Maintenance+Plus Plans - When are they worth it?

auzzieguy

Hi all,

I searched and couldn't find anything on this - sorry if I missed something.

(TL;DR for those wanting to skip to the punchline: what price would be a "good" price for a maintenance plus plan or is it not worth trying to barter down the price at all)

I just bought a brand new 2009 370Z Touring and am in love with it. I'm finalizing the paperwork with the dealer now but they are pushing extra services and items on the end in a dishonest way (telling me that I have only that day to decide etc.)

I said no to it all but I'm going back on Friday to finalize everything and I'm hoping someone can help answer my question about them...

Maintenance+Plus plans through Nissan, my finance guy tried to get me to buy a 72month (from memory) maintenance plan for $2500. At first it all seems like a good idea, he shows graphs with how much each service is going to cost etc. (seemingly very over exaggerated). So what it comes down to is I like the idea but still think (and I hope I'm right) that the cost is way too high. From what I've read these plans retail at about 50% of what they are offering them...

I'm planning on going back in on Friday and haggling with him to get the price down assuming I can figure out how much it's actually worth before then

Anyone have any idea what is the best plan and a good price for it? If you've bought this plan I'm interested to know how much you paid for it.

Thanks in advance! Looking forward to hanging around here as I start looking into doing some mods etc.

[Edit]
Some links that talk about this and/or have WAY discounted plans:
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f1e317c/4
http://nissanwarrantystore.com/370-coverage