Considering an ELW. Nothing wrong with the car but I would like to keep it for a while and not worry about a surprise. Any experience with Fidelity? Wondering if they work with MB dealers and Indy's with no drama. Highline seems to have a decent price on there's but any others I should check out? Car has around 37K miles and is a 2019 S63.
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I'll share my rationale, however I have no experience with Fidelity or any other warranty company.
Like you, I really want to keep my S63 for a long time. 2018, 44K miles. You bought yours with under 10K on the clock,and I bought mine with 36K miles.
My car was impeccable maintained before I bought it. That was a huge bonus. Cars don't heal like people; sometimes I think people think otherwise. What I mean by that is that if either of us had bought a poorly assembled or maintained car, we would know it by now. 95% of manufacturing defects will show themselves within the first 20K miles, any the vast majority within the first 5K miles. If "Otto" at the assembly plant had a bad day while assembling one of our cars we'd know it by now.
I wantd to drive my car for 1 year to decide on buying a warranty. After one year of rock solid ownership I feel even better about my pruchase.
However, I do plan to purchase a warranty if available, right before I hit 50K miles, my prefernce would be until 100K miles and 5-6 years. I'll be coming up on some fairly expensive maintenance items at the 50K mark and don't want to take a chance at that point.
But I've called the indy shops I plan to use, one will gladly take the warranty, but my first choice shop doesn't do ANY aftermarket warranty work. I spoke with Trenton and he said they will reimburse me for warranty work that I pay for myself, but it has to be pre authorized.
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Like you, I really want to keep my S63 for a long time. 2018, 44K miles. You bought yours with under 10K on the clock,and I bought mine with 36K miles.
My car was impeccable maintained before I bought it. That was a huge bonus. Cars don't heal like people; sometimes I think people think otherwise. What I mean by that is that if either of us had bought a poorly assembled or maintained car, we would know it by now. 95% of manufacturing defects will show themselves within the first 20K miles, any the vast majority within the first 5K miles. If "Otto" at the assembly plant had a bad day while assembling one of our cars we'd know it by now.
I wantd to drive my car for 1 year to decide on buying a warranty. After one year of rock solid ownership I feel even better about my pruchase.
However, I do plan to purchase a warranty if available, right before I hit 50K miles, my prefernce would be until 100K miles and 5-6 years. I'll be coming up on some fairly expensive maintenance items at the 50K mark and don't want to take a chance at that point.
But I've called the indy shops I plan to use, one will gladly take the warranty, but my first choice shop doesn't do ANY aftermarket warranty work. I spoke with Trenton and he said they will reimburse me for warranty work that I pay for myself, but it has to be pre authorized.
Just my $.02 cents.
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Fidelity has been around for over 47 years is a very common dealership offering amongst other luxury brands across the country. My suggestion would be to call the local service center and talk to a service advisor, I'm sure they're having nothing but great things to say about working and getting paid for repairs from Fidelity Warranty Services. I repeat talk to a SERVICE ADVISOR, you'll end up wasting your time if you call to talk to the F&I Manager looking to sell you their policy. Originally Posted by superpop
Any experience with Fidelity? Wondering if they work with MB dealers and Indy's with no drama. Highline seems to have a decent price on there's but any others I should check out?
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Any updates??Originally Posted by superpop
Considering an ELW. Nothing wrong with the car but I would like to keep it for a while and not worry about a surprise. Any experience with Fidelity? Wondering if they work with MB dealers and Indy's with no drama. Highline seems to have a decent price on there's but any others I should check out? Car has around 37K miles and is a 2019 S63.
Nothing new, Probably going to just keep the car for a few more years and then trade it in so probably not going to do anything. It has just been so reliable so far.
If you are going to reach for an aftermarket warranty the only one to consider is Fidelity with Platinum coverage.
Update, just pulled the trigger on an ELW with Trenton at Highline. Process was very simple and I am now covered for another 3 years or 36K miles which will put me close to 80K of coverage. I will be sick of the car by then and will just sell it at that point. I will now sleep much better knowing I am covered for any major issues that may pop up.
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I saw this post on Facebook yesterday. Made me think Fidelity is a good warranty. An additional piece of context on this Porsche won't repair a PDK they will only replace them. Some independent shops will repair it and that is on average $10k cheaper. The fact that Fidelity paid for the more expensive solution that the manufacturer recommends speaks volumes.Originally Posted by superpop
Considering an ELW. Nothing wrong with the car but I would like to keep it for a while and not worry about a surprise. Any experience with Fidelity? Wondering if they work with MB dealers and Indy's with no drama. Highline seems to have a decent price on there's but any others I should check out? Car has around 37K miles and is a 2019 S63.
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Yes, very common out come for our Fidelity warranty customers. Originally Posted by stealth.pilot
I saw this post on Facebook yesterday. Made me think Fidelity is a good warranty. An additional piece of context on this Porsche won't repair a PDK they will only replace them. Some independent shops will repair it and that is on average $10k cheaper. The fact that Fidelity paid for the more expensive solution that the manufacturer recommends speaks volumes.
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