I look at it differently, every car I have owned has had thousands of $'s of warranty work carried out in the 5 years, mostly in the 3 to 5 year period.
I also choose to get my Cars serviced at the Dealerships and at current pricing and discounts it will cost me approx $3000 rather than approx $2000 using log book service centres for years 3 to 5 so $1,000 bucks is well worth it IMHO (mine came a promo deal of 5 years 100,000 warranty and roadside last year)
I go for 'Dealership Servicing' for a few reasons-
1. 3rd Party Servicings are exactly that IE the Service Book work only.
2. Dealership means the car will get all the Service Campaigns carried out. The Log Book Centres will not even be aware of them (I secifically mean 'campaigns' and there can be lots not 'recalls' of which there are very few). We had a Ranger blow a coolant bypass hose last year near Denham because that car had not been serviced by Ford so the hose had not been rerouted like the other Rangers in our Fleet.
3. I never have an issue with "wrong oil', 'wrong coolant', ' wrong operation', 'wasn't serviced correctly' or other excuses because if the entire service history is Nissan, Ford, Kia et al there is no grounds as all the parts etc are genuine not aftermarket which some/most logbook mobs will use.
4. I always tell them about EVERY little niggle so the vehicle has a record. This has helped me in the past with issues past warranty expiry getting fixed gratis.
5. The Service dudes know me so I always get offered trade price or better on spares/accessories and 'no bullshit' discussions. Last accessories I bought for my '62 I paid less than the cheapest price on Ebay.
Works for me anyway, saved me waaay more than the extra cost over the years.
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