marshallz

Hello all,
Thanks for all the input from all you guys regarding the CL ebing discontinued etc and also the cost of the car. Now that i have decided to buy the car, just wanted to know that if i decide to keep the CL for at least 7 years, then is it important for me to buy extended warranty, gap insurance and road hazard from the dealer now. Are all these important or can i buy them later. Is it also true that if i decide to buy the warranty later then the cost of the extended warranty will depend on the number of miles on the car. And practically speaking, do i really need extended warranty? Do things go bad in the CL after 4 years? For eg. my dealer was saying that some chip for the BOSE system conked out and it cost 1500 bucks. Is this all a way for them to get me to buy these warranties, or is all this true. Also, how much did it coist you guys to get it if any of you did? Especially in Houston, Texas.

Any input would be great.

Pappy

Get the extended warranty and the gap insurance. Just consider it an insurance policy. Acura has a good reputation, but, it is a machine and can break down. Gap insurance is cheap...maybe a dollar or 2 on your payment. Roll it all in to the package.

Bill Faure

Judgement call! Prior to Honda Ameican extending the warranty on the transmission I would have said 100% get the extended warranty, but now that the warranty has been extended for free it's not as much of priority to pay for it.

marshallz

The extended warranty is for $1700 and $300 for gap insurance. Are these amounts correct or the dealer adding some of his own costs?

jimcol711

my dealer gave me free gap insurance, inst that a law?? i financed the car through american honda finance at 4.9% and they provided gap insurance at no charge

louisn

GAP INSURANCE??? New one on me!!!

marshallz

The gap insurance is new to me too, and frankly i do not understand it myself. But the dealer kept pushing it and since i have not got the car, i asked them to put it just to get away.

The other thing that surprised me is that first they told me that they can finance me at 7%. When i told them i had got a quote from peoplefirst, they matched the APR, provided I bought the insurance. This tells me that they are trying to slip it in so that they can make money off it coz i got the car at invoice. I think i will try to apply for the american honda finance online at the cura site and see what they have to offer as well. But i still need to know if I really do need extended warranty right now, or should i worry about it in a year or so?

Loseit

iTrader: (1)

wtf is gap insurance?

Shawn S

It’s only applicable if you’re borrowing like 90% or more for the car.

If your loan is say 32,000 on a 34,000-dollar car.
Six months down the road the car is only worth 25-26K at best but you still owe more then 30K on the loan.
If the car gets totaled or stolen, the bank gets the “GAP” money between the value and the loan.
That way you’re back at ZERO and not paying a loan on a car you don’t have anymore.

Shawn S

hons CLS

What is GAP insuranse??
I bought my car used from a non-Acura dealership, would i be able to buy the GAP ins. at any Acura dealership???

hons CLS

never mind, i guess we both posted at the same time

lrutt

I've been researching the Warranty Gold plan. It really seems like a viable option to the Acura plan, especially since you can take up almost the full 4 years of Acura coverage, buy the Warranty Gold coverage for 6 or 7 years, and get a total of 10 or 11 years coverage. It does add the time on, does not base it from purchase date. So if it takes you 10 years to rack 100k miles, your covered. Rather attractive plan. Initially they seemed to have some bad feedback many years ago but it seems as though they've turned around and are doing rather well. With as much expensive automated crap as we have on these cars, just a failure in the climate control would pay for the extended warranty.

marshallz

i just got a quote from warrantydirect for a price of 1150 with 0 deductable and 950 for 100 bucks deductable. This is the diamond plan. Why should i get acura care for 1700?
Any suggestions

Shawn S

1,700 seems HIGH for an Acura warranty from what I remember.
I thought most were paying between 900-1200 range for 100K plans.

Have you tried getting a quote HERE: http://www.acurawarranty.com

Shawn S

Shawn S

I just ran through it on the Acurawarranty site and got this for MY car:
5 Year / 60,000 Miles $570
5 Year / 75,000 Miles $655
5 Year / 100,000 Miles $830
6 Year / 75,000 Miles $765
6 Year / 100,000 Miles $940
7 Year / 75,000 Miles $1,005
7 Year / 100,000 Miles $1,035
Prices are based on a $50.00 deductible
for a $0 (zero) deductible only an additional $175.

marshallz

Hey Shawn, could you give me the url to the acura warranty section. I saw one for used cars. Is that the one?

marshallz

How do i get the prices for my CL. What is the website?

Shawn S

marshallz

Hey Shawn, the website u mentioned takes me to some springfieldacura website. Called the 1888 number but noone replied. Is that the right website?

Shawn S

Yea, that's right.
You just have to bang down through the levels to get to the quote page.

Try this one:
http://www.hondaacurawarrantiesatspr...quoteacura.htm

marshallz

I think they are going to call or mail the quote. Nothing as yet. The quote that you got for your car, was at the Acura website or this one? If it was acura, wonder where the link is so that i can print it out for my dealer!!!

Shawn S

Is today your first day using a computer ??? J/K…..

Just follow the directions on the screen(s) and it gives you the price/plan right on the screen like I posted for mine.
Enter all the numbers and then pick the plan you want.

Shawn S

marshallz

i WISH IT WOULD.... but got nothing..let me try it once more anyways..But the point is that i can get acura warranty much cheaper than what my damn dealer is telling me..cannot believe he wanted me to buy 1700 bukcs worth warranty