Subaru Warranty Finally Pays?

Our 2016 Subaru Forester has served us well so far for the most part. It gets routine care and has had a couple of visits for recalls. It has been driven to just about all of the states when we took cross country road trips twice to the west coast and back. And we drove to Florida many times to visit my mom. A couple of weeks ago the key started getting stuck in the column. It’s the one safety feature we don’t have - a keyless entry system. Since it was time for an oil and filter change we asked them to check the key problem. I also remembered that we had an extended warranty through Subaru. Thank goodness we did because the price to fix the key issue was close to $600! We ended up having to pay a $50 deductible. I also requested the $10 coupon for oil and filter change. So it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. But it got us thinking that we might want to start considering a new car - if and when we think we need to go that route. So while we were waiting for the car to get fixed we visited the showroom and checked out the 2025 Forester Touring. In the end we have decided that we can afford to wait a bit since the car only has 88,000 miles and is on very good shape. Of course the new cars look inviting, but we just don’t travel like we used to anymore unfortunately. At least we got away with paying less - although the warranty hasn’t paid for itself yet. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it. Regardless, it made our day that it was covered.