Go Back   986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Boxster General Discussions

Post Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-17-2004, 04:51 PM   #1
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 7,243
Info on Continental Warranty Company

Found this company on the internet and just got off the phone with a high pressure salesperson attempting to extract $2498 out of me to provide a 4 year, 48K warranty on my 97 Boxster with 84,000 miles on it.

Unlike some of the other online warranty companies, this group forced me to leave my phone number instead of displaying the rates on the web.

This deal looks far too good to be true. 1sourcewarranty.com offered a 3yr. 36K warranty with no deductible for just over 5,000 bucks.

Anyone had good or bad experience with these boys or an opinion I should know about?

RandallNeighbour is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-17-2004, 10:11 PM   #2
b0xt0La
 
Alienz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: syracuse, ny
Posts: 359
You might want to check out http://www.carbuyingtips.com/ first.

Also go to http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/default.asp
to see if the warranty company is in the "****************-list".
1sourcewarranty.com are very expensive, try http://www.autowarranties.com/index.htm they are so much cheaper.
Alienz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-17-2004, 11:28 PM   #3
Lux
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 401
$5K for extended warranty sounds crazy. My Porsche dealer quoted something like $2.5K back when I was thinking about buying used.

Make sure you use a reputable insurance company and triple-read the fine print about what they will and will not cover. You don't want to save a few bucks now only to find out that the company went belly up or won't cover your seized engine or whatever.
Lux is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2004, 05:46 AM   #4
Registered User
 
QporscheQ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 372
As another price point for you guys.

My extended warranty was less than $1K from the dealer ( how can you pass that up ? ), however the car was only a year old at the time and had approx 5000 miles on it. Also, I would imagine it was pretty cheap because a significant amount of the factory warranty overlapped with the extended warranty.
__________________
Q
QporscheQ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2004, 05:55 AM   #5
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 7,243
The dealer told me that because of the mileage of my boxster, 84K, that they could not offer me any kind of warranty. That's why I'm searching for a warranty elsewhere.

Thanks for all your input thus far!

Someone on this list must have shopped Continental and went with them or decided against them. Any personal experience to share?

RandallNeighbour is offline   Reply With Quote
Post Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 09:19 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2024 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page