Your experience with specific extended warranties on used cars?

Here's your Best Answer. If you are buying a brand of car, (whether at a franchised dealership or Joe Smugatelli's used car lot), that offers extended warranties you are soooo much better off to buy one. Example; you're buying a Chevy? Go to ANY General Motors dealership and buy the warranty from them. Ford? Ford. Chysler? Chrysler. Toyota, Nissan, whatever. Do that and you will be assured that your warranty will be honored nationwide. Also a major dealer will honor any manufacturer's extended warranty. So if you're buying a GM car at a Ford dealer then it's ok to buy the Ford warranty for your GM car. They reciprocate. Those here today, gone tomorrow warranty companies are not honored everywhere and some are regional. Most states consider these warranties insurance and the prices are often governed by the Insurance Commissioner of the state. That means that similar warranties will be priced the same regardless of where you buy it and if additional monies are charged the seller can be charged and fined. If you are inteligent enough to buy the extended warranty don't make a mistake and buy incorrectly. Some major dealers may try to sell you a "Brand X" warranty. The reasons are purely montary advantages for them. I think that General Motors sells the best warranty. EWC was a big company out of Texas who went bankrupt and left their policy holders holding their, uh, policy! Many have come and gone but none of the manufacturers who offered extended warranties has left the business. Remember, you don't have to buy the warranty where you buy the car UNLESS you must include it with the auto loan. This answer is fact and no BS is included.