Well the new mack has been good so far. Or so i thought. Took it into the dealer the other day for its first service. Truck has 8,500 miles on it now (4months old). The service writer informed me. The motor and transmission are both leaking oil. WTF. No big deal. Dealer is great and will fix it as soon as i can get the truck back to them.
My next question is extended warranty. I never bought into extended warrantys. But with this truck and all the emission stuff on it. I think repairs can add up fast. I can get extended warranty to bring it to 60months or 250k miles. I would run out of time before the miles. I could go all the way to 84/months or 250k. The warranty is for the Motor and emission system .
Mack has two warranty levels. The black and Bronze. Bronze covers almost everything on the motor. The price for the 60month / 250k is $4,800 and thats for the bronze. There is a big jump in price to go 84/months /250k. That one is $7,900. I think im going to go with the 60/month one for 4800. I would really like the 84month one. But the miles would be close. and if i get balls to the wall busy i may do 250k in 60months.
I have 5 more months to make a choice. Im not looking forward to writing out a check for almost 5k for a warranty. But then again it will be a good peace of mind. Knowing that the motor and emission system is covered.