Borrow some tricks from my playbook. :)

Demand a full legal copy of the contract be provided
prior to your signature. (A legal copy must be notarized)
It's a pain in the a.s the dealerships don't like to do
but "depending on your state" have to.

Prior to signing the contract make them go over every line
of the contract, word at a time, to included all attachments,
ammendments, etc.

Be prepared, this can take hours.

But why not, after all they usually enjoy wasting your
time running back and forth to get offers approved.

Now your wasting time on thier clock.  Make sure your not
just wasting the sales drones time, get the credit manager
and as many honchos in there as you can.

Just make sure you don't drink too much coffee/soda/water
so the "urgency" falls on the folks your dealing with. ;)

Oh yea.. the other trick.

Set a firm time of n minutes for the "got to get my bosses
aproval" (I've used 2 min) If they don't return in time,
walk and come back at a later date.  That's just a delay
tactic they use to wear you down and make you think they
are actually doing something.  In fact they are usually
just betting how much they can get out of you.

You can also come equipped with your own contract.
Make sure you write down every thing they promise
and include it as a legally binding ammendment to
your contract. Or pen it directly on the contract
they provide.

At all times, remember it's your money and your time.

I guess they figure the Americans aren't likely to keep a Jeep as long
as a Canadian or something so they don't figure they will have to pay out?

The Canadian Warranty is only for 100,000 'kilometers' or about 62000
miles eh.

Mike

The length of the warranty has nothing to do with the life or
reliability, it's an advertising gimmick and some repairs under a long
warranty are actually charged to advertising.

You may recall years back when Chrysler started a longer warranty, Ford
and GM immediately followed so Chrysler had the advantage for only a
short time and soon everyone went back to shorter warranties.

Would the electronic stuff be included in the definition of "powertrain"
- the stability and traction controls, ABS, etc?

B