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Originally Posted by bragones
New technology is worth paying for. My new vehicle will pull itself over if it detects that I’ve become unconscious, it will correct me if I swerve, and it will stop me both forward or backwards if I’m about to crash into an obstacle or person. Thankfully, I haven’t needed those features but nice piece of mind to know they are there. With a 6 year warranty, hoping it won’t be junk in that time frame, so no repair worries.
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Comfort from irrational fear sells well, doesn't it?
You haven't needed it, but on the very remote possibility that something MIGHT happen, so lets add all the battery draining tech and potential maintenance costs, in dash nav, but most people use their cell phone, auto emergency calling, etc, all bundled together to be sure to increase prices.
Yes, we had technology additional warranty coverage, and it was declined when a sensor stopped working, because they said we caused the sensor damage. But the car did get hit by lightning, and then the electronics all went to junk. However, there was one sensor that was blown up which they didn't fix, which was required to keep the AWD front and back spin rates proper. Car started eating tires, so we had to trade it in, turned to junk sooner than expected.
All cars are future junk, whether you own it or not. The key to inexpensive vehicle ownership is to own it outright for as long as possible, thereby incurring no incremental ownership cost, as insurance, fuel, maintenance is always being paid or consumed by driving.
good luck, and I don't assign any judgmental value on your particular car ownership, cheap, expensive, whatever, unless its a Tesla.