I own a Volvo XC 70 2001. I know have 72 K. I drive 35 - 40 K per year . Would you recommend to buy an extended warranty for this car ? The cost is around $ 2500 cdn to cover up to 160 K.

Can somebody provide cost trends for XC 70 2001 over 100 K...

Thanks

Pierre

You have to look at the numbers...

At your mileage-per-year, you are basically adding about a two year warranty.

The question is how many things that cost over $2500 are likely to go wrong in the next two years?

Personally, I wouldn't spend that much on a two-year warranty, but that's up to you. Extended warranties are a form of insurance. There are things that will go wrong on a car based on how many miles you have on it and there are things that will go wrong based on how old the car is. I don't think you are getting your money's worth for things that will go wrong with age based on your mileage-per-year.

You asked the right questiion, though, what is the trend for an '01 XC over 100K? I don't know.

Grab that warranty in a heartbeat! You get 90K more miles of anxiety free driving. Any AWD cares -- taken care of. Any transmission cares -- taken care of. Any turbo or engine problems -- taken care of. I just had my seat warmers taken care of. The warranty covered everything but the heating element. It was just a switch but I didn't have to tear everything apart to find out what was wrong with it. I just took it in, took their loaner car and then picked it up for the $50 deductible. I don't have any cost analysis on a 2001 XC but I did replace a trans on a 965 to the tune of $2000 US at 105,000 mi, Even a radiator or water pump done by a dealer is going to be a decent hunk of change. We just bought a 2000 V70 XC with an extended warranty and I wouldn't buy a used car without one. Just my 2 cents (Canadian or US!)