No, we bought the car *very* used (but perfectly safe and usable) at a very good price. Previous owner ran the living hell out of it before we got hold of it. I fully expected to need a complete engine rebuild after four or five years.
The Geo Prizm is actually a Toyota Corolla, IIRC. The Corolla engine is famous for its reliability. The only thing I've heard that needs particular attention is the timing belt, and normal maintenance takes care of that. So now we get a new (probably a certified rebuild, which is just as good) engine that should last a good 100K+ miles. I'm assuming that they aren't replacing the transmission, so that will probably be the next major assembly to fail, but that's reasonably expected considering the history. I believe the entire thing is going to cost us $75 out of pocket on the deductible. The total financed cost of the extended warranty is way less than the cost of this one repair alone. All other repairs on the engine have been reasonable and expected by anyone's standard, and they have been few. This is a great deal. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -----Original Message----- From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:57 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CarMax MaxCare rocks! As Homer says, "I'm confused by the movie".... The car is a Geo made by Toyota. Original Toyota engine blows, replaced with Toyota engine, you say this one'll last forever, but the first one only lasted 4 years. Huh? On Nov 28, 2007 12:50 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are only two "extended warranty"-type services I would ever buy: for > a > CarMax used car, and for an expensive exercise machine. > > > > Lisa's CarMax car (Geo Prizm - made by Toyota) had 8K miles left on the > extended warranty when the engine threw a crankshaft bearing and > handgrenaded itself. She gets a complete new engine, and it's totally > covered. Like a brand new car after four years, and the engine is a > Toyota, > so you know it's going to last damned near forever. > > > > Yay! > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > President > > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
