@Ganymede said in Car Shopping:
@Macha said in Car Shopping:
I, too, drive a Nissan, and the CVT is actually something I like.
My partner has a 2012 Nissan Rogue equipped with a CVT. I enjoy the smoothness of the ride and the absence of feeling a gear shifting.
But I dread having to pay to fix that motherfucker.
I'm considering the extended warranty options for much that reason. Supposedly the 10 yr/100k warranty goes for $2200 at Subaru, but I've seen some people saying that they've negotiated it down $1500. That effectively doubles the warranty on the most expensive repairs -- the powertrain -- from where it normally sits at 5yrs/60k, and as evidence by the fact that my two previous cars have been a 2007 Saturn that I'm still driving and a 1988 Cadillac that I drove until I bought the Saturn new off the lot....
I drive my cars into the ground. Usually, any sort of extended warranty or protection coverage is hard pass for me, but if it guarantees me ten years in a car, I think it's worth it.