mkhank7865
Active Member
I paid like 1600 for the warranty through toyota, i think its a good value being that i am daily driving the car, its the first model year, and essentially has a BMW motor and electronics. If it was a camry i would have never bought it and if i bought it after the manufacturer warranty expired it would have been at least double the cost with less coverage. Coming from a current BMW owner also it was a great value at around 1600 bucks.First off, the "7 year, 100k" warranty, or any extended warranty at car purchase is the biggest sham there is. You don't know if you will own the car that long. You might be bored with it in 2 years. It might get totaled and you buy something else instead, and so on. After your base warranty expires you get 5000 letters in the mail asking if you'd like to buy more warranty. Anyway, the manager was just blowing sales smoke up your ass. If you blow your engine, and it has an aftermarket tune on it, they WILL deny the claim. Extended warranty or not. An aftermarket intake and (catless) downpipe usually requires a tune these days so those go hand in hand.
Since you bought the extended warranty, don't do anything that messes with the ECU, intake, or catalytic converter. A catback is fine.
Lowering springs MIGHT get your warranty claim denied if you blow a shock, that's dealer dependent usually. But cosmetic mods and mods that don't alter the powertrain are usually safe.
also an aftermarket DP or intake does not require a tune... a tune would maximize the output but in no way does any DP or intake on a turbo car require a tune
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