Re: New owner; extended warranty question
In fifteen years of driving, used cars I've looked at the "risk to reward
ratio" of having collision and comprehensive, and never had it. Only once
would the insurance company had to pay. I paid for
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Chris Noeske <CHRISN@...>
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
Ronald, I guess you will agree if they would not make some $$ on this they
would not do it. Of course this is an avarege, ten people will buy it and
never use and one or two would find it worth the
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Severin D. Chayka <chaykasd@...>
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
Very well put, Charles. you sound like a true insurance professional.
Insurance carriers rely on the law of large numbers. total premium plus
interest must exceed total losses. for any individual, the
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Vance, Beaumont W. <Beaumont.Vance@...>
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Buyer beware
I recently saw a 20/20 series about SEARS selling used batteries, as new.? I
always bought my batteries there, and recently went to replace the battery
in our 91 Alfa Spider.? I thought that what
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Chris Noeske <CHRISN@...>
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Re: EV5 timing belt
What is the phone number of the place that sells the tools? And how much
were each of them.
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Chris Noeske <CHRISN@...>
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
This is a bit unfair. *Any* insurance policy could be characterized the same way. However, the real question is what the risk-reward ratio is for *you*. If you can afford $1150, but a $5,000 bill
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Charles Bragg <cgbragg@...>
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Re: EV5 timing belt
I just replaced my timing belt on my 93ev myself-not a fun job
(although faster once you've done it once) at 88kmiles. The serpentine
belt showed very significant cracking; the timing belt showed
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gbnvic@...
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
I do not think so. Any extended warranty is just a rip off. You should
understand that if it would not be the way to make additional money for them
they would never offer it to you.
I had this
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Severin D. Chayka <chaykasd@...>
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Re: Engine fire salvage
harry thompson <harryt1-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/ev_update/?start=1512
to
I saw the picture....it is interesting that the major damage (ie:
headlight,
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rgolen@...
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
In a message dated 11/05/99 4:19:18 AM Pacific Standard Time,
chaykasd@... writes:
<< Any extended warranty is just a rip off. >>
Extended warranties are just like your auto insurance, they
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BROWERJR1@...
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Re: Temperature Gauge
Jack,
Thanks for the tech input. Its great to have the knoweldge base
streched a bit. Can you let me know where in the archive I can get at
your notes (or, can you email them to me -
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sanae@...
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
Marcus,
Ours is a '97 EVC and it remains quiet after 40000 miles. So quiet we're
still pleased with its name...Flying Carpet. Never had noise from the front
end but the REAR brakes, like many
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Gary Clendening <garyc@...>
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Re: EV's galore on Copart.com ..... well 2 right now ?
Maybe we should every one interested in parts should get together and put a
bid on it?
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Chris Noeske <CHRISN@...>
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
Concerning the noise you may hear from the front end.
Before you go through the headache and expense of checking bearings etc,
take a look at the tires on the front, have they been rotated off the
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Jack Lowry <jack_lowry@...>
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
I would first check the tires. If they are not the Agilis or others with the
proper weight rating you will get strange noises. I had General tires on
mine and they got progressively louder as the ply
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Eckhard Rolz <erolz@...>
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
My new EVC is remarkably quiet up front, and the engine is quiet enough that one would think other noises would be obvious. Methinks you should investigate.
-- Chuck 99 EVC
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Chuck Bragg,
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Charles Bragg <cgbragg@...>
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New owner; extended warranty question
Eurovaneers:
I recently bought a '95 EV GLS with 100 000 kilometres on it. Fine
vehicle, but I have a couple of questions:
1. All this talk about auto. transmissions makes me think that I
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dela@...
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
Marcus,
My experience is that much of the noise comes from tires. The original G64
tires that came on some of the '93 passenger vans in the USA and also on the
'95 USA Camper get very noisy
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RBIEGEL@...
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Re: New owner; extended warranty question
dela@... writes:
Reply: I have the manual transmission on a 93 Weekender and thus can't give
an objective evaluation. However, if the warranty is for five years at that
price, I would
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Bob Williams
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EV's galore on Copart.com ..... well 2 right now ?
Harry Thompson wrote:
I've gotta get fire extinguisher - a small one oughtta mount on
drivers left of seat base right?? still clearance for door to shut?
That does appear to have NJ plates
and
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Team Degenerate <highrpm@...>
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