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[Lizzie_Zoom]

This morning I have seen a new VX advert on TV which along with giving some lovely memories of past Vauxhalls promotes a new almost "Life Guarantee" for its latest cars.

When you read the small writing though "Life" has a limit of one owner, and 100,000 miles. 

Now with even an 'average' driver that limit will only last 10 years.   With business users like myself in the past, just 18 months.  Many manufacturers are starting to offer 7 year warranties anyway, so is this new offer really that wonderful?  In fact can Vx really claim it is for "Life", even qualifying it with "almost", or is it false / silly advertising for the gullible?

Any thoughts?

[Welung666]

The 7 year warranty cars have small print to... Like the Kia advert in little letters below the 7 year bit it says "or 100,000 miles"

[Dishevelled Den]

I did see that Lizzie but discounted it as being representative of many of today's advertising campaigns - slickly produced but holding little real meaning, for many of the reasons you have mentioned.

[aaronjb]

This morning I have seen a new VX advert on TV which along with giving some lovely memories of past Vauxhalls promotes a new almost "Life Guarantee" for its latest cars.

When you read the small writing though "Life" has a limit of one owner, and 100,000 miles. 

Now with even an 'average' driver that limit will only last 10 years.   With business users like myself in the past, just 18 months.  Many manufacturers are starting to offer 7 year warranties anyway, so is this new offer really that wonderful?  In fact can Vx really claim it is for "Life", even qualifying it with "almost", or is it false / silly advertising for the gullible?

Any thoughts?

Isn't all advertising solely for the gullible?

(Incidentally, Kwik Fit et al use the same definition of 'lifetime' when they say 'free pads for life!' and so on.. as do most stainless exhaust manufacturers offering a 'lifetime' warranty - it only applies to the person who bought the item, not any subsequent owners.. As for 100,000 miles - given that car manufacturers want, nay, need you to chop the car in every three years at most, that mileage covers 90% of people buying new cars, I suspect..)

[Mr Skrunts]

That means the mileage I have done recently that I might die before it does the 100K

But also I could reach a 100 before the 100K is up If I bought one as my 2nd car.

I bet the catch is you have to have all the servicing and MOT's done by Vx and for that reason they can sod off.

[Markjay]

Also... it is (currently) not transferable to second owner, so it is practically 'for life' from the first owner point of view as most people will not keep a car they bought new for longer than 10 years anyway.

[Markjay]

And realistically they offer this to private owners only... I can see why they don't want to provide a 'lifetime' warranty to a taxi driver covering 50k a year...

[feeutfo]

Original warranty is full of holes already, then if they do accept the claim what's the odds of finding a hoody in the staff capable of fixing it, and if he does fix it what else will get broken scratched and further damaged causing the whole thing to snowball into a far bigger problem that you wish you never started in the first place.

Whole thing is aimed at those "born yesterday" when it comes to cars, and they want to extend that whole experience to a longer period, better to fit some mirrors in the srvice dept. so they can take a much closer look at themselves IMO....