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26 May 2009, 20:20
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I took out extended warranty with Landrover BEFORE the end of the 3 year warranty at £85 a month with Roadside assistance and hire car provision . Just about to have a new auto g/box fitted at 80000 miles no quibble and a loan car included . The car has been towing 3 ton trailers continually since new!Engine is perfect so I hope to get another 80k out of the new box now.
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Which suggests it (gearbox) wasnt up to the job then ?
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26 May 2009, 21:17
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That's why manual boxes are best for regular long distance heavy towing work. Bloke I know gets 150,000 miles out of his Defenders and it is ALL towing - often as far as Spain or even Greece.
Still if you can have a free box when it goes wrong it doesn't really matter!!!
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26 May 2009, 21:56
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Which suggests it (gearbox) wasnt up to the job then ?
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The ZF autos have a reputation of running a bit hot when towing and have a finite life as a result. You can get a fully reconditioned one for less than a grand from Ashcroft Transmissions so its not a life threatening expense when one does go bang.
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27 May 2009, 01:54
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Originally Posted by BogMonster
The ZF autos have a reputation of running a bit hot when towing and have a finite life as a result. You can get a fully reconditioned one for less than a grand from Ashcroft Transmissions so its not a life threatening expense when one does go bang.
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German see...........
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27 May 2009, 11:21
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Originally Posted by codprawn
German see...........
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Don't mention the war! 
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28 May 2009, 19:26
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Discovery 3
poor old thing spent a year towing the Landrover exhibition unit before I got it , then we abused it for another 2 years towing on and off road .
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19 June 2009, 22:31
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I like their exclusion list 
Vehicles specifically excluded from Tesco Car Warranty Plan are:
All vehicles over 3500cc. AC, Alfa Romeo GTA models, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bristol,
Bugatti, Caterham, Daimler, Ferrari, Invicta, Jeep, Jensen, Lamborghini, Lancia, Lister,
Lotus, Marcos, Maserati, Maybach, Microcar, Nissan Skyline, Noble, Pagani, Porsche 911
models, Rolls-Royce, TVR, Westfield, Yugo, North American vehicles, Motorhomes, Grey
Imports, kit cars and all commercial vehicles including car-derived vans.
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19 June 2009, 23:58
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Originally Posted by Chris
I like their exclusion list
Vehicles specifically excluded from Tesco Car Warranty Plan are:
All vehicles over 3500cc. AC, Alfa Romeo GTA models, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bristol,
Bugatti, Caterham, Daimler, Ferrari, Invicta, Jeep, Jensen, Lamborghini, Lancia, Lister,
Lotus, Marcos, Maserati, Maybach, Microcar, Nissan Skyline, Noble, Pagani, Porsche 911
models, Rolls-Royce, TVR, Westfield, Yugo, North American vehicles, Motorhomes, Grey
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Even Tesco think Jeep are awful 
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16 November 2009, 22:14
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Just looking into this for the Touareg which is about to run out, Tesco have just stopped selling new policies now so I had a google and Which recommend these guys.
http://www.warrantywise.co.uk/
Seems fairly simple and no exclusion list.
£50 per month seems pretty good for piece of mind and is based upon the labour rates at my main VW dealer so they could carry out any work...
I had to have a new gearbox at 20,000 miles and would hate to think what that would have cost had I not been under warranty so I think its worth it!!
Chris
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17 November 2009, 06:17
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Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
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Originally Posted by Chris
Just looking into this for the Touareg which is about to run out, Tesco have just stopped selling new policies now so I had a google and Which recommend these guys.
http://www.warrantywise.co.uk/
Seems fairly simple and no exclusion list.
£50 per month seems pretty good for piece of mind and is based upon the labour rates at my main VW dealer so they could carry out any work...
I had to have a new gearbox at 20,000 miles and would hate to think what that would have cost had I not been under warranty so I think its worth it!!
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What went wrong with the old one at that mileage ? did it not like towing ?
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17 November 2009, 07:19
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What went wrong with the old one at that mileage ? did it not like towing ?
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No the fault was a failed servo in the box, apparently they cant replace it without disassembling the whole box so they just replaced it !
I dread to think what it would have cost 
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