# The jig is up! Your car warranty actually isn't expiring!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jig-is-up-your-car-warranty-actually-isnt-expiring/500081 "2009-06-17T16:17:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jig-is-up-your-car-warranty-actually-isnt-expiring/500081/21 "2009-06-19T02:03:50Z")

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We get these calls at my workplace a lot. Or at least we did, now it’s just the home mortgage people.  
Back when we got the car warranty people though, I used to try to convince them that I drove the batmobile. It usually took a few minutes for them to get wise to the fact that I was screwing with them.

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jig-is-up-your-car-warranty-actually-isnt-expiring/500081/22 "2009-06-19T16:58:03Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> I’ve stayed on the line before, and when one of their operators finally picked up the phone, I asked them what kind of car I owned. If they know my warranty is expiring, they must know what sort of car I own, right?
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> Oddly enough, their line always goes dead when I ask that. Must be a bad connection.

I tried that recently. The fella hemmed and hawed, then eventually said, “Can you please confirm the type of vehicle that you drive?”

“Wait a minute,” I said. “Shouldn’t you know that? You’re the one who said that my warranty was expiring.”

After an uncomfortable silence, he said, “Okay. You’ve got us. We’re a scam. Yeah, we’re just out to take your money.”

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jig-is-up-your-car-warranty-actually-isnt-expiring/500081/23 "2009-06-19T17:18:34Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> Don’t be silly. Of course my car warranty is expiring. It’s been expiring ever since I took delivery. The only issue is when it will FINALLY expire.

I’ve been expiring even since I was conceived.

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