Hi, I am picking up my first 2012 RRS on Friday and although it comes with a 3 month warranty from the dealership I'm not sure if I should purchase an extended warranty policy to run after this one runs out. After reading a number of posts with regards to costs incurred when things do go wrong, I don't want to be worrying too much every time I hear a noise!
Thanks

Welcome to the forum - i take it the purchase is not from a Landrover Dealership ? Try contacting Approved Warranty Administration 0844 573 8055 - this is the Landrover product £1095 approx for the best cover with Landrover assist. Other options are independent warranty companies - IMO a warranty of some sort is a must.

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14MY Autobiography Dynamic - SDV6 - Fuji White
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Santorini Black - Dual View - Rear Entertainment - Sunroof.
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Orkney Grey - awesome ;(
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No one warranty is perfect as it very much depends on individual circumstances. A lot of people say Land Rover Assist but it is limited abroad on the number of days covered. Also expensive.

I personally think Warranty Direct is good and has paid out twice for us this year with up to 100 days in Europe.

LR Assist has the advantage of dealing with the Dealer direct.

For most people, LR's warranty with Assist is probably the best. If you need long Euro-trip cover then Assist isn't for you. The warranty is still good though even on its own.

You can take your LR warranty to an indie too - you don't have to use a LR dealership. Wish I'd known that 3 years ago as it would have saved me a lot of hassle using my local LR dealer. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

I will give both Approved Warranty Administration and Warranty Direct a call.
Thanks again!

Several LR options
945 - warranty without assistance
1095 - warranty with assistance
754 - select without assistance
895 - select with assistance

Ps what sort of mileage is your 2012

Thanks for the LR options

RR has done 40,000 miles

Pleasure

Do we not all agree that it is a bad state of affairs that we buy British and the first thing we need to do is get a good warranty in place? My previous car was a 3 year old Audi A8 and not once did it cross my mind to look at a warranty. In 90,000 miles, I only ever opened the bonnet to fill the windscreen washer bottle. The very minute I started looking for an RRS, I also started looking at warranty companies.

I did see a tag line on someone's posts that went something like "Land Rover - Making mechanics out of ordinary people for 60 years". How true. Current - 2014 Range Rover Sport HSE SDV6
Gone - 2017 Audi A8 Sport
Gone - 2007 Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8 - Great car.

Yes, it is a bad state of affairs. Having said that, I've seen people recommend warranty purchase when buying other marques such as Porsche. The issue, really, is the cost to fix as much as the likelihood of failure. With an Audi, you can replace many parts with cheaper identical items used on Skodas, for example. Also, there are a lot of aftermarket parts for VAG and lots of garages specialising in them. We have one near here - used it for my Golf and still use it for our Skoda. Parts are cheap and the labour rate is reasonable. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

sterling01 wrote:

Do we not all agree that it is a bad state of affairs that we buy British and the first thing we need to do is get a good warranty in place? My previous car was a 3 year old Audi A8 and not once did it cross my mind to look at a warranty. In 90,000 miles, I only ever opened the bonnet to fill the windscreen washer bottle. The very minute I started looking for an RRS, I also started looking at warranty companies.

I did see a tag line on someone's posts that went something like "Land Rover - Making mechanics out of ordinary people for 60 years". How true.

Hear, hear! They really should be given a kicking. I'm voting with my feet in one way - I'm no longer using LR's dealer network. I'll be supporting the indie network from now on. They give a stuff because it's their business and their name over the door. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

I bought a 2012 sport last week really pleased with it. Its still under manufacturers warranty until August. Low coolant level light started to come on (water level fine) rang land rover assist, they came out to it and booked it in at the dealers for the same day, they are putting a new sensor/bottle in it and they also delivered me a new RRS to play around in until mines ready. Really pleased with the speed of service so i have extended the warranty with assist for £1030.

Still glad i bought a 2012 model though rather than a new one. Performance on the new one is very good though.