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My warranty with Warranty Direct is called secure care. It covers most every thing that should go wrong (fingers crossed). Some haggling saw him throw in some additional cover for a couple of missing items and interest free for 10 months. the clincher was the upgrade from them paying 50% of the cost of parts (if it's a wear & tear item), because my car has done over 100K, to paying 100% cost of parts (they always pay 100% of labour costs) for £50 extra. Seems good for £370 after reading what potential problems may occur on a 220d. Costs £50 for each claim and I'm covered up to purchase price of car and unlimited claims.

Hi, just picking your note up on the Warranty Direct cover. I looked into this as my IS is just out of manufacturers warranty. The things out of scope are the usual - bulbs (expensive if HID too), pads / disks (serviceable items) etc. They offer several level of cover with the luxury care plus being the top one. For higher mileage cars / older cars they appear to only offer lower levels of cover (Extra care for cars <70K; secure care and major care for cars > 70K). They also only offer to pay a % of the parts cost for specific mileage bands. For instance, >100K they pay 50% towards the cost of parts. I got warranty direct to give me a quote on the maximum cover (luxury care plus) which on the face of it is comparable to Lexus warranty. They confirmed they would normally only offer this on cars <60K and under 4 years old. They quoted me about £580 iirc which is just shy of what Lexus charge (plus full RAC cover included by Lexus) so I am thinking of going with the latter it may give me a bit more negotiation with repairs etc, although feedback on this site on warranty direct appears to be positive (although not sure what policies level people took out).

Well that will be two of us in that boat. Two weeks ago I bought a 220d with 104K on the clock. Bit of a gamble but Lexus FSH, last one being in December which was the big 100K service it does give me some confidence. I've taken on a warranty with Warranty Direct which includes wear and tear cover (after 90 days) so they can't refuse a claim as it's done a high mileage. Covered up to full value of car and about everything is covered. Fingers crossed I don't need it but it's nice to know it's there if I need it. So far got to say I love the car having had several 3 series and a C class in the past. Having said that my last car was a RAV4 - same engine but that was like a tractor compared to how it's used in the Lexus.