Star Smart vehicle protection........

[kop-al-74]

I brought my Mercedes C230 06 from Mercedes direct 3 weeks ago.They offered me this Star smart insurance policy which covers you for scratches,scuffs,chips and dents.The price was £199 for a year,£299 for two and £399 for three years.

I thought it was worth it for 3 years cover at £399.

It covers you for scratches upto 15cm.Dents upto 15cm in diameter and chips upto 1.5mm in diameter.

I am so glad i have taken this out as some ******* has keyed my boot lid.

Has anyone else taken out this insurance?

Or better still,has anyone actually made a claim and had work done on their car?

Also,reading the thread on rust,some people mentioned that on trying to claim for the 30 year warranty,they will only cover it if it has a full MB service history.Would using this Star smart system invalidate this warranty or would MB recognise it as being a MB standard repair?

Al.

 

[jberks]

Not sure who provides star smart. Is it MB themselves or something the dealer has put together?
If it's not MB themselves then it may well invalidate the corrosion warranty on the affected panel. To be honest it also sounds a bit pricey. Ok you are unlucky with the key incident but on my E270 in the last 3 years I have had one very small supermarket ding (few people would have bothered with it) taken out of the door for £40 and could do with a return visit now which I estimate would cost around £100-£150 with a bad 20mm ding in the front wing which has a small scratch in it and another slight one on the door. So considerably less than £200 over 3 years.