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Extended Warranty Or Not

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My X530 is coming up on warranty expiration and JD been offering an extended warranty now for a couple months. Now I'm down to a couple weeks to decide.
To be honest its pretty rich for an additional two years as long as under the 500hrs mark.
Ive been told that with the quality of these machines that its not practical.
I just want more opinions from real owners and should I be concerned.
My machines are very well maintained and kept in an insulated garage year round.
The only issue Ive ever had was the hour meter fogging up.
Twice its been replaced by Dealer and the second one only lasted 8 months.
Don't know what gives with that. My D170 has 250 hrs and in the same garage and never fogged up. The X530 has 230 hrs. Anyone else with an X500 series had this happen?

Well any input appreciated.
Thanks
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That extended warranty is a insurance policy and you as the consumer will lose your money as 99% of the folks that buy into those. The best way around this is get the cost that JD is charging on it and do not sign up for but put the money of the warranty into a savings account and use the money in it for repairs as needed for the next two years. If after two years you still have money in the account take yourself a vacation with the money.
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