warranty for my 126K Golf, but gave up as the cost seemed to outweigh the potential benefits.

I'm just glad I have a local garage that services the fleet at work who does me a good deal (£30p/h, not everything charged) and is actually reliable....

Makes sure you keep it serviced on the nail and use the correct PD oil and you should get another 80K or so out of it at least - is it a PD engine - what age is it? for £3K I would expect at least a 51/52 reg (well, a 54 reg 130 Highline went for £3,075 at auction a couple of months ago), so either a PD115 or PD130???
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