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.

carlosinseattle

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.
Just my $.02 cents.

Highline-Autos.com

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.

Trenton O. Gibson
tgibson@highline-autos.com
Highline Autos
Direct: 602.909.9216
Office: 480.348.0777

carlosinseattle

Any updates??

superpop

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.

JohnLane

If you are going to reach for an aftermarket warranty the only one to consider is Fidelity with Platinum coverage.