Opel Lifetime Warranty.

[ChrisMaz]

First heard about this after the Ampera launch, and thought it was only limited to the ampera. However seems Opel will be offering a life time warranty on all their new cars.

However, lifetime really doesn't mean a lifetime.... The warranty will be for 160,000 which is still a very long time. Even though its hardly a life time.

Your opinions?

Autoblog has the full story and more.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/19/report-opel-pledges-to-maintain-new-lifetime-warranty-despite/

http://www.autoblog.com/tag/opel

[btm]

that's close to a lifetime of km for me, so it gets my vote

[Nurb608]

Yeah, Vaux have the same warranty http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/owners_services/warranty_assistance/vauxhall_lifetime_warranty.html

[hazrd]

So they won't be releasing the new Calibra for sale then....

[btm]

So they won't be releasing the new Calibra for sale then....

:lol:

[metry]

LOL @ Hazrd. well mitsubishi have a 5/10 warranty. 5 years or 100 000kms on the whole car and 10 years or 160 000 kms on the car. i think what theyre getting at is the lifetime you own the car for. cause mitsubishis 10 year warranty is non transferable but the 5 year one is.

[sooty]

With the unreliability of some of their cars... Bye bye Opel and vauxhall, the diesels alone will send you bankrupt :lol:

[gmonkey]

Would mean they'd strive for better longterm reliabilty then they have in the past but

[poita]

So they won't be releasing the new Calibra for sale then....

now you dont have one you've become one of them

[glider]

now you dont have one you've become one of them


this club just gets more and more exclusive... I vote for OA calibra merchandise

[Wraith]

that's close to a lifetime of km for me, so it gets my vote

+ 1

For all those cases of lower usage vehicles, the "life time period" of the warranty term would be fantastic !!! that would certainly have applied to something like my vert which will probably take several life times to reach 160,000km travelled distance LOL :)

The good thing about all of this is that it will create competition amongst the car manufacturers and hopefully we'll see better warranty deals from other manufacturers as well...Jap and Korean brands are already doing well with 5 or 10 year warranty plans, some of the 'so called' better quality Euro manufacturers need to pick up their act ;)

[Wraith]

now you dont have one you've become one of them

LOL :lol:

Adam will buy another one eventually :)

[hazrd]

now you dont have one you've become one of them


LOL :lol:

Adam will buy another one eventually :)


thinking of buying a white one thats 95% rebuilt and will just sit it in my driveway for a couple of years :p


ill never become one of them ;) after all, Ange's and mine (now someone elses) are one of the most reliable V6's out there !!

[Nurb608]

thinking of buying a white one thats 95% rebuilt and will just sit it in my driveway for a couple of years :p

Make an offer :D

[poita]

Make an offer :D

nuggz for a night

[Nurb608]

nuggz for a night

I get that for free already!

[hazrd]

I get that for free already!

Nuggz for a week
Ur balls blue, guaranteed

[Wraith]

thinking of buying a white one thats 95% rebuilt and will just sit it in my driveway for a couple of years :p


ill never become one of them ;) after all, Ange's and mine (now someone elses) are one of the most reliable V6's out there !!

A 95% rebuilt white one ??? are you talking about a Cali ??? is it a V6er ??? I'll buy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Make an offer :D

Hope we're talking about a Cali and not your car Rory :)


nuggz for a night

LOL :lol:

[Nurb608]

Hope we're talking about a Cali and not your car Rory :)

lol, yeah, a cali thats been sitting out the front of my place for 2 1/2 years. It's just the 4 banger dizzy motor.

[Ice]

[QUOTE=sooty;604652]With the unreliability of some of their cars... /QUOTE]

Yet we still drive them and love them ! well i certainly love my Diesel.

[Wraith]

lol, yeah, a cali thats been sitting out the front of my place for 2 1/2 years. It's just the 4 banger dizzy motor.

Damn bad luck for me then, i'm not keen on the atmo 16V or Cali T variants, I mean I like/love them all but V6 only for me when it comes to "owning" a Calibra :)

I'd definitely be keen to a buy a 95% or fully rebuilt (as in the whole car brought up to spec) Cali V6 would be so nice to have one that new again - not keen or wanting to do it myself though...

Actually didn't realise you had a Cali sitting there, must've missed that somwhere along the way Rory LOL, so how far off are you with completion of this one and is it a full car rebuild or mechanically only ?? :)

[Wraith]

[QUOTE=sooty;604652]With the unreliability of some of their cars... /QUOTE]

Yet we still drive them and love them ! well i certainly love my Diesel.

Absolutely...:)

Wouldn't give up the last 8 years of ownership of my Cali and the last 6 years of ownership of my TS vert up untill now for anything - love em both ! :thumbs:

Luckily though the Calis' been good, might well have been a case of hate if it had of given me any sign of grief it has given to so many other owners - fingers crossed :)

[Nurb608]

Actually didn't realise you had a Cali sitting there, must've missed that somwhere along the way Rory LOL, so how far off are you with completion of this one and is it a full car rebuild or mechanically only ?? :)

It was just a top end rebuild which most has already been done thanks to the brotek guys. Just the fiddly bits to put back on but just trying to find the drive to complete it.

[nuggz]

It was just a top end rebuild which most has already been done thanks to the brotek guys. Just the fiddly bits to put back on but just trying to find the drive to complete it.

ill give you a special dance when you do...

[2002_XC]

ill give you a special dance when you do...

ill hire him an e cup hooker

[2002_XC]

ill hire him an e cup hooker

quoted to show how serious i am :lol:

[Wraith]

It was just a top end rebuild which most has already been done thanks to the brotek guys. Just the fiddly bits to put back on but just trying to find the drive to complete it.

Ah ok...

Was hoping for a full build back to stock original and brand new condition, would absolutely love that :)

[sooty]

Yet we still drive them and love them ! well i certainly love my Diesel.
Can't wait to see the back of mine! roll on dec/jan

[Ice]

Can't wait to see the back of mine! roll on dec/jan

lol, i cant help but feel Holden have something to do with that ! dickheads !

[lithium]

lifetime warranty ftw...as said above if you don't put many kms on and like buying new cars, you really can't go wrong. quality of the cars isn't much of a issue when you get free repairs for so many years!


Can't wait to see the back of mine! roll on dec/jan

woot :yesnod: what's the plan for a replacement?