Online Forum for the 2012 Rav4 EV

Steve in Finance at Toyota of Poway seems to do well.

Hello -

I am looking for some current info on purchase of an extended warranty in CA. I am based in SFO in the Bay Area. Please advise.

Also, my current mileage close to 3 year completion is 28K miles. Average annual usage is 6K-9K miles. What is your recommendation to get the extended warranty option - I am considering 8 year/75K or 10 year/100K. Please advise

Thanks,
Sid

You'll likely get a more useful response if you edit your profile and include your location.

California is a long state.

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Well done.

Try Steve in Finance at Poway Toyota.

Hi All -

I have a question regarding an extended warranty purchase. I live in SFO, CA and have called around. Cheapest I have found is with Troy (http://www.fd-warranty.com/about-us.html) in MA. I will be using an address in IL for the purpose of the warranty purchase. For local dealerships, they are selling me $400 over the best price.

I am told that it won't be an issue - anyone else has had any issues or warranty paperwork rejected because of an out of state purchase. I just want to be sure that it won't be an issue after the purchase. Please advise.

Thanks,
Sid

I didn't think Troy would accept an address that far from MA. I heard that MA, NY, CT, DE and maybe VT, NH, ME were ok. Definitely check with him before you bank on IL working.

I got mine from Gilroy Toyota for only $200 more than Troy at the time, but people said they weren't that competitive any more.

Yes, he confirmed it would work. I am wondering if I should be concerned with risk of it not working? Thoughts?

AFAIK, it doesn't matter where or from whom you buy the Toyota warranty; it's honored "everywhere" ("everywhere" meaning any Toyota dealer that will admit to working on EVs).

The only danger is if he sells it to you, then Toyota cancels it because he didn't do something right, you need to have time to buy another one before the deadline. That is the only risk - letting the clock run out.

Thanks @asavage and @miimura. Yes, I am wondering if not doing something right is selling on a car that is registered out of state even though I will be using a local mailing address that Troy confirms will be ok.

I am less worried of a manual mistake - confident about Troy given my exchanges so far and looks like he does a lot of these. So what do the experts here say? Thanks!