My 02 was bought new with a 7 year extnded policy. It runs out this month. The policy has paid for itself with (2) evaporator coils and a radiator.
Has anyone looked at or gotten post warranty service contract? Given what it costs to fix these things, seems like you will win that bet. Certainly the Tranny coould be an isue, more so than the motor.

 

I've had a couple buddies get them and they were more then worth the price. One of them got 2 VP44's and airdog out of it.