Foxy poorly

can I get tlc on a 7 year old car?

Quoted from mabel

What I'm wondering now though is what to do when warranty runs out- can I extend it and is it worth the money? Anyone know?

When both LazyBones and Bumble ran out of warranty at 3 years old we were offered an extension warranty. I can't remember exactly but think it was something like £500 for the 4th year. We decided it was too much and ignored the letters.

In the 3¼ years since Bones's warranty expired the only things that I have had to pay for was about a month ago when the coolant expansion bottle split and I noticed that one of the heated mirrors wasn't heating. The total bill was £226.

I'm not sure if they would give you the option of extending the warranty but would guess that as Foxy will be 7 years old by then it might be quite pricey.

Like any insurance you have weigh up the pros and cons of whether you'd rather commit to paying a fixed fee come what may or take the risk.

I think as the other halfs brother in law  is a mechanic and owns a garage I might be better off just putting money aside in case it's needed instead of a warranty.

thanks again everyone- it's nice to have people to turn to with my questions

Sounds like a good plan

TLC is a maintenance package which gives you 3 services in the first 5 years, plus a brake fluid change at 2 years. It can be extended to a total of 5 services in the first 8 years plus another brake fluid change.

The extension costs £300 but it has to be bought before any servicing is done after the original deal has run out. I would imagine that Foxy must have been serviced since his 5th birthday so guess that it'll be too late to do now. I would have thought that Scotthall would have told you if he was covered but it might be worth checking with Westerly. What you need to ask is if he's covered by TLC XL, and if he isn't if it's too late to do.

there are a couple of tlc vouchers in with the documents but they expire 5 years after purchase so I'm guessing there is no tlc xl or they'd be there too.

if you get an extended warranty check what it covers as some are not worth the paper they are printed on. the dealer where i work do extended warrantys but we dont tell the customer about the cheapest one as its really not worth it, we'll give them the brochures but i wouldnt reccomend it. also they can quite happily turn round and refuse to pay for work done because they dont deem it to be covered, door locks are a good one as the warrany people say its a wear n tear thing but i wouldnt. i think the clutch one on rita's car was refused maybe because it was used as a learner car or had evidence of clutch slip (i had a similar one where i work, you can see if the clutch has been slipped where someone drives with their foot lightly on the clutch pedal - not saying thats what rita does )

i would see what your dealer says, then speak to the selling dealer and explain what westerly(?) said. they should honour the repair, unfortunately some faults dont get noticed on the PDI checks/appraisals when the car gets bought in and sold, which is what the warranty is for. I think you get something like 12 months warranty on a used MINI, i dont know because i work for Toyota

Thanks Charlie-yep it is a years warranty, i'm not forseeing any problems as i explained to westerly that it was bought at a different dealers and they said fine,and also that this seems to be a common fault (according to a LOT of people on the MINI2 forums!) which even the guy at Westerly sorta admitted. Will let you know what happens

if its a common problem then they normally are willing to sort it out, although they dont like to admit to how common the problem really is.