Betsi...even though Mom's Rav 4 is a very nice vehicle....she leased it....another great :rolleyes: idea of my younger brother.

Lindsay, I have an SUV and I love it!! It drives wonderfully and is comfortable but it does like to use gas!! It has lots of room for whatever we want to buy and lots of leg room for others to ride with us. One thing that we have to have is four wheel drive to be able to drive up to the house when there's snow on the ground. It also has a third set so we can have 7 people ride with us. For us a car wouldn't work well because of driving in the fields so using more gas off sets the other things that we appreciate about the vehicle.

BTW....I've heard that our gas is suppose to be up to five dollars by the end of this year. Not good news.


Gayle, I hope that your warranty covers your expenses to get your car fixed. It seems like it's always something.

Diana's SUV is very nice....I've ridden in it.... :)

Nope, the warranty didn't cover anything! :mad: The warranty people said the part that was broken was excluded and because it wasn't a moving part. The service manager even got on the phone and argued with them, but to no avail. Oh well, had to be fixed....... :( It's General Motors Preferred warranty, so you would think it would be good

My brother did give us our parents' old '91 Explorer, which has nice aerodynamics from all the rust holes :D :D :D But I'd like something a little nicer one of these days ;) My parents live on a steep hill with an even steeper driveway, and when I go home in the winter I have to go around the back of the hill which isn't so steep, and brake slowly as I'm coming down the other side so I can park in front of their yard. If I slide, I have to go around and try again. I don't even attempt to get up the driveway because I end up sliding backwards down it in my car! So when we buy an SUV it will need four wheel drive to make life easier! We go to the lake a lot too, and Scott's parents are moving to their lake when they retire in a few years, and there are pretty bad gravel roads to get to either place.

Gayle, that's terrible it's excluded!! I guess that's how they make their money.

That really sucks Gayle....sometimes these warranties aren't worth the paper it takes to print them.

Fully agree :mad:

I'm sorry that your warranty didn't cover any part of your repairs Gayle! That just "ain't" right!!!

Speaking of gas prices..our regular gas here is 3.35 a gallon right now. Hubby has a 2008 Ford F250 diesel truck....12 miles to the gallon and diesel is up to around 3.40 a gallon right now. I don't know how we're gonna afford to go anywhere if prices keep going up!!!

Even with a premier warranty, it's not covered! That just sucks.

I hope you don't have to put money into it for a looong time!

Thanks guys. Yes, it does SUCK! And to top it off the car is still not finished. It's been there since Monday!!!

Better go get your boots on Gayle and kick some....well....you know. :)

Call and keep asking for their supervisor until you get someone who can help you. That should be covered. You just need to find the right person to say so!!!

Hope you have your car back now Gayle.

Yes I do Janet - I guess you missed the escapade though. When I picked it up all the instrument panel has changed to Spanish!!! LOL! I found out my car was made in Mexico and when they took out the battery to work on it, it reverted back to factory settings, which was SPANISH! It took a while, but they finally got everything back to English.

Diane is right, Gayle. You might get it paid for if you go higher up. I had a similar issue with Toshiba about my laptop. I googled the main office, found the phone number, and asked for the CEO. Needless to say, I wasn't connected, but I did get a customer service administrator. I had that computer back and fixed at no charge within a couple of weeks.

Yo no habla espanol anymore huh?