We are now just over a year since the JLR warranty expired. They wanted £1,700 to renew it for a year...

So what has needed work and who won...?

The ARC rear pipe failed and I changed the front as well as it wasn't far behind...

Cost around £1,000 in parts

The only other thing was the aircon needed a regas, that cost £130.

So, as you can see, only £1,130 spent on repairs versus £1,700 for the warranty...

Oh, no, wait a minute.... NEITHER of those issues would have been covered by the warranty as corrosion was the cause of the ARC pipe failure and regassing the aircon is considered a service item

I'll pretend they would have been covered and add £570 (£1,700 - £1,130) to next years repair fund so £2,270 in the kitty..

Or £3,400 if you do the man maths

Even with the service costs (and two wheels refurbed ) I'm still under £1,700 so I won this year.

I did spend £3 from Aliexpress on a new boot badge so it's now been upgraded to an SV

Man Math(e)s - works every time!  2017 - L405 SC - WOW! just WOW!
2014 - L405 4.4
2010 - L322 3.6 - Carried me 100,581 miles then broke big-time

There are 10 types of people in this world;
Those that understand binary,
and those that don't.

I think you currently on top and very much what I was looking at but have had a different experience so far.

I was very 50/50 about buying an after market warranty for my RR. I had the whole debate with myself about whether a warranty was worth it vs put money away monthly for inevitable repair bills. I spoke to a few 3rd party warranty companies, read their reviews (most of which were usually bad and related to denied claims). After lots of due diligence and reading of small print eventually negotiated a £90 a month 12 month warranty + 2 months free with £3000 per claim limit. So this potentially would leave me out to a tune of £1080 for 14 months HOWEVER after 2 months I made a claim for the dreaded oil temp / level sensor and they covered £1200 of the costs so I suppose overall I am a winner so far!

Plenty left in the pot for new "just in case" tools then  Fuji White / Jet 2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster

love your logic Pete...  ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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You made the right choice Pete. I have never had an extended warranty! overfinch modified

My SV Badge cost me £60k Peter...

Yes, with doing the work myself I guessed I would probably win...

Craig, the badge is a very good copy and being aluminium I managed to massage it to fit the compound curve of the tailgate

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002857...1802MOVBhc

And I have £59,996.22 left over...  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Only one issue - surely the real SV’s have the badge on the left ? 😉 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

All the pictures I could find had the Land Rover badge removed and the SV badge on the right...  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-