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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TANSTAAFL" data-source="post: 4043184" data-attributes="member: 27098">I had purchased a used car with 25,000 miles on it back in 1997 (1994 TBird.) In 2000 The transmission went out at around 85,000 miles. I was offered a Warranty when I bought the car for 3 yrs, 100 K mile at a cost of $2,700 for a $15,000 car  and declined coverage (boy did they try to sell it hard.) Dealerships had a month or longer wait to see the car, let a lone fix it so went to a private shop in OKC. Cost to fix, $2,100.Bought a used Car from Carmax in 2016. A 2014 Track Pac Mustang GT with 33K miles. Was offered a $3,300 warranty and declined (3 year, 100K warranty.) In 2018 the differential went out (80k miles ) still worked but mileage was horrible and was making a rotational noise.) Cost to fix $2,200. If you have some cash in the bank and the car doesn't look all beat up when you buy it, my advice would be not to get one for most cars. Not getting the warranty and maintaining the vehicle has done well for me. The only other issue I had was a whining air conditioner/heater motor, I do not think that would have been covered under the warranty. The air and heat worked, just noisy after getting a ton of water poured on the car during a road trip. I decided to trade in the car rather than get the blower motor fixed. lived with it about a year, it wasn't all that bad.</blockquote>