Modern Vespa

I've ordered a new 2013 Vespa 300 GTS Super and was wondering if it comes with a warranty. I can ask the dealer, but I thought the members would know. Thanks.

2 years, unlimited mileage.

Incorrect.

It is one year unlimited mileage and goes with the bike if you resell it.

Congratulations!

Best,
SDG

your dealer can also sell you an factory extended warranty from Vespa.

Bumps it from 1 year to 3 years total for $390

Damn, I knew better. It's the UK and E that get the 2 years.

You have 90 days from day of purchase to decide to do so.
It will extend both the warranty and the 24 hour Roadside up to 3 years.

The warranty in Italy on the Piaggio Liberty that I just purchased is two years plus decent roadside assistance coverage.

Fixed that for you. On such a bike, if it were mine, I would not do that again and skip the extended warranty

Maybe pay with an AmEx card and get double warranty that way, for free?

Here in Finland, 4 years for all Piaggio 2 wheelers over 50cc. All services have to be done by authorised dealers or workshops. Though I'm not going to find out how much it's going to cost for customer. Importer says it's factory warranty, but it's hard to believe.

I keep wondering why we get the shaft in the USA, having to suck up 1 year warranties on most PTWs when the rest of the world gets 2 or more on the same machine. I'm sure an additional year warranty could stir a little more interest and seriousness into using our bikes as "real" transport here in the USA.

I haven't nailed this down, but I suspect that the two year warranty on the Piaggio that I just bought in Italy requires the service checks (e.g. 1000km) to be done by a Piaggio dealer.

If so, I don't have a problem with it, assuming that the charges are half-way reasonable. I got a good price on the bike, which the dealer delivered to me 25 miles/40km from his shop free of charge, and I'm sure that the dealer's profit on the sale was small. Plus the included roadside assistance has real value to me.

If the dealer's service fees are reasonable (I'll know soon enough), I'm happy to support him.

Are you getting the shaft?

If US law prevents manufacturers/dealers from requiring that dealers do service work as a condition of the warranty, the way that the manufacturers price bikes, including warranty, may have to be different.

I don't know what US law says on this subject, just raising the question.

The only thing that I'm pretty sure about is that the Italian dealer who just sold me a Piaggio Liberty didn't make much money on the sale of the bike and that he hopes to make money from maintaining my bike. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there is a bigger dealer profit on the sale of a Piaggio Liberty 125, at a Piaggio promotional price of EUR2070 including VAT, windshield and top box, than I think.

Kymco and Sym offer a 2-year warranty on their scooters. What about it Piaggio?

Don't you guys worry, customer pays everything after all, in every country. Markets today cannot work other way. There is no "free lunches".

There are lower and higher prices for the same lunch, depending, among other things, on what the market will bear. Just as some market areas are more profitable than others with the same lunch.

I read you idea and though, jackpot! I recently bought my GTS using my Mastercard (the double warrantee perk works on MC and Visa too). So I called MC to inquire. Unfortunately automobiles, boats, motorcycles, and motorized vehicles are excluded. Bummer. I thought it sounded too good to be true.

Yes, sorry. I should have read all of the coverage description.

Genuine as well...

And the new BMW ?