That dreaded prepaid maintenance plan...

Well it really comes down to the individual. Like I said, I got spoiled and the price of the car+maint plan+ext warrenty = price of my luxury car w/o ext warrenty. So for me the answer was easy. While under warrenty and while the maint plan is active I'll never have to touch the car. Once the plan runs out I'll do my own, especially now seeing as the dealer charges more than it's worth, and when the warrenty runs out I'll start fixing things. Besides, I still have the lumped 83 XJ6 to keep me content in the dirty department.

 

i think the individual that it comes down too should be warned with a sticky on priuschat to not buy the platinum (premium) pre paid maintenance plan, because it actually gives you nothing extra that the classic plan would cover!!!!.

update
i mailed a letter today to the agreement adminsitratior asking for a refund of 685.00 (based on downgrading my premium to classic)
and also in case they did not want to do that, i also mailed in my 3 reminaing certificates, and asking for a the prorated complete refund of 380.45

we'll see what toyota says in a couple weeks

 

My dealer offered the extended service plan for $2000. Then I added up the cost of all the individual services that the plan would provide and came up with a figure that was about $550. It is a marketing ploy similar to 4 magazine subscriptions for ONLY $2 per week.